b'Soroptimist InternationalReport for the High-Level Political ForumAbout this Report 1 About Soroptimist International 2 The Impact of COVID-19 on the SDGs and Gender Equality 3 The Role of the High-Level Political Forum . 4 Civil Society Organisations and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals . 5 The International Presidents Appeal: The Road to Equality . 6 The Social Pillar of Sustainable Development 10 Recommendations 11COVID-19 Work of Tomorrows Women Wirral, UK .12COVID-19 Pandemic Project for Southern Womens Safety Service, Australia 14Health: A Strand of the Social Pillar for Sustainable Development . 15 Recommendations .16 Thalassemia Awareness Project, Kuwait .17 Lautoka Lockdown Struggle for New Mothers and Babies, Fiji 18 Reproductive Health Peer Educators Training, Mongolia .19 The Economic Pillar of Sustainable Development . 20 Recommendations .21 Live Your Dream Awards and COVID-19 22 Training Centre for Young Domestic Workers, Democratic Republic of the Congo .24 Job Traineeships for Women in Prison, Italy 25 The Environmental Pillar of Sustainable Development 26 Recommendations .27 Culture and Peace, Kenya .27 Clean Wellshealthy rural women, Ukraine .29 Human Rights as Cross-cutting for All Pillars of Sustainable Development . 31 Recommendations 32 Trafficking of Women and GirlsAwareness, Advocacy and Action, Indonesia .32 The Humanitarian-Development Nexus 34 Recommendations 35 Caring Hands Cyclone Relief, India .36 Physical but not Social Distancing, Trinidad and Tobago 36 Essential Implementation Approaches . 37 Gender Mainstreaming 38 Financing for Development and Gender Budgeting 39 Using Law to Support Sustainable Development 40 Capacity Building 40 Gender Data .41Call to Action . 42 Conclusions.43'