The toll of gender-based violence is steep. Prioritizing prevention is essential.
Explore the latest insights from Spotlight Initiative on ending violence against women & girls, featuring UNDP's global initiatives #GenderEquality

Read: bit.ly/SpotlightIniti…

.UN Development & @ILGAWorld launch #InternationalPrideAwards seeking to shine a light on the work of brave & visionary equality heroes, to tell their stories & to inspire more people to advocate for equality. Nominations open on 1 June #EqualityForAll #IDAHOBIT
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Living on small islands comes with its challenges—like being vulnerable to natural disasters & feeling the pinch of limited resources. But with SIDS 2.0, tech is a game-changer, helping islands prepare better for disasters. Ugo Blanco blogs👇
#SIDS4
undp.org/blog/digital-l…

#AMR poses a significant risk to sustainable development & health equity. UN Development is committed to working w/ partners on solutions. 🇺🇳 High level mtg in Sept will be critical for bold action. 🙏🏽 ⁦Prof. Dame Sally Davies⁩ for your leadership.
⁦Mandeep Dhaliwal⁩ theguardian.com/global-develop…

It was great meeting w/ Dan Ericsson, Swedish Secretary of State, Department for Rural Affairs. We discussed stronger collaboration in forest mngmnt in the context of UN Development’s #ClimatePromise , #NaturePledge including green tech & devt to accelerate progress on the #2030Agenda

Wrapping up our mission to London. Thank you to Melinda Bohannon & Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for hosting substantive strategic dialogue where we discussed priorities around crisis, climate, gender, sustainable finance & governance. Also had productive talks w The EBRD, think tanks & NGOs.

Loved running the #womenruntheworld half marathon today in Central Park. Shaved 32 secs off Personal Best with a time of 1:45.01. Great atmosphere & congratulations to all the amazing women who made it out today 💪🏼🏃‍♀️❤️.

Multilateralism is what makes bold climate action possible.

Today, UN Development has launched #ClimatePromise 2025 - the world’s largest offer of support to developing countries on NDC enhancement and implementation.

Learn more: go.undp.org/ZZx

.UN Development & #UN SG António Guterres launch the #ClimatePromise 3.0 to support countries in their NDC planning & implementation to reduce climate warming to 1.5 degrees by COP30 in 2025. This is a bold, audacious plan but we have no choice & we need everyone to do their part.

The time is now to take bold climate action.
Today, @‌UNDP is unveiling #ClimatePromise 2025. The renewed efforts will provide major boost to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.
Watch live 📺 bit.ly/3UnSrFT

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Wrapping up the three days at the UN ECOSOC President #Youth2030 Forum with #Generation17 ’s Meet & Greet. Zubair Junjunia and Yi Jun shared their experiences at the Forum and their work towards the 2030 Agenda.

#YouthLead

Great conversation today w/ #Generation17 young leaders. We discussed ways to expand our collaboration around the 🌍 & 🆕 report on how digital is transforming the lives of young people in #SmallIslandsDevelopment States.
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Join us at the 4th Int'l Conference on Small Island Developing States in Antigua & Barbuda. UN Development will spotlight solutions to address the urgent challenges faced by #SIDS & the need for longer-term investments & partnerships.
UNDP engagements at #SIDS 4➡️tinyurl.com/yc226sjp

Good luck for next 2️⃣ days!
🔑 takeaways from Day 1:
- to build trust, institutions must tackle issues young ppl care abt - corruption, conflict, climate, skills.
- institutions must include young ppl & in some countries, young ppl are alr making this happen, esp @ local level.

'For us, God is present in nature.'

The #Lepcha are an indigenous tribe in #Sikkim 🇮🇳, known for their deep reverence towards nature.

Read how the #SECUREHimalaya initiative is protecting their nature-based lifestyles: shorturl.at/ciCVX.

Young people are vital partners in eradicating poverty, building peace, & addressing #climatechange .

Discussing, at the United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum, the urgent need for youth inclusion in implementing the 2030 Agenda.

Delighted to moderate discussion @ the #YouthForum co-hosted by @undp & UN ECOSOC President w/ ministers & young leaders from around the 🌍. We’re committed to supporting govts to advance youth engagement in peace & devt w/ focus on electoral processes, esp in this #SuperYearOfElections

Pleased to address the #YouthForum today. Young people are the hope & energy critical to achieving the #SDGs , part. to #EndPoverty . At UN Development, we believe that the youth force is not just abt numbers, it’s abt their talents & ideas to be agents of change.
Paula Narváez

Our Global Policy Network is transforming frm a hub & spoke model to a network of horizontal connections, improving the way UN Development develops & provides programming & policy advice w/ #UN & other partners to support countries & #globaldev agenda. 🙏🏽 to Board for feedback & guidance.

Anticipation & risk-informed policy development is at core of UNDP Moldova programmes & policy support !
Delighted to have moderated sessions at Data Governance Conference with 🇲🇩🇪🇺Government of the Republic of Moldova EU in the Republic of Moldova UNFPA
🙏 UNDP’s #FundingWindow Francine Pickup Turhan Saleh