Lower-performing countries follow a different pattern. Gains in basic infrastructure, water access, or food availability can raise SDG scores even when education systems, innovation capacity, or ...

WE are now barrelling towards the 2030 deadline set for the world to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – there are only five years left to achieve the 17 targets.

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In 2015, world leaders from around the world committed to achieve gender equality by 2030 for every girl and every woman when they signed on to the ambitious goals and targets of the Sustainable ...

COMMONWEALTH leaders are being urged to work harder to get rid of the barriers and biases that continue to hold back women and girls in the 56 member countries. This urgent appeal comes from a report ...

Women account for nearly 70% of health and social workers globally, according to the UN, but the Covid-19 pandemic looks set to dent the fifth Sustainable Development Goal of gender equality. (Photo ...

The Ahfad University for Women, an institution of higher education in Sudan, has prepared women to assume leadership roles in their communities and in the nation since its founding in 1966. In keeping ...

With the countdown to 2030 entering its final stretch, Bangladesh is approaching a defining moment in its Sustainable ...