GLOBAL GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SDGS
THE GLOBAL GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.
They recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
Our work at UMYDF directly contributes to the following SDG targets;
They recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
Our work at UMYDF directly contributes to the following SDG targets;
Target 16.1: Reduce violence everywhere
Target 16.A: Strengthen national institutions to prevent violence and combat crime and terrorism
Target 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms
Target 16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive and representative decision-making
Target 16.2: Protect children from abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence
Target 5.1: End discrimination against women and girls
Target 5.2: End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls
Target 5.5: Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making
Target 5.9: Adopt and strengthen policies and enforceable legislation for gender equality
Target 4.3: Equal access to affordable technical, vocational and higher education
Target 4.4: Increase the number of people with relevant skills for financial success
Target 4.5: Eliminate all discrimination in education
Target 4.6: Education for sustainable development and global citizenship
Target 13.3: Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change
Target 8.6: Promote youth employment, education and training
