The Sustainable Development Goals Gender Index for 2019 report analyzes how governments are tracking on their commitments to promote gender equality – and Denmark has come out on top. Women are disproportionately affected by global issues of inequality, especially poverty, and achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. You can see which other countries are serving as the world's best examples for achieving gender equality at this link.
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Reminding everyone about the persistence of this harmful practice and the need to join hands in eliminating it.
The International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM observed every year on February 6th marks an important day, reminding everyone about the persistence of this harmful practice and the need to join hands in eliminating it. With only 5 years to the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, our efforts must be faster and bolder. We must step up the pace 27 times to achieve SDG 5.3 on ending FGM. Keeping this urgency in mind, the theme for this year’s international day is Stepping Up the Pace: Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End FGM.
Partnerships to strengthen the Inter-American Decade of Rural Women, Adolescents and Girls of the Americas and its globalization, CIM/OAS (CSW68 Side Event).
Contributing to the development of public policies to guarantee the human rights of rural women as local actors in the care for life, food,
Contributing to the development of public policies to guarantee the human rights of rural women as local actors in the care for life, food, and territorial development.
Public policies for equal opportunities, empowerment and the full exercise of women's human rights are based on a wide series of international and regional commitments, including CEDAW (1979), the Belem Do Para Convention (1994), the Beijing Platform for Action (1995), and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda (2015), in particular, SDG 5 "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls."
Panama, as President of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the term 2022 and 2025, promoted together with the countries of the region, the adoption of the Declaration for the Rights of All Women, Adolescents, and Girls in Rural Environments in the Americas (AG/DEC. 113 (LIII-O/23)) during the 53rd regular session of the OAS General Assembly (June 22, 2023). Among other commitments, this Declaration established the Inter-American Decade for the rights of all women, adolescents, and girls in rural environments of the Americas, with the objective of "…promoting progressive measures for the advancement of all their rights and the eradication of all forms of discrimination they face."
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Watch the Partnerships to strengthen the Inter-American Decade of Rural Women, Adolescents and Girls of the Americas and its globalization, CIM/OAS (CSW68 Side Event).
Towards a Rights-centred Gender Transformative Economy, Including a New International Financial Architecture.
This event will feature a diverse and intersectional group of thought leaders and practitioners, including feminist & women's rights organiz
This side-event will feature a diverse and intersectional group of thought leaders and practitioners, including feminist & women's rights organizations, LGBTI+ organizations, United Nations entities and Member States & other relevant stakeholders and will explore the gendered implications of the current financial architecture and discuss how the reforms proposed by civil society, Member States, the World Bank Evolution Roadmap and the Secretary-General can be designed and expanded to accelerate progress toward the SDGs.
Lead Facilitators:
Women's Major Group, with the support of UN Women.
Established during World War II, the institutions of the international financial architecture are no longer fit to address the challenges of our time. In their current structure and operational models, they have amplified structural inequalities, jeopardized social, economic and environmental rights and led to the fragmentation of international financial and economic relations, hampering the implementation of the SDGs. Conditionalities imposed by international financial institutions and austerity policies, in particular, have constrained fiscal space and concentrated wealth at the top.
Participants will discuss and give concrete suggestions for how the resources unlocked through debt relief and these reforms should support gender-responsive fiscal and financial policies, including investments in social protection, care, health and education, and reductions in occupational, wage and other gender gaps. The event will encourage commitment by Member States and financial institutions towards an economic model for gender transformative results at all levels. ---
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 Mobilization Day (16 September) will create an opportunity for stakeholders from all sectors to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and mobilize towards an ambitious SDG Summit and UN General Assembly High-Level Week.
The SDG Acceleration Day (17 September) will be centred around the UN High-Impact Initiatives
The SDG Summit on 18-19 September will mark the mid point of the SDGs. It must secure the breakthroughs and momentum needed to change course and achieve the SDGs by 2030. To maximize the 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.
