Africa: Over Four Million Girls Still At Risk of Female Genital Mutilation - UN Leaders Call for Sustained Commitment and Investment to End FGM: [WHO] Joint statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director, WHO Director-General, and UNESCO Director-General on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQnhkV #EndFGM #GirlRights #WomenEmpowerment #UNGoals #StopMutilation

Africa: Culture As a Sustainable Development Goal? It's Starting to Become a Reality: [The Conversation Africa] Eight global millennium development goals were established in 2000 by member states of the United Nations (UN) and endorsed by other multilateral organisations. They ranged from eliminating hunger to empowering women, and from reducing child mortality to environmental… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TP9fwY #SustainableDevelopment #MillenniumGoals #UNGoals #CulturalSustainability #EmpowerWomen

Africa: Solving Contradiction - Why Nature Rich Africa Lacks Food Diversity?: [Ethiopian Herald] The pursuit of climate-resilient and biodiversity-conscious food systems, which are commended by the United Nations, are flickering new hope into the livesof millions of Africans who still go to bed hungry. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMY6F2 #Africa #FoodDiversity #ClimateResilience #Biodiversity #UNGoals

Only 35% of sustainable development goals on track to meet target, UN says http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLwmmy #SustainableDevelopment #UNGoals #GlobalCrisis #DevelopmentGoals #Sustainability

Africa: UN Searches for Solutions to Global Housing Crisis: [UN News] The UN's urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services - that's around 40 per cent of the global population. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL3lZL #HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing #UrbanDevelopment #UNGoals #SustainableCities

Africa: UN Aims to Transform Urgency Into Action At Nice Ocean Conference: [UN News] Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next month to save the marine environment. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL2kjp #OceanConference #ClimateAction #MarineEnvironment #SustainableDevelopment #UNGoals

Senegal and SUEZ win UN prize for model water partnership http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL146s #Senegal #SUEZ #WaterPartnership #SustainableDevelopment #UNGoals