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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are indicative of global acceptance that change and impact cannot occur in a vacuum. From their inception which went through one of the most participatory processes in the history of development; to their very nature, which is interdisciplinary and intersectional; the SDGs are dependent on the creation of [...]

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The Effects of COVID-19: Our New Challenges The COVID-19 pandemic left the development space rethinking our collective approach to impact, both its depth and its breadth. On some fronts, we are seeing a massive step back, such as with issues of gender-based violence and internally displaced peoples. India is facing the largest internal migration since […]

Youth in 2020: Entering the Global Stage It is a scary time to be a young adult. The climate crisis changing the world, at an unprecedented scale is a reality; COVID-19 has robbed a whole generation of milestones like graduation, and college tours, and we are in the middle of the largest civil rights movement […]

Sustainable Development Goals (should) represent the best the international development community has to offer. They are aspirational and inspirational, comprehensive and inclusive.Unlike the Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs include the public sector, the private sector and the individual. They break down the most complex challenges we are facing into what seems like manageable, bite-sized issues […]