by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Being born a girl can be a life sentence of inequality and injustice. Girls and women are subject to multiple forms of discrimination in all spheres of their lives, including in and through education. In many contexts, they are less likely than boys to go to...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge LDCs and SIDS in Asia and the Pacific, and in Africa, share a number of structural challenges and geophysical constraints that result in disproportionately large economic, social and environmental challenges that hinder their development. These countries...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge In recent years, interest in gender-responsive budgeting has increased together with the understanding that effective planning and budgeting can improve the impact of government policies and strengthen accountability to women and girls. There has been a...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest percentage of undernourished people in the world (approximately 20 percent). Therefore, food security is one of the most urgent regional challenges. Simultaneously, as the demand for rice increases sharply, so do the...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Over the last four decades, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced more than 1,000 disasters. They are a major threat to development, putting recent economic development gains at risk. Africa’s disaster profile is characterized by extreme...
