Digital Innovation: A Key Enabler in the Fight Against Poverty?
Science, technology and innovation (STI) is crucial to addressing sustainable development challenges in order to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda. Digital...
View ArticleExchanging Hotspots for Heartspots
Of the 7.5 billion people in the world, 2 billion people will experience mental health issues. In developed countries, 50% of those who need help will get it, but this number sharply decreases in...
View ArticleHome is where the heart is – and where education begins
Supportive, connected and stimulating family environments based on a foundation of love have the potential to educate for peace, strong intergenerational relations and solidarity. According to Mr....
View ArticleBankrolling the SDGs using a Universal Approach to Poverty
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is unprecedented in scope and significance. However, also unprecedented is the sum needed to achieve all 17 goals. One clear message from the ECOSOC Forum on...
View ArticleSDGs & Families Global Project
The opening session of the second Global Meeting of SDGs & Families Project, held in San Jose on 23-25 May, was inaugurated by the President of the Parliament of Costa Rica, Mr. Gonzalo Ramírez...
View ArticlePolicy Integration: the Truth is in the Footnote
The principle of integration is at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. One major difference between the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the 2030 Agenda, is the shift from a...
View ArticleWomen and Long-Term Care: Pressing Facts
Women are at the centre of Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS). While women live longer than men and have higher rates of disability and chronic health problems, they are also the primary providers...
View ArticleEmerging Cities and Aging Populations
In advanced economies, people living in cities are growing older at a faster rate than people living in rural areas. In the book, Ageing in Cities, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
View ArticleThe Untapped Parenting Potential
This year’s observance of the International Day of Families focused on the role of families and family-orientated policies in promoting education and overall well-being. The day highlighted the role of...
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UNDESA-DSPD Newsletter, June 2017
Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 06 | June 2017 #DayofFamilies Families, Education and Well-Being Supportive, connected and stimulating family environments based on a foundation of love have the potential to...
View ArticleInclusive Urban Design and Achieving the SDGs
The 2030 Agenda calls upon us to leave no one behind. This principle is rarely as prominent as it is with persons with disabilities. They are often forgotten among other priorities that shadow their...
View ArticleWrap up! 10th Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
1. Highlights from the Week For the first time since the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), persons with disabilities and their representative...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of Women Against Double Discrimination
Double discrimination can take place when one person simultaneously belongs to two separate minority or marginalised groups, making it harder to live and average, fruitful life. Such is the situation...
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DSPD July 2017 Newsletter
Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 07 | July 2017 10th Conference of State Parties #COSP10 The Conference of State Parties is the most diverse international disability meeting in the world. The Conference is held...
View ArticleLeaving no one behind, SDG Media Zone
The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing...
View ArticleInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty
The observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can be traced back to 17 October 1987. On that day, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris, where the...
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UNDESA DSPD Briefing for NGOs: Participation in the CSocD56
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, starting 29 January under the title “Strategies for...
View ArticleEradication of Poverty 2017: Leaving No One Behind
“Leaving no one behind means listening to the views and guidance of people living in poverty and acting with them.” That was the message from the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres...
View ArticleWorld Cities Day
The United Nations has designated every 31st of October as World Cities Day. The Day is expected to greatly promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward...
View Article“What is the city but the people”
The evidence is clear: we are urban, period. Over 60 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030, and that number is expected to reach 70 per cent by 2050. Without innovation and...
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