This month's edition contains news from the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, news from SI's UN Youth Delegate in New York, updates from the International Migration Review Forum, and an introduction to the newly appointed Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. SI UN Representatives in New York
SI UN Representative in New York, Bette Levy SI UN Representative in New York, Bette Levy, blogs about her biggest take-away from the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) held in New York this July. "If you, like me, eagerly followed the postings on Facebook of the many members who attended
SI UN Representative, Bette Levy, introduces insights from the SI UN Team in New York, following their attendance at the 2019 ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) and the Ministerial High-Level Segment (HLS). "The theme this year was 'Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality' and the goals reviewed were as
As the United Nations headquarters, and home to the General Assembly, all areas of the UN’s work is discussed in New York. The centre is also the headquarters of UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, created in 2010. The team of SI
A blog by SI UN Representative Bette Levy. "I attended two side events regarding poverty. While the approaches were very different the bottom line of both was unless we eradicate ‘relative poverty’ we would be leaving the most marginalized behind especially women and girls. The statistics speak for themselves. 80%
"New this year at the HLPF was the open discussions regarding Menstrual Hygiene, not just the usual conversations or key issues related to water and sanitation issues (Goal 6) but the specific issue of menstruation for women and girls. The serious issues and risks to health, safety, gender equality, access
Side Events that brought new open discussions to the UN by SI UN Representative Bette Levy "If you have been following the Agenda 2030 as long as I have (since Rio + 20 in 2012), it’s easy to be frustrated or disappointed about the lack of progress and to be
Organizer and co-organizers: Permanent Mission of Hungary to the UN, Women and Water Partnership Contributors: International Federation of Business and Professional Women, Soroptimist International, NGO CSW New York Chair: H.E. Ambassador Katalin Annamaria Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN. H. E. Ambassador Bogyay began by sharing her country's
Review of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation: SDG 11 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, 11 July at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Concept Note: Cities and human settlements are where many of our accomplishments and obstacles to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda are
A report by Soroptimist International Director of Advocacy, Bev Bucur - A snapshot from 'Advancing science, technology and innovation for SDGs' "An objective of this session was to explore policies and actions for advancing science, technology and innovation in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as envisaged in
