UNESCO’s Collective Consultation of NGOs on Education 2030 (CCNGO) Coordination Group has released a new report, entitled "The Role of Civil Society Organisations in 2050 and Beyond".
UN Secretary-General António Guterres candidly speaks of gender inequality as "a shadow pandemic” during the Virtual Townhall Meeting with Women's Civil Society.
"The COVID-19 pandemic can either derail efforts toward the Sustainable Development Goals or, if purposefully managed, can open space to accelerate the processes". Maria Fornella-Oehninger, SI UN Representative in New York, blogs about the International Science Council's High-level Political Forum Side Event, 'Designing and implementing integrated, context-sensitive and attainable pathways toward achieving transformation'.
Civil society has been excluded from involvement in the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations. Soroptimist international is making moves to oppose this decision.