Bookshelf: Powerful Synergies: Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability

The globally shared vision for sustainable development has a strong gender dimension that highlights the need to continue identifying gender equality and women’s empowerment as a core development goal in itself and as a catalyst for reaching all other goals and objectives. As the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, the United Nations is leading preparations for a post-2015 sustainable development agenda, both to accelerate achieving the MDGs and to create a framework that will build on the achievements of the past 15 years.

Source: Reproductive Health Matters - May 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Edited by: Blerta Cela, Irene Dankelman, Jeffrey Stern Source Type: research