By Nesia Mhaka
Gender lies at the heart of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which recognises that achieving gender equality is a matter of human rights, and is crucial to progress across all the goals and targets.
Linking gender equality with sustainable development is important as it is a moral and ethical imperative.
Ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls is not only a basic human right, but it also has a multiplier effect across all other development areas.
Achieving gender equity is critical to sustainable development. In all societies, women and men’s roles are socially constructed, but all too frequently gender-based disparities that disadvantage women exist. Read more…
