UN agencies, together with the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, call for reform of nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender

At a high level event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, UN Women, the UN Development Programme, UNHCR, and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights called for reform of nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender. Twenty-five countries retain nationality laws that deny women the right to confer citizenship on their children on an equal basis with men. More than fifty countries have nationality laws with gender-discriminatory provisions, with most denying women the same right as men to pass nationality to a non-citizen spouse. Gender…

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UN General Assembly highlights UNESCO’s leading role in the Education 2030 Agenda

On 19 December 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution ‘Education for Sustainable Development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. The General Assembly resolution Education for Sustainable Development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, introduced by the Group of 77 and China, calls upon the international community to scale up education for sustainable development in order to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The decision relates to various aspects of education for sustainable development and more broadly the implementation of SDG 4 as…

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Ascential and Cannes Lions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda

It was announced at the start of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, that Cannes Lions, who run  the International Festival of Creativity, will launch the Sustainable Development Goals Lion in 2018, marking a new drive to advance awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were unanimously adopted by world leaders at the United Nations in 2015 and encourage the creative industries to celebrate and support sustainability around the world. The 17 global goals represent a collective ambition to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for…

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Business and philanthropy leaders scale up initiatives for women’s empowerment

In a high-level event organized by UN Women in the context of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Melinda Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Jack Ma, Executive Chair of the Alibaba Group; and Nirvana Chaudhary, President of the Chaudhary Group and Chair of the Foundation, joined Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women for a strategic conversation on how collective action can scale-up opportunities for women and girls. Today’s dialogue among a select group of business and foundation…

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