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Wrap-up: October 2015 Discussion

In the October discussion facilitated by Kate Donald from the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), we looked into the question of how we as human rights activists and practitioners can...

Opportunity: IAEG-SDGs' open consultation with observers & stakeholders on the proposed indicators (Nov 4-7, 2015)

The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), which was established to develop an indicator framework for the monitoring of the SDGs and associated targets, conducts...

October 2015 Discussion: Can the SDG Indicators be a Tool for Human Rights Accountability?

Welcome to our October monthly discussion! I’m Kate Donald from the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), and I’ll be facilitating the discussion this month. As you may know, two weeks ago, on 25 September 2015 at United Nations headquarters in New York,...

Global leaders adopt 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, yet structural obstacles to women's rights remain

The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015, held in New York from 25-27 September, marked the official adoption of the post-2015 development agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as outlined in...

Post-2015 Women's Coalition's press releases on the role of women's rights in the SDGs

The Post 2015 Women’s Coalition released four press releases related to the new SDGs and women's rights.

Press Release: "The Promise to '

Human rights groups criticize the monitoring and review framework of the 2030 agenda as vague and voluntary

In response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL),...

Measuring What We Treasure: Human Rights Insights for Post-2015 Development

*** Cross-posted from the Center for Economic and Social Rights

Negotiations and political horse-trading on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda will...

CESR proposes illustrative indicators for a Post-2015 fiscal revolution

As the post-2015 debate moves swiftly from deciding sustainable development goals and targets toward developing a set of indicators to measure the achievement of these goals, the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and Christian Aid believe that a human...

Opportunity: High Level Conference on Data Revolution in Africa (Addis Ababa, Mar 27-29, 2015)

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The ‘data revolution’: of the people, for the people?

*** Cross-posted from the Center for Economic and Social Rights

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