A win for LGBTQ representation in Asia! Taiga Ishikawa was elected to Japan’s legislature on Sunday in a historic election, and now the lawmaker says he believes same-sex marriage in Japan will be legalized within the next six years. Marriage equality is critical in the broader fight for human rights and the fulfillment of SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities, as the United Nations urges countries to become more tolerant and inclusive. Read more at this link.
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Narube Drama Group bought 34 #goats in the bid to improve their household income. The group used the profit from their grain-milling machine to purchase these goats.
Thank you #DANIDA and #ADRA #Denmark for your support of Action for Social Change Program in #Karamoja #Uganda..
Mohamed Salah — red talisman, record-breaking goalscorer, “Egyptian King,” and now European champion — has already lived several lifetimes of memories with the Liverpool fans who revere him. But as one of the world’s most famous footballers who happens to be Muslim, his legendary popularity has seemingly led to an unexpected result: Islamophobic hate crimes have reportedly fallen since he became a Liverpool player. An academic paper from Stanford University’s Immigration Policy Lab researched whether Salah’s faith had influenced Islamophobia in Merseyside, the British county home to Liverpool Football Club. The paper, published on May 30, having surveyed 8,060 Liverpool supporters, investigated 936 hate crimes from 25 police departments in the region, and examined 15 million tweets sent from football fans in the UK since Salah signed for the club. The results were positive: a 18.9% drop in hate crimes — while anti-Muslim tweets fell by half, from 7.2% 3.4%. “The survey experiment suggests that these results may be driven by increased familiarity with Islam,” the Stanford paper stated. “These findings suggest that positive exposure to outgroup celebrities can reveal new and humanizing information about the group at large, reducing prejudiced attitudes and behaviors.” Go to this link to read more about Salah's influence in the UK. ⠀
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Alleviating Food Hunger and Reducing Food Waste with Innovation.
“Food waste is this massive and very overwhelming challenge, but itʼs actually something that every single one of us can start to address in our own homes,” Shukla says, noting how shocked she was when she first learned how much of the worldʼs food supply spoils on a daily basis.
“The worldʼs farmers actually grow enough food to feed everyone on the planet, but over 800 million people still go hungry every single day.”
While the food waste challenge is daunting, she also sees it as an
opportunity to prove how small innovations can make a big difference. Her journey started early and is a story of simple beginnings and empowerment. When visiting her grandmother in India as a 12-year-old, Shukla drank water believed to be contaminated, but thanks to her grandmotherʼs homemade
remedy, she didnʼt get sick. She was intrigued and began studying her grandmotherʼs remedy, and was able to figure out why it worked and how to replicate and advance its effects. She now uses this knowledge to prevent food spoilage and relieve hunger around the world. Shukla holds four US patents and an Index Design to Improve Life award, a leading international prize for design. Her product is used by farmers and families across the globe, and Freshglow has also partnered with retailers such as Whole Foods and Walmart.
Alleviating Food Hunger and Reducing Food Waste with Innovation
Women-led Cities: Bringing Gender Responsive Actions, Solutions and Partnerships from the Local Level to Scale.
The Women-led Cities side-event will discuss how women leaders of businesses, cities and communities can join forces to drive positive local
The Women-led Cities side-event will discuss how women leaders of businesses, cities and communities can join forces to drive positive local transformation through inclusive leadership, economic empowerment and reduced inequality.
Side Event at the SDG Action Weekend organized by UN-Habitat, UNCDF, Ellaimpacta, The Gambia, Bangladesh, UCLG.
To maximize the SDG Summit's impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.
The SDG Action Weekend will consist of the SDG Mobilization Day on Saturday, 16 September, and the SDG Acceleration Day on Sunday, 17 September at UNHQ in New York.
The SDG Action Weekend includes a select number of high-level side-events identified through an open call that concluded in August. They are jointly organized by coalitions of Member States, UN agencies and other international organizations, and global stakeholder networks.
Panel 1: Promoting Inclusive Democratic Processes and Citizen Participation for Peaceful and Just Societies
This panel will explore the challenges faced by marginalized communities in accessing and participating in democratic processes, while highlighting strategies to address these barriers and foster inclusive democracy. It will examine the importance of gender equality (SDG 5), reduced inequalities (SDG 10), and peace, justice, and strong institutions (SDG 16) in shaping inclusive democratic processes. By examining these goals, the panel aims to deepen the understanding of how inclusive democracy can contribute to sustainable development and create a more equitable and just society.
Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world.
The commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022 is Inspired by the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly opening on 13 September under the theme, “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”, and in recognition that the world is at a critical moment in the history of the United Nations, it is time to act and find joint solutions in building a more sustainable and resilient world for all and for the generations to come.
New York Commemoration.
Monday, 5 December 2022, 10AM-12:00 PM.
Virtual Zoom Meeting.
The 2022 global observance to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities will be around the overarching theme of innovation and transformative solutions for inclusive development, covering in three different interactive dialogues the following thematic topics:
Innovation for disability inclusive development in employment (SDG8): this dialogue will discuss the linkages between employment, knowledge and skills required to access employment in an innovative, rapidly changing technological landscape to all and how assistive technologies can increase accessibility to employment and be mainstreamed in the workplace.
Innovation for disability inclusive development in reducing inequality (SDG10): this dialogue will discuss innovations, practical tools and good practices to reduce inequalities in both public and private sectors, which are disability inclusive and interested in promoting diversity in the workplace.
Innovation for disability inclusive development: sport as an exemplar case: a sector where all of these aspects coalesce; sport as a good practice example and a site of innovation, employment and equity.
