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Malala Yousafzai, UN Messenger of Peace and Nobel Laureate (on screen), delivers remarks at the first virtual Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment of the Decade of Action.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Sustainable Development goals are ‘the future’ Malala tells major UN event, urging countries to get on track

18 September 2020

The Global Goals represent the future for millions of girls who want education, women who fight for equality, and youth fighting for clean air, UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai said on Friday, at a side event of the General Assembly, challenging Member States, “when are you planning to do the work”?

Students in computer programming class at Al Shami Girls Secondary School in the West Bank.

World Bank/Arne Hoel

Teenage girls' education, ‘an indispensable foundation’ for achieving development goals: Guterres

11 February 2020

Women

Promoting education for adolescent girls is an “indispensable foundation for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”, Secretary-General António Guterres declared at the launch event of the Drive for 5 education initiative at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, hosted by the Irish Mission to the United Nations.

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