health insurancehealth prioritiesIn September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGKamau, EstherMacNaughton, GillianSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
The men and women of the Maasai tribe in Kenya appear so full of vitality, but in reality, they have little access to quality healthcare when they fall ill. I hope the local government can enhance healthcare benefits for the community. Photovoltaic Ro...
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In Kenya, there is a distinct division of labor between men and women regarding their familial responsibilities. Women have limited rights, such as not being allowed to own property or receive traditional education. According to the annual report on female empowerment in Kenya by the US Agency fo...
1. Since 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become the agenda for development, progress, and future of the world (Gabay & Ilcan, 2017; Weber, 2017). As a comprehensi...
One of the goals in SDG-7 is to increase access to clean energy through international cooperation. This direction supports research and development projects on clean energy, energy efficiency and cleaner fossil fuel technologies (United Nations2021a). In addition, incentives are provided for investment...
Then, we cluster the SDGs based on the combinations of goals and targets addressed by the initiatives and explore how SDGs differ in how local initiatives engage with them. We identify 5 main groups: SDGs addressed by broad-scope projects, SDGs addressed by specific projects, SDGs as means of...
The need to make cities in Africa ‘more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’, as encapsulated in the stand-alone urban goal 11 adopted as part of the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, is undisputed as rapid urban growth rates are set to make the...
PRAGUE, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The Global Goals World Cup (GGWCUP), a unique amateur soccer tournament for women to support the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), was held in Prague on Thursday. More than 24 teams joined the event, which was for the first time introduced in the ...
Early actions taken by stakeholders such as government, civil society and the private sector are critical in setting the foundation for their success or failure in the years to come Achieving the goals will require the involvement of a wide range of actors; which creates the need to have ...