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Tag: Global Goals

Six women honoured in UN Day gender equality discussions

The Swedish Embassy in Tirana, together with the United Nations in Albania and the Albanian Ministry for European and Foreign Affairs, celebrated United Nations Day...

Unique partnership for inclusive growth and decent work

Globalisation, digital transformation and rapid technological developments have paved the way for amazing progress around the world. But some people risk being left behind. The...

STUDENTS TAKE ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN HONDURAS ‘DIPLOHACK’

More than 50 students pulled an all-nighter in Honduras earlier this year to think up technical solutions to gender-based violence in the country’s first ever...

Swedish embassies install solar panels to cut CO2 emissions

Today, Sweden is celebrating the Feast of Saint Lucia. It is a festival of light which brightens up the winter darkness. But elsewhere, where it’s...

Cartoonists paint alarming picture of climate change

Sustainable solutions to the climate challenges of today and tomorrow are required. World leaders, researchers and innovative businesses are doing what they can to reduce...

Trees give life and hope around Lake Victoria

Farmers in four countries around Lake Victoria in eastern Africa are turning over a new leaf by stopping the clear-felling of trees and branching out...

Nordic embassies in South Africa get men to talk about gender

Including men and encouraging positive dialogue on gender equality. This was the goal of the Nordic embassies in South Africa when they ran a social...

Seventeen young ambassadors for seventeen Global Goals

For several years now, the United Nations Association of Sweden has trained engaged young people to become ambassadors in their local area for the 2030...

Sweden is supporting sustainable sanitation in Bolivia

Global Goal 6 says that all people in all countries should have access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation and hand washing by 2030, but...

New watering system reaches the poorest farmers in arid and conflict-prone part of Kenya

A private enterprise and a humanitarian organisation have teamed up to bring a solar-powered irrigation system to small farming cooperatives in one of the poorest...
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