#genderequality — Public Fediverse posts

The Eiffel Tower was shut down on Monday after staff went on strike over female employees being sidelined to accommodate a visiting Hindu group. Details on the controversy: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/eiffel-tower-shut-after-strike-over-unacceptable-removal-of-female-staff-for-hindu-groups-visit-oi2yvd48?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EiffelTower #ParisNews #BAPS #GenderEquality #France

The Eiffel Tower was shut down on Monday after staff went on strike over female employees being sidelined to accommodate a visiting Hindu group. Details on the controversy: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/eiffel-tower-shut-after-strike-over-unacceptable-removal-of-female-staff-for-hindu-groups-visit-oi2yvd48?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EiffelTower #ParisNews #BAPS #GenderEquality #France

The Eiffel Tower was shut down on Monday after staff went on strike over female employees being sidelined to accommodate a visiting Hindu group. Details on the controversy: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/eiffel-tower-shut-after-strike-over-unacceptable-removal-of-female-staff-for-hindu-groups-visit-oi2yvd48?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EiffelTower #ParisNews #BAPS #GenderEquality #France

The Eiffel Tower was shut down on Monday after staff went on strike over female employees being sidelined to accommodate a visiting Hindu group. Details on the controversy: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/eiffel-tower-shut-after-strike-over-unacceptable-removal-of-female-staff-for-hindu-groups-visit-oi2yvd48?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EiffelTower #ParisNews #BAPS #GenderEquality #France

Gloria Steinem, 1934–2026: She Found Her Cause — Did It Change the World?

By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News

September 6, 2026 — Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines

Gloria Steinem died September 2 at her home in New York City. She was 92.

For more than half a century, Steinem was one of the most recognizable voices of American feminism: journalist, organizer, author, political activist, co-founder of Ms. magazine and a woman who spent much of her adult life insisting that equality was not some radical concession society might someday grant women. It was their right.

Three days after her death, there is an obvious temptation to simply declare victory for a life well lived.

The harder question is whether she won.

She Found Her Cause

Steinem was born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from Smith College, she entered journalism at a time when women working in the profession routinely encountered barriers their male colleagues did not.

Her breakthrough came in 1963 when she went undercover as a Playboy Bunny and documented the working conditions inside New York’s Playboy Club. But Steinem’s transformation from journalist into activist accelerated after she attended a 1969 gathering where women publicly discussed their experiences obtaining abortions, then illegal in much of the United States.

Steinem had herself undergone an abortion after college, something she had kept secret because of the stigma surrounding it.

She increasingly recognized that what individual women had been taught to regard as private failures were often consequences of political and economic structures.

That realization became central to the women’s movement.

In 1971, Steinem helped establish the National Women’s Political Caucus. That same year she helped launch Ms. magazine, initially appearing as an insert in New York magazine before becoming an independent publication in 1972.

Ms. discussed subjects mainstream publications often avoided or marginalized: abortion, domestic violence, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment and women’s political power.

Putting those subjects into print mattered because naming a problem is frequently the first step toward making society acknowledge that the problem exists.

Did Any of It Work?

This is where an obituary should resist mythology.

Gloria Steinem did not liberate American women single-handedly. No individual did. The women’s movement consisted of millions of women and men, organizers, lawyers, politicians, writers and ordinary people whose names will never appear in history books.

Steinem understood that herself.

But did the movement she helped build accomplish anything?

Absolutely.

The America in which Steinem began her career was a country where women could encounter legal and institutional obstacles to obtaining credit independently, where employment discrimination was commonplace, where sexual harassment was barely recognized as a public issue and where domestic violence was frequently treated as something occurring behind somebody else’s closed door.

Women entered universities, professions, politics and positions of economic independence in numbers previous generations could scarcely have imagined.

Steinem didn’t accomplish all that.

But she helped create the political language, organizations and public pressure that made those changes possible.

That is an enormous legacy.

And Yet, Here We Are

There is another side to the story.

The constitutional Equal Rights Amendment Steinem championed never became part of the Constitution. In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the federal constitutional protection for abortion that had existed for nearly half a century. Steinem, then 88, responded by insisting the struggle for reproductive freedom would continue.

And at street level, it can sometimes seem as though some of the cultural assumptions Steinem spent decades fighting never really disappeared.

Perhaps they didn’t.

Rights can be won without prejudices disappearing. Laws can change faster than cultures. And political victories that appear permanent to one generation can be challenged by the next.

That doesn’t mean the earlier struggle failed.

It means there was never a finish line.

The Measure of a Life

Steinem received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2013. She remained politically active well into old age, continuing to write, organize and advocate for women’s rights.

Her final memoir, An Unexpected Life, is scheduled for posthumous publication this month.

But medals, books and famous photographs aren’t the most convincing measure of what Gloria Steinem accomplished.

A better measure may be how unremarkable some freedoms now seem.

A woman opening her own credit account. A woman expecting equal consideration for a job. A woman running for president. A woman publicly identifying sexual harassment instead of being expected to quietly tolerate it. A battered woman being treated as the victim of a crime rather than the participant in a private family dispute.

None of those things is remarkable enough anymore.

That is precisely the point.

Social movements sometimes succeed so thoroughly that later generations forget how abnormal today’s normal once was.

Gloria Steinem found herself a cause and gave most of her life to it.

Did she change everything?

No.

Did everything she fought for survive?

No.

Are some of those fights being fought all over again?

Absolutely.

But did Gloria Steinem and the movement she helped build change the world?

Yes.

The evidence is all around us — including in the freedoms now taken so much for granted that people can forget somebody once had to fight for them.

Gloria Steinem did.

And she kept fighting almost to the end.

References

Associated Press. (2026, September 3). Gloria Steinem, defining symbol of women’s movement and eloquent advocate for equality, dies at 92.

Reaney, P. (2026, September 3). Feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at age 92. Reuters.

The Washington Post. (2026, September 3). Gloria Steinem, lodestar of the modern women’s movement, dies at 92.

Melbourne Club Seeks Review Over Girls’ Match Move

Arabic version: نادٍ في ملبورن يطلب مراجعة بعد نقل مباراة للفتيات According to ABC News, Boroondara Eagles Football…
#Australia #Melbourne #boroondaraeagles #football #genderequality
https://www.europesays.com/australia/88939/

Shifting ‘believe women’ from default response to dogmatic rule actually dehumanizes women

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/shifting-believe-women-from-default-response-to-dogmatic-rule-actually-dehumanizes-women/

Melbourne soccer club says girls' match moved to make way for boys
By Larissa Ham

The Boroondara Eagles are demanding action, saying one of their junior girls' team's matches was stopped at half-time so a boys' team could take the field.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/soccer-football-boroondara-eagles-match/107120226

#GenderEquality #GenderDiscrimination #AustraliaSoccer #LarissaHam

Maggie Gyllenhaal questions lack of women directors

Venice Film Festival jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal said women face systemic barriers in film, outpointing the lack of female directors in the main competition category. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #venicefilmfestival #filmfestival #womendirectors #director #genderequality #films Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow…

https://fllics.com/en/video/maggie-gyllenhaal-questions-lack-of-women-directors/

Feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at age 92

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/people/obituary/feminist-activist-gloria-steinem-dies/

📢 P-WILL FINAL CONFERENCE | BRUSSELS + ONLINE | 2–3 SEPTEMBER 2026

💜 Feminist Digital Platforms: Theories, Alternative Models etc !

Tomorrow Sofia Kypraiou, Jessica Pidoux and Anton Fedosov will present: Digipower: A Participatory Tool for Investigating Platform Work Through Personal Data at the final P-WILL Conference on Gender, Power & Technology.

📅 2–3 September 2026
📍 Manhattan Center, Brussels
🎟️ Free participation in Brussels
💻 Worldwide online streaming

Full programme:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/140c1P57P1OiKWJDMzF0d8hqWC6qqq0wBf64wfA_-lf4/edit

🌐 https://pwill.eu
💻 Streaming: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86923489899

#PWILL #COSTAction #PlatformWork #GenderEquality #DigitalLabour #FeministPlatforms

She Talks Asia finds place ‘rich in stories’ in first Cebu summit

Cebuanas share a wealth of women’s stories at She Talks Asia, where advocates, athletes, and creatives open up about overcoming challenges, finding solace, and creating communities

https://justpaste.in/news/cebu-women-stories-she-talks-asia-summit-2026/

#Cebu #CebuCity #genderequality #womenempowerment #Artists

She Talks Asia finds place ‘rich in stories’ in first Cebu summit

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/people/artists/cebu-women-stories-she-talks-asia-summit-2026/

And these experiences are not the same for everyone. Gender intersects with race, disability, class, sexuality, age and many other aspects of our lives.

There is still work to do. So today, let's learn, listen, question what we take for granted and keep working towards a more equal playing field.

#WomensEqualityDay #GenderEquality #Inclusion #DEI
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For the first time, the European Commission has recognised women's health as a distinct policy priority, in the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2026–2030.

It is a step forward, but the next logical move is a dedicated EU strategy for women's health. EIWH's proposal sets out what that could look like.

Read EC's Gender Equality Strategy: https://shorturl.at/9vKBl
Read EIWH's Proposal: https://shorturl.at/sdOD3

#WomensHealth #GenderEquality #EUPolicy #HealthEquity #Research

Why Female Yakitori Chefs Are So Rare in Japan https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/15413/ #Food #GenderEquality #JapaneseRestaurant #JapaneseRestaurants #LaborShortage #michelin #Restaurants #sexism #women #yakitori

Why Female Yakitori Chefs Are So Rare in Japan https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/3897/ #Chef #food #GenderEquality #LaborShortage #Michelin #restaurants #sexism #women #yakitori

Why are some professions still seen as “women’s work”?

In our new Critical Public Health paper, we argue that underrepresentation ≠ structural disadvantage. Men may face barriers entering feminized professions, yet still gain advantages in status and leadership once inside.

We call this entry–advancement asymmetry.

https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2026.2721902

#GenderEquality #GlassEscalator #PublicHealth

Documentary ‘Skateboarding Is Not for Girls’ Explores Gender Barriers Beyond the Skate Park

https://justpaste.in/movies/documentary-skateboarding-is-not-for-girls-explores-gender-barriers-beyond-the-skate-park/

#Documentary #filmfestival #genderequality #Olympicsports #skateboarding

https://www.sciencealert.com/virtually-absent-ai-models-practically-erase-female-characters-from-kids-stories

AI isn't just copying our biases—it can amplify them. A new study found female characters appeared in only 2% of AI-generated children's animal stories. Maybe let humans tell the stories.

#AI #AIBias #GenderBias #ChildrensBooks #TechEthics #AIFailure #NotSoSmartAI #GenderEquality

#Feminism #GenderEquality #GenderPayGap #DEI #AffirmativeAction

Hey, fedi. What smaller non-profits do you recommend for donations?

Some beautiful people have been tipping me for my articles and my accessibility app. That gives me the warm fuzzies.

But I’m going to donate those tips, because other folks need them more. And I’m going to replace my tips links with non-profit donation links.

My current list:

1. Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
2. Audre Lorde Project
3. Equal Justice Initiative
4. STEM Like a Girl

Who are your faves?

#AskFedi #Donations #NonProfits #LGBTQ #STEM #GenderEquality #BlackMastodon #Equity #NativeAmerican

Married mothers do more housework than single mothers. Not a bug — a documented pattern. Why? Because a lot of husbands aren't helping. They're adding work. by @daylightatheism

https://onlys.ky/the-end-of-marriage/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=evergreen

#Feminism #Marriage #GenderEquality #LaborEconomics #Relationships

Stowaway school teacher who disguised herself as a boy on a tall ship
By Jodie Hamilton

In 1928, Balaklava school teacher Jeanne Day set her eyes on a Finnish tall ship docked at Port Lincoln and decided to disguise herself as a boy for the voyage of a lifetime.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-01/stowaway-school-teacher-jeanne-day-disguised-as-boy-tall-ship-sa/106707878

#Women #WomensRights #MarineTransportIndustry #History #Navy #GenderEquality #GenderRoles #JodieHamilton

🔖 NEW article

Highlights that second #demographic transition determinants (e.g. #education, #maritalstatus, #genderequality) are more appropriate than #economic development and #urbanisation to explain #fertility change spatial variation in #China from 2000-2010 - by Hu, Kulu & Mikolai: https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2025.2590744

Fatherhood is evolving. 👨👧💗
Across South Africa, more men are embracing the role of being stay-at-home dads, redefining what family balance really looks like.
It’s a shift that’s breaking stereotypes, celebrating care, and reshaping modern parenting.
Read the full article here 👉 https://zurl.co/BQqig

#BabyYumYum #Fatherhood #StayAtHomeDad #ParentingJourney #ParentingInSA #SouthAfricanParents #ModernParenting #GenderEquality #FamilyWellbeing #ParentingAwareness

Fatherhood is evolving. 👨👧💗
Across South Africa, more men are embracing the role of being stay-at-home dads, redefining what family balance really looks like.
It’s a shift that’s breaking stereotypes, celebrating care, and reshaping modern parenting.
Read the full article here 👉 https://zurl.co/BQqig

#BabyYumYum #Fatherhood #StayAtHomeDad #ParentingJourney #ParentingInSA #SouthAfricanParents #ModernParenting #GenderEquality #FamilyWellbeing #ParentingAwareness

Fatherhood is evolving. 👨👧💗
Across South Africa, more men are embracing the role of being stay-at-home dads, redefining what family balance really looks like.
It’s a shift that’s breaking stereotypes, celebrating care, and reshaping modern parenting.
Read the full article here 👉 https://zurl.co/BQqig

#BabyYumYum #Fatherhood #StayAtHomeDad #ParentingJourney #ParentingInSA #SouthAfricanParents #ModernParenting #GenderEquality #FamilyWellbeing #ParentingAwareness

Only 24% of Cybersecurity Workforce Are Women — UN Women and GCF Plan to Change That https://thecyberexpress.com/un-women-and-gcf-partner-for-cyber-equality/ #CybersecurityWorkforceReport #GlobalCybersecurityForum #cybersecurityworkforce #TheCyberExpressNews #GCFAnnualMeeting #TheCyberExpress #genderequality #CyberNews #SkillsGap #UNWomen

What she said 💟 👇

#equality #genderequality #womensrights #feminism #patriarchy #financialabuse

Le 17 mai, c’est la Journée mondiale des télécommunications. Cette année, focus sur l’égalité numérique femmes-hommes : un enjeu crucial pour une tech plus juste et inclusive.

🔁 Partagez ce post pour faire bouger les lignes !

#JournéeMondialeDesTélécommunications #EgalitéNumérique #WomenInTech #TechForGood #FemmesEtTech #DigitalInclusion #GenderEquality #STEMGirls #InclusionNumérique #TechInclusive #LeadershipFéminin #NumeriqueResponsable #FemmesDansLaTech #DigitalEquality

#handsoff2025 Protest today!!!!! Join up with others to say #HandsOff our democracy and fight for your freedom!!!! Find Your LOCAL PROTEST HERE; https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/

#UnplugTrump #PuckFutin #democracy #freedom #freespeech #life_liberty_happiness #betheblizzard #theavalancheofjustice #capitalism #CapitalismIsADeathCult #CapitalismKills #SurveillanceCapitalism #deforestation #DrillBabyDrill #deforestation #DefundDeforestation #DefundExtinction #progressive #TransRights #FreeSpeechTv #america #americans #americana #defiance #truth #TruthToPower #truth2power #protest #protests #theflagisforthepeople #eagle #pollution #corporations #corporations_are_not_your_friends #NoisePollution #ClimatePollution #thereisnoplanetb #fiftyfiftyone #VoteWithYourWallet #boycott #boycottusa #UnplugTrump #ElonMusk #elonmuskisanazi #gofuck_elonmusk #PutinIsAWarCriminal #PutinWarCriminal #putin #enviroment #enviromental #TheEnviromentExcuse #FreeMedicareForAll #peace #PeaceNow #PeaceTalks #PeaceLink #PrayForUkraine #fascism #NoFascism #fascismo #fascisme #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #_ukraine #Russia #russian #russiaToday #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #greed #CapitalistGreed #PharmaGreed #FearandGreedIndex #bigpharma #peaceonearth #tariffs #tarrif #Tariff #slavery #minimumwage #minimumwageraiseplz #Aristocrat #RunawayAristocrat #aristocrat #HumanRights #HumanRightsDay #media4humanrights #portugal4humanrights #usa #usa2025 #ușa #northcarolina #northcarolina1stcongressionaldistrict #northcarolina8thdistrict #northcarolina1st #DonaldTrump #UkraineIsOurFriend #trump #trumptariffs #newyork #rejectproject2025 #project2025 #project_2025 #project2025cansuckit #2025project #2025reads #election2025 #revision2025 #eatthe1percent #EatTheRich #EatTheRichs #eatREADsleep #bird #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #birding #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #NatureArtist #WildlifePhotography #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeMurals #mouse #reptiles #MarineReptiles #SquamateReptiles #reptile #ReptileWorld #ReptileLovers #ReptileDatabase #boycott #Boycott4Wildlife #boycott4widlife #BoycottGold4Yanomami #boycott4palestine #ChildLabor #freespeech #freespeech4all #freespeech2 #tree #trees #tree_magic #TreeTime #déforestation #DefundDeforestation #amphibians #amphibian #AmphibiansOfInstagram #instagram #_instagram #facebook #FacebookFeed #FacebookFeed #twitter #TwitterMigration #twitter2 #Hippie #beachHippie #beach #BeachTown #BeachTravel #BeachCamping #google #degoogle #GooglePixel #GooglePlay #GoogleGo #yahoo #exclude_applenews_and_yahoo #degoogling #degooglenow #diversity #BioDiversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #DiversityMatters #censorship #Queer #QueerRights #QueerInkSquad #QueerWriters #NeuroDivergent #NeurodivergentWellbeing #NeurodivergentMood #NeurodivergentThinking #autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder #AutismPride #neurospicy #neurotypical #disabled #DisabledArtist #DisabledMastodon #lgbtq #lgbtqia #LGBTQIA2S #lgbtq_plus #lgbtqAlly #StraightAlly #lgbtqia2 #lgbtqia2a #straight #gardener #GardenJoy #forest #ForestTrails #ForestWhitaker #forest_deepness #forest #foresttherapy #therapy #leaf #leafLitter #sexuality #gender #GenderEquality #GenderPayGap #GenderVerbot #dirt #cloudflare #FascistGOP #gop #native #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericans #NativeBirds #insectpopulationdecline #insect #insects #InsectID #bug #bug2038 #black #peopleofcolor #eatlocal #macdonalds #camp #camping #ElderAbuse #elder #old #OldBuildings #conservation #OceanConservation #science #ScienceMastodon #OpenScience #OpenSource #mastodon #mastodonsocial #MastodonTips #lake #LakeErie #LakeCity #river #HudsonRiver #RiverSoul #river_plate #prairie #PrairieLife #pinetree #oldgrowthtree #ocean #OceanBeach #OceanHealth #flowers #WildFlowers #DailyFlowers #sky #SkyTonight #skype #discord #FuckDiscord #DiscordServer #DisneyboundingDiscord #ubuntu #UbuntuLinux #linux #linuxmint #linux_gaming #linuxgaming #GreenwashingKills #GreenWashing #furry #FurryArtist #furryart #furryfandom #totoabafish #VaquitaCPR #vaquita #fish #fishing #FishArt #FishCrow #MarineMammal #NativeMammal #mammal #StopPrimateShipments #primate #animalrights #NaturesRights #transrightsarehumanrights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #transrightsreadathon #transrights #lesbian #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LesbianArt #SydneyGayandLesbianMardiGras #gay #gayMAN #GayPride #GayMastodon #intersex #IntersexRights #IntersexAwareness #TransAndIntersexPrideDublin #asexual #AsexualPride #pride #asexuality #BoycottExxon #verizon

Women exhibit less manipulative personality traits in more gender-equal countries https://www.psypost.org/women-exhibit-less-manipulative-personality-traits-in-more-gender-equal-countries/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #Machiavellianism #SocialPsychology #PersonalityTraits

Heya #MastoArt
16th and final day of the #NoExcuse campaign. It's also #HumanRightsDay I hope more people will pay more attention to the UN campaigns.

#Orange tiger lily with hidden bee 🐝🌼🕊️

https://www.deviantart.com/ladynorris/art/1132462859

#peace #equality #16days #16DaysOfActivisim #orange #OrangeDays #orangetheworld #photography #photo #freedom #endviolence #free #写真 #genderequality #art #EndGBV #EndFemicide #women #humanrights #fotografie #artist

@mpfpr convenes a workshop on applying a #HumanRights based approach to #judicial decision-making, in Kulhudhuffshi, 🇲🇻 #Maldives.

Supported by @AuswaertigesAmt
For more insights, see⬇️

https://www.mpfpr.de/2024/11/13/foundation-convenes-a-workshop-on-applying-a-human-rights-based-approach-to-judicial-decision-making-in-kulhudhuffushi-the-maldives/

#humanrightsbasedapproach #genderequality #fairtrial #nondiscrimination #judiciary #ruleoflaw #MPFPR

The electronic music scene has a #representation problem. Of course, that is not particularly new. The #FACTS2024 study by the #FemalePressure network, which has been analysing line-ups at #electronicmusic festivals for ten years, shows a trend pointing in the right direction, but also a long road ahead.

You can view and download the full study here: https://femalepressure.wordpress.com/

#techno #house #genderequality #representation #electronicmusic #womensday #femaledjs #nonbinary

“SheSaid is a drive run by Wiki In Africa as part of the Wiki Loves Women initiative. The campaign aims to celebrate and recognize women by focusing on enhancing their representation and visibility on Wikiquote.”

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Women/SheSaid

#Equity #SheSaid #Wikiquote #WikiLovesWomen #GenderEquality #Africa

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
Twelve Women Accuse ANTI-FLAG's JUSTIN SANE Of Rape, Sexual Assault & Predatory Behavior
It's pretty bad.

https://metalinjection.net/news/twelve-women-accuse-anti-flags-justin-sane-of-rape-sexual-assault-predatory-behavior

#AntiFlag #JustinSane #SexualAssault #Rape #PredatoryBehavior #MeToo #GenderEquality #SocialJustice #JusticeSystemReform #VictimSupport #SupportSurvivors #EndRapeCulture #CreateSafety #ConsentCulture

Fewer CEOs are serving on outside boards. That’s good (and bad) - BJ Jenkins
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‘This is Your Life in Silicon Valley’: Nomiku Founder CEO Lisa Fetterman on why Silicon Valley doesn’t care about female founders - Welcome to this week’s transcribed edition of This is Your Life in Silicon Valley. We’re running an ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ri-I3beS-kQ/ #thisisyourlifeinsiliconvalley #foundationcapital #podcasttranscript #venturecapital #femalefounders #genderequality #socialequality #sunilrajaraman #ycombinator #bittorrent #policy

Going for sustainable development

People should know they all should join hands to make sure that we can survive in nice surroundings where nobody is afraid to seek to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom.

People should recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, should act in collaborative partnership, willing to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

At the moment we still lack the global political will to take the kind of transformational measures necessary to make the ongoing polluting and people misusing trends, be reversed before it is too late.

This month in many countries, all over the European Union, there shall be an opportunity to bring out a vote on the deepening climate crisis, but also on the human rights elements, which both should be at the top of our concerns.

Climate change is moving much faster than our efforts to address it, and the last four years were the hottest on record. We can not keep ignoring the many natural disasters which have wreaked havoc in nearly every region of the globe and which are demanding many lives (of humans but also of animals).

Last year, more than 35 million people were affected by floods, and when looking at Africa, we can not ignore the drought which is progressing, destroying livelihoods and forcing more and more people to move.
The average number of people exposed to heatwaves has increased by some 125 million since the beginning of the century, with deadly consequences.
The combination of extreme heat and air pollution is proving increasingly dangerous.

The climate crisis threatens decades of progress and jeopardizes all our plans for an inclusive and sustainable development.

And the clock is ticking. Science has clearly told us that we have only 12 years for this transformation, if we want to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

“No country or community is immune. And, as we know, the poor and vulnerable are the first to suffer, and the worst hit,”

said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, at the Leader’s Roundtable on Promoting Green and Sustainable Development to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Beijing, China, warning that the climate crisis threatens decades of progress and jeopardizes all our plans for inclusive, sustainable development.

UN China/Zhao YunUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the Leader’s Roundtable on Promoting Green and Sustainable Development to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Beijing, China

To put it simply, we need green development. We need sustainable development. And we need it now.

We must not see it to dark or not as impossible, as a race to head off a climate catastrophe, with global action rooted in solutions that are sustainable and aligned with the landmark Paris accord and the UN 2030 Agenda it should be possible to ensure a safe and secure planet for all.

All those who can vote should stimulate their own country to have the greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 45 per cent over the next decade and to get to net zero emissions globally by 2050 through strong mitigation and adaptation measures.

We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path.

As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announced in Paris demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.

All those who can vote should bring out their vote to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.

All of us have to bear the responsibility and should be determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.

Please do look for those political parties who have people or representatives who live like they preach. Look for the parties where the people who want to present your voice are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.

As concerned citizens we should be determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.

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