UN chief calls for ‘dramatic shift’ to transform education worldwide
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )The global crisis in education needs a “dramatic shift” to shape a more peaceful, sustainable and just world, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday.
Women living with HIV continue to face violations of their sexual and reproductive rights—including coercion into sterilization
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Story )Women living with HIV including women from key populations continue to suffer widespread reproductive coercion, mistreatment, and neglect.
Assistive technology can revolutionize development, learning and participation: It’s time children everywhere have access.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Seeing. Hearing. Communicating. Moving freely. Many of us take these for granted. But what if you are a child who experiences difficulties in one, or more, of these areas?
A rallying call that emphasizes the pivotal role of digital integration in harmonizing civil registration and vital statistics systems with legal identity structures.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )Strengthening the linkage of civil registration and vital statistics to legal identity systems through digitalization for enhanced inclusion
Keeping the SDG Promise: Driving Progress at Scale
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )“We won’t solve our problems with the same thinking that created them,” warned UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed at a special event on the sidelines of the High-Level Political Forum 2024
UN leaders urge ‘maximum political will’ to rescue SDGs
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )Top UN officials called for urgent reforms to the international financial system to boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Assistive technology can revolutionize development, learning and participation: It’s time children everywhere have access
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Seeing. Hearing. Communicating. Moving freely. Many of us take these for granted. But what if you are a child who experiences difficulties in one, or more, of these areas?
Industrialization will drive national and regional economic growth and development
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )Industrialization anchors economic growth, industrial development, and facilitates trade creation and special economic zones (SEZs) are a key policy tool in this endeavour.
New Africa Sustainable Development Report Shows Critical Importance of Scaled-Up Development Financing
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )UNDP, ECA, and AfDB presented the 2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report (ASDR)
Secretary-General's message for International Day for Countering Hate Speech, 18 June, 2024
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )Hate speech is a marker of discrimination, abuse, violence, conflict, and even crimes against humanity. We have seen this play out from Nazi Germany to Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond.