Trans-Altai Sustainability Dialogue Kicks off in Ulaanbaatar
Trans-Altai Sustainability Dialogue: Gender and Sustainability, organized by the State Great Khural of Mongolia
Trans-Altai Sustainability Dialogue: Gender and Sustainability, organized by the State Great Khural of Mongolia together with Stanford University, the Ban Ki-moon Foundation, and Ewha Womans University of South Korea kicked off today at the State House. Trans-Altai Sustainability Dialogue (TASD) aims to stimulate cooperative action toward achieving the United Nations-adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and focuses on expediting the implementation of gender equality and women’s empowerment, the fifth of the Agenda’s underlying 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first day of the gathering consists of multiple public sessions featuring government officials, academics, and practitioners from the United States and across Asia. Keynote speakers and panelists are discussing barriers to gender equality in education, the labor market, and government; examine issues such as gender-based violence and human rights and the connections between gender equality and sustainable development; and consider policy solutions to facilitate a more rapid shift to the empowerment of all women and girls. The Dialogue will continue till June 14.
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