In 2020, the Government of Sindh launched its own SDGs framework to serve as a roadmap for the achievement of SDGs. Initially, the province took stock of available resources and prioritized SDGs based on existing development issues and challenges, value for money and magnitude of impact and consultations with stakeholders. SDGs 2, 3, 4, 6, […]
Achievement of SDGs: Sindh, Balochistan and KP (Part-1)
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Planning Commission of Pakistan launched a “National Initiative for SDGs,” followed by a more focused project in Provinces titled “Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support for SDGs.” This project was aimed at providing coordination, advisory and management support for the SDGs in the country. In this regard, SDGs Unit […]
SDGs Status Report 2021: Punjab, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan (Part II)
In the case of SDG-2, the country has seen a decrease in the prevalence of undernourishment by 4.2 per cent in four years during 2015-19. According to the latest figures for 2019-20, 83.56 per cent of people are food secure in Pakistan. Regarding the prevalence of stunting, SDGs indicator 2.2.1, and the prevalence of stunting […]
SDGs Status Report 2021: Punjab, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan (Part I)
UN General Assembly, through resolution 47/196 declared 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and started observing from 1993 onwards to devote the Day to presenting and promoting, as appropriate in the national context, concrete activities with regard to the eradication of poverty and destitution. In order to make a universal […]
National Gender Policy Framework 2022: Policy Critique (Part III)
A focused approach, with coordination at the federal and provincial levels, towards gender equality and promoting the rights of women is the need of the hour. Any policy framework aiming to work towards the betterment of women must be interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral. The success of any policy framework depends on the strength of its proposed […]
National Gender Policy Framework 2022: Policy Critique (Part II)
03. Not addressing the root causes of the problem: In general, the objectives of the NGPF seem to be putting only a bandage over the real cracks in the existing interventions related to women in Pakistan. They do not address the root causes of fundamental problems, such as access to and availability of essential health […]
National Gender Policy Framework 2022: Policy Critique (Part I)
September 2022 will mark the seventh anniversary of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in September 2015. As a member of the United Nations (UN), Pakistan is strongly committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its national development agenda in 2016. The principle thrust […]