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has been the value of strong to end hunger, protect the The SDGs highlight the
governance and participatory environment, and ensure that importance of gender-
mechanism. Women-inclusive all people live in peace and inclusive development and
programme preparation, gender- security by 2030. The 17 SDGs ensuring equality in spheres
disaggregated data collection are interconnected, in the of economic, legislative and
and field research are all things sense that the UN recognise social framework. To ensure
that the sector needs to work on. that actions taken in one area that future generations inherit
Legal and policy interventions have an impact on outcomes in a better world, governments,
could go a long way in building others and that development the private sector, civil
equitable cities. must strike a balance between society, and citizens must
social, economic, and work together to achieve the
INTRODUCTION environmental sustainability. SDGs. Gender equality has
The Sustainable Development The SDGs aim to achieve been pitched as a key driver
Goals (SDGs), also known several life-changing ‘zeros,’ for the economic growth of a
as the Global Goals, were such as poverty, hunger, country. Hence, the countries
adopted by all United Nations AIDS, and discrimination should strive towards
Member States in 2015 as against women and girls. seriously considering it as a
a universal call to action developmental agenda.

Fig 1: SDG 5 and 6

SOURCE: un.org - sustainable development

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