Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities Archives - 91 Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/reduced-inequality/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:18:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 As advocates demand greater inclusion for persons with disabilities, the UN releases roadmap for transformative change /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/06/persons-with-disabilities-un-roadmap/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:08:21 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=66849 Disability advocates at the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD demand accelerated action to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities.

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]]> Goal of the Month Exclusive Interview with Liniker, UN Free and Equal Brazil Equality Champion /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/sdg-media-compact-exclusive-interview-with-liniker-un-free-and-equal-brazil-equality-champion/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:06:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=57970 UN Free & Equal Brazil Equality Champion and LGBTI activist Liniker calls on the rights of the LGBTI community to be respected, saying that “we are a part of humanity, and this must be acknowledged.”

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]]> Exclusive Interview Kartik Sawhney /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/exclusive-interview-kartik-sawhney/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:57:22 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=57449 Sharing his own experience, UN SDG Youth Leader Kartik Sawhney calls for equal opportunity at work for persons with disabilities and building an inclusive world for all. There are over 1.3 billion people with disabilities around the world, myself included. And like everyone else, education [...]

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]]> Shattering Stereotypes – Jillian Mercado, Model and Disability Rights Advocate /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/shattering-stereotypes-jillian-mercado-model-and-disability-rights-advocate/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:37:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=57194 Jillian Mercado always dreamed of working in the fashion world. But as a young girl using a wheelchair, she found that she didn’t relate to the models in the fashion magazines she was reading. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in her early teens, she realised that equal representation was severely lacking in a world where very few people with disabilities have risen.

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]]> Goal of the Month | Exclusive Interview Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/media-compact-exclusive-interview-professor-muhammad-yunus-founder-grameen-bank/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:08:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=56957 Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus talks about how entrepreneurship helps reduce inequality, and the importance of unleashing the entrepreneurial capacity of women.

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]]> Goal of the Month | Exclusive Interview with Elliott Harris, UN Chief Economist /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/sdg-media-compact-exclusive-interview-with-elliot-harris-un-chief-economist/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:05:54 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=56579 Ahead of the launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report in January 2019, UN chief economist Elliot Harris talks about multilateralism and global trade outlook as trade tensions continue to rise among the world’s largest economies.

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]]> Financing for Climate-Friendly Investment in Rwanda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/financing-for-climate-friendly-investment-in-rwanda/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 21:47:32 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=57026 Facing the increasing impacts of climate change, Rwanda stands as one of the first countries to establish a national environment and climate change investment funds in Africa—the Rwanda Green Fund—which has already invested more than $40 million in sustainable wealth creation and poverty reduction.

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]]> Goal of the Month | Exclusive Interview with Lise Kingo, CEO and Executive Director of UN Global Compact /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/01/sdg-media-compact-exclusive-interview-with-lise-kingo-ceo-and-executive-director-of-un-global-compact/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 19:58:25 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=56795 Heading the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, UN Global Compact’s CEO & Executive Director Lise Kingo shares her message to CEOs ahead of the World Economic Forum, encouraging a sustainable business model that reduces inequalities, and builds a sustainable future for all.

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]]> Message on International Day of Sign Languages, 23 September /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/09/message-on-international-day-of-sign-languages-23-september/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 06:51:29 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=52023 Watch Nyle DiMarco, model and disability advocate, as he commemorates the first ever International Day of Sign Languages. The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 23 September as the International Day of Sign Languages in order to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf. [...]

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]]> Model and activist Jillian Mercado advocates for rights of persons with disabilities /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/08/model-and-activist-jillian-mercado-advocates-for-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:08:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50275 YouTube influencer and model Jillian Mercado, a female disability rights advocate, visits the 91 to talk about issues facing persons with disabilities, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Along the way she meets Georgi Panayotov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the 91, and sits down [...]

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]]> Ending marginalization of persons with disabilities ‘a matter of justice’, UN-backed summit told /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/07/ending-marginalization-of-persons-with-disabilities-a-matter-of-justice-un-backed-summit-told/ Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:39:29 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50886 Image: UNICEF/Ehrin Macksey | Four-year-old Dinh attends an early intervention class for blind or partially blind children at Nguyen Dinh Chieu Special School in Da Nang, Vietnam. Inclusive education, economic empowerment and technological innovations were the focus of discussion on Tuesday as world leaders gathered in London for the first-ever 91-backed Global Disability Summit. [...]

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]]> UN Secretary-General: Protecting the rights of persons with disabilities ‘a moral imperative’ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/06/un-secretary-general-protecting-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-a-moral-imperative/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:35:31 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=49909 Cementing and protecting the rights of around 1.5 billion people around the world in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a “moral imperative” said 91 Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday. He was addressing a conference of signatories to the Convention at UN Headquarters in New York, describing it as one of the [...]

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]]> ECOSOC Youth Forum: Women Leaders of the 91, SDG Media Zone – ECOSOC Youth Forum 2018 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/ecosoc-youth-forum-women-leaders-united-nations-sdg-media-zone-ecosoc-youth-forum-2018/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:18:54 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44366 The post ECOSOC Youth Forum: Women Leaders of the 91, SDG Media Zone – ECOSOC Youth Forum 2018 appeared first on 91 Sustainable Development.

]]> Davos: UN rights chief stresses leading role of businesses in ending LGBTI discrimination /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/davos-un-rights-chief-stresses-leading-role-businesses-ending-lgbti-discrimination/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:00:08 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43934 With major companies joining the growing list of early adopters of 91 standards to promote equality for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, the UN human rights chief on Friday highlighted the private sector's crucial leadership role in ensuring the dignity and equal opportunities of LGBTI employees in the workplace and beyond

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]]> UN and partners launch initiative to reach equal pay for women at work /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/09/un-and-partners-launch-initiative-to-reach-equal-pay-for-women-at-work/ Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:38:26 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=31709 Striving to raise up women’s pay across the world to equal men’s, a new global coalition – which includes the 91 labour agency and Organization’s entity promotion of women’s rights – launched today on the eve of the General Assembly debate. The Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) includes the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), [...]

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]]> Ahead of Father’s Day, UNICEF cites critical role fathers play in early childhood learning /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/ahead-of-fathers-day-unicef-cites-critical-role-fathers-play-in-early-childhood-learning/ Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:59:53 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=28066 A majority of children aged between three- and four-years-old in 74 countries, or about 40 million, have fathers who do not play or engage in early learning activities with them, according to a new study released today by the 91 Children's Fund (UNICEF).

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]]> Closing gender gap at work can open doors to incredible benefits, UN report shows /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/closing-gender-gap-at-work-can-open-doors-to-incredible-benefits-un-report-shows/ Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:10:46 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=27982 Reducing gender disparities at workplaces by 25 per cent by 2025 could inject nearly $5.8 trillion into the global economy and boost tax revenues, a new report released today by the 91 International Labour Organization (ILO) has revealed.

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]]> UN disability rights committee opens with a call to spotlight gender issues /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/03/un-disability-rights-committee-opens-with-a-call-to-spotlight-gender-issues/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:24:24 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=24596 The 91 committee monitoring efforts to protect rights of persons with disabilities today opened its spring session today in Geneva with a call to pay special attention to gender issues.

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]]> VIDEO: Gerry Ellis on increasing Internet connectivity for the blind /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/12/video-gerry-ellis-on-increasing-internet-connectivity-for-the-blind/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:55:42 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=23535 The post VIDEO: Gerry Ellis on increasing Internet connectivity for the blind appeared first on 91 Sustainable Development.

]]> Empowering marginalized communities to access the Internet among IGF Day 2 priorities /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/12/empowering-marginalized-communities-to-access-the-internet-among-igf-day-2-priorities/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:33:37 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=23495 Finding new ways to empower women, youth and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was a central sentiment shared by IGF attendees.

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