SDG Action Digest March!!🎉 Your monthly news from the #SDG global movement
ACTION OF THE MONTH:
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Mobilize
The SDG Global Festival of Action program is LIVE! Panel discussions on the roadmap towards the achievement of the SDG, interactive sessions, inspirational keynotes, workshop, SDG Action trainings, SDG games, performances and more to step up SDG Action. Secure your place at the Festival to join the conversation and the SDG community.
Only 5 weeks to go before the SDG Global Festival of Actionstarts. We’ve got a packed program with high level panel discussion on the transformative changes required to make the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development a reality, workshops, interactive sessions, SDG actions training, exhibits. There will also be an SDG Action Studio, an SDG Film selection and other creative initiatives to inspire citizens’ action for the SDGs… Be part of the #SDGglobalFest-ival!
Connect
5 inspiring stories behind the ASEAN MY World 2030 Programme
A group of young SDGs Advocates in the ASEAN region share their experiences promoting the MYWorld survey to raise awareness on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Their stories will be featured at the upcoming ASEAN Summit (27–29 March) on the last day of the Sixth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development. Discover how they have impacted their communities!
MYWorld 360 community continues to grow, learn and create. Submit by 1 April!
These are the last days to submit your MY World 360° media (in any language) and be part of the Global Festival of Action in Bonn, Germany. Students and creative change-makers from all over the world have been working together to share ideas, human stories on the Story Pitch Forum and Rough Cut Forum in the MY World 360º Educator Community.
Inspire
10 initiatives to advance #GenderEquality
For International Women’s Day, we have highlighted 10 initiatives from the SDG community that are empowering girls and women to action and make the Sustainable Development Goals a reality. Read more and share their successful stories.
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?
SDG Action in Brussels with the Young People Programme
To show their local leaders what was needed to make their city safer, 14 teenagers took to the streets of Brussels with cameras to highlight how lack of both gender equality in public spaces and safety at night were tangible concerns. Their work was showcased by Plan International in Belgium through the Young People Programme. Read about the “Our safe cities” project.
Highlights from the SDG Action Campaign team
The SDG Action Campaign team is getting ready for the Festival!
Passionate and committed volunteers have joined the team to help us in the final preparatory phase towards the SDG Global Festival of Action. You’ll meet them soon!
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Help us scale up, broaden and sustain the global movement of action to transform the world!
Originally published at UN SDG Action Campaign.
