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Accelerating Progress on SDG 4 in a Post COVID-19 World

Blog by Evelyne Para, SI UN Representative at The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). On 13 July, the UNESCO Global Education Meeting (GEM 2021) was held, with a ministerial segment on the sidelines of the High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development. Entitled From Recovery to Accelerating

The World in 2030: Results of the UNESCO Survey

Blog by Evelyne Para, SI United Nations Representative at UNESCO. The results of the survey entitled "The World in 2030", launched last year by the UNESCO, have fed the thinking of Non-Governmental Organisations since 2021 with one aim - that the programmes implemented meet the real needs of citizens around

Are We Really ‘Leaving No-one Behind’?

Blog by Pat Black, SI Special Advisor to Advocacy. When the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed at the United Nations (UN), there was an almost euphoric atmosphere in the UN General Assembly. Many promises were made to achieve a transformation for the peoples of the world by 2030 and

Human Trafficking Victims to Survivors to Overcomers – Soroptimists Support Their Voices

Blog by Dawn Marie Lemonds, past SI Board Member and SIA President 2017-2018. Each year, the World Day Against in Trafficking in Persons happens on the 30 July. The United Nations have announced the theme of this year's World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Victim’s Voices Lead the Way. “This

HLPF Ministerial Declaration: Member States Struggle to Agree on Actions to Achieve the 2030 Agenda

Blog by Francesca Fletcher Williams, SI Global Policy Coordinator. To close the annual United Nations (UN) High-level Political Forum (HLPF), a Ministerial Declaration is negotiated and agreed. This Ministerial Declaration is meant to assess progress on, and challenges to, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as highlight concrete

The Pre-Summit of the United Nations Food Systems Summit

Blog by Liliana Mosca, SI United Nations Representative in Rome. The United Nations and the Italian Government organised a pre-Summit on food systems under the leadership of the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres and the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The event will take place in Rome from

Gender Inequality in the Digital Sector

Blog by Donatella Benjamin, SI United Nations Representative in Geneva. The Generation Equality Forum was held in Paris from June 30 to July 2, 2021. Several roundtables took place, including one on the use of technology and the advancement of innovations in this field to promote equality between women and

High-level Political Forum 2021 Parallel Events

Blog by Maria Fornella-Oehninger, SI United Nations Representative in New York and Co-chair of the NGO Committee on Social Development. The NGO Committee for the Commission on Social Development held two events parallel to High Level Political Forum, 'Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Hunger: Our Asks' and 'A Steeper

Paris Generation Equality 2021

Will we finally see a breakthrough? compensation for 25 years of small steps? by SI UN Representative, Marie-Christine Gries The Generation Equality forum in Paris began on 30 June, 2021 with an opening ceremony of nearly four hours well used, on an intensive pace. The general tone was set from

Are women ready for a digital future?

Blog of Evelyne PARA, SI UN Representative at UNESCO Today, many countries are convinced that their future economic competitiveness will depend on how quickly they can make the transition to digital and ‘green’ societies. Particularly as time is running out to achieve their sustainable development goals by 2030. The world