6 Reasons Gender Equality Is Crucial to Achieving the UN's Global Goals

Mar 16, 2020 | Joe McCarthy
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envision a world without poverty, hunger, and conflict; one with access to health care, education, and economic opportunity — in short, a world that has not only successfully overcome the climate crisis, but has set a foundation for a sustainable, poverty-free future.

The 17 Global Goals aim to achieve all of this by 2030. That means there’s less than 10 years to overhaul the global status quo and bring about significant change.

There’s one specific solution that could help us achieve the Global Goals — empowering women.