Adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development is now officially adopted. The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda took place from 25 to 27 September 2015 in New York and convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. The agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets and build on the Millennium Development Goals to complete what these did not achieve. Goal 5 is dedicated to achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. See our [Special_Focus#Special_Focus_-_current|selection of media articles] on the topic.
Special focus in the news
- Have global leaders just missed a huge opportunity to step up their commitment to women’s rights? (Womankind.org.uk September 2015)
- Progress for women and girls in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (OECD Observer September 2015)
- What the U.N.’s New Development Goals Mean for Africa (TIME 29.09.2015)
- What women can do for sustainability goals (Scidev.net 29.09.2015)
- Measuring discrimination will bring the gender equality global goal a step closer (The Guardian 28.09.2015)
- An Ambitious Development Agenda From the U.N. (The NY Times 28.09.2015)
- Still far to go on gender equality blueprint set out in 1995, say activists (The Guardian 28.09.2015)
- China, Other Nations Commit To Achieving Gender Equality By 2030 (Huffington Post 28.09.2015)
- Global Goals cannot be achieved without ensuring gender equality and women’s empowerment – UN chief (UN News Centre 27.09.2015)
- UN Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Change, Poverty, Gender Equality And Other Targets To Improve The World (International Business Times 25.09.2015)
- World leaders agree sustainable development goals – as it happened (The Guardian 25.09.2015)
- The missing SDG indicators: Accelerating gender equality and empowerment (Devex 25.09.2015)
- The risk of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: too many goals, too little focus (The Conversation 25.09.2015)
- Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda2030 (Europa.eu 25.09.2015)
- Why the Sustainable Development Goals Matter (Huffington Post 24.09.2015)
- Your comprehensive guide to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals summit (The Guardian 21.09.2015)
- Gender equality: Is it achievable in 15 years? (Rappler 16.09.2015)
- Sustainable Development Goals aim to improve women’s lives (FT.com 15.09.2015)
- Gender Should Be Part of the Conversation Across *All* SDGs (Huffington Post 15.09.2015)
- Sustainable Development Goals (Official website)