equity

A strong, sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID pandemic is needed to keep the promise of the 2030 Agenda.
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UN chief says race to reach SDGs ‘can and must’ be turned around 

13 July 2021
SDGs

The COVID pandemic has taken four million lives, devastated the global economy, pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty and continues to inflict profound suffering – dramatically impacting progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN chief said on Tuesday at a key international forum. 

A miner at work at a mineral extraction site in Murmansk, Russia.
ILO/Marcel Crozet

Share gains from extracting precious raw materials more equitably, guard against pitfalls: UN chief

25 May 2021
Economic Development

Extracting minerals, metals and other valuable raw materials from the earth, represents a “crucial juncture” between resources, ecosystems and people, all of which have an essential role to play in advancing sustainability and equity, the UN chief said on Tuesday. 

More than 355,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Niamey, the capital of Niger.
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Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares, as governments call for solidarity, sharing

16 April 2021
Health

With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the pandemic, the unequal distribution of vaccines is not only a moral outrage, but economically and epidemiologically self-defeating, the head of the UN health agency told a special ministerial meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday.

Libor Stloukal.
UN News/Matthew Wells

Women farmers can boost “under-performing” food production : FAO

29 March 2017
General News

Women need better opportunities and resources to help improve “under-performing” smallholder food production, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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Charles Radcliffe, Officer-in-Charge of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks at the Special Event on "The Economic Cost of LGBT Exclusion" in December 2015.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Progress made on LGBT issues, but still more to be done in coming year

9 January 2016
General News

Progress has been made on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, but more work remains to be done in the coming year.

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Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Leaders encouraged to “Step It Up for Gender Equality”

27 September 2015
General News

There can be no sustainable future if half the world’s population lacks equal rights, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The UN chief is urging world leaders to make gender equality a global priority to achieve his vision of “a 50:50 Planet by 2030.”

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