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Investing in the Girl Child: Digital Communications and the SDG 5-SDG16 Nexus

By RLC October 10, 2023 April 19, 2024

On 11 October 2023, we observe the International Day of the Girl Child, with the theme: Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being. Under this theme, this global platform to advocate for the full spectrum of girls’ rights responds to the call by girls everywhere for change. The call …

SDG16 Peace, justice and strong institutions

SDG 16: What is it about, and why it matters to you and me?

By RLC October 3, 2023 April 19, 2024

I felt enthusiastic and hopeful when the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were announced in 2015 to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Working as an international civil servant then on issues that pertain to human rights and democracy, I was becoming increasingly …