The Global Picture:
Challenges & Opportunities
Jane Salmonson
Leaving no one behind
Only 10% of all children with disabilities are in
school and only half (5%) who begin, complete
primary education.
Some groups are doubly discriminated against:
e.g. women from ethnic minorities.
Leaving no one behind
Inequality happens behind closed doors:
children in the same household can have
different outcomes, depending on gender.
2014 was the deadliest year since 1989, and
one in every 122 humans alive today is either
a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking
asylum.
Leaving no one behind
Economic growth is the main driver of
sustainable development. But economic growth
that leaves no one behind can deliver
sustainable development more quickly.
If all groups had benefitted equally from growth
since 2000, extreme poverty would be eliminated
by 2030.
Leaving no one behind
Can the SDGs can bring real change?
Leaving no one behind
These are ambitious goals and, unlike the MDGs, they are fully
in line with international human rights law, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Communities and civil society organisations in each member
state have new tools (though not legally binding) to advocate
for their agendas.
Leaving no one behind
The battle for transformative progress on ending poverty and
inequality and the fight for climate justice over the next 15 years
does not end with these commitments.
We’re still at the beginning.