The Sustainable Development Goals. How can equality and justice be achieved for all?

Alfredo Lopez

May 2019 · GRIN Verlag

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Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Basics and General, grade: 5, Massey University, New Zealand, language: English, abstract: How may the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals lead to equality and justice for all? And can the success of the Sustainable Development Goals be determined through its indicators? This essay focuses on responding to these two questions. On 18 September 2000, the United Nations and its General Assembly adopted the Millennium Development Goals. This project was launched with the objective of contributing to the development of the poorest countries in terms of eradicating extreme hunger, poverty and facilitate access to education. Also, it aimed to promote gender equality and health for all. In order to achieve its purpose by 2015, the Millennium Development Goals were distributed in eight goals, 18 targets and 48 indicators. However, by the end of 2015 and until now, millions of people living in developing countries continue facing hunger, extreme poverty, lack of education and health support; which could indicate that the Millennium Development Goals did not achieve its objectives completely. For this reason, in September 2015, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a new international development project named the Sustainable Development Goals, with the aim of promoting the sustainable development of all the countries in the world and the deadline is 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals are wider than the Millennium Development Goals. For example, with the aim of promoting and achieving equality and justice for all the Sustainable Development Goals have allocated 17 goals, 169 targets and 230 indicators.

About the author

Alfredo José López Severiche is a Colombian citizen and New Zealander. Alfredo is a PhD from Auckland University of Technology (AUT). He has undergraduate studies in Advanced Computer Science and a postgraduate in Information Technology. Alfredo holds a Master's degree with honours in International Communication. Also, he holds a Master's degree in International Development. Additionally, he has studied many courses such as • Anthropology of Current World Issues. • Global Sociology. • Global Social Change. • Human Rights. • Solving Public Policy Problems. • Social Work Practice: Advocating Social Justice and Change. • International Human Rights. • Understanding the Origins of Crime. • Foundations of Psychology. • Sociology. • Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. • Human Resources. • Cybersecurity Management. • The Challenge of Big Data, and others. His expertise is in Migration and Refugees Studies, Quality of Life, Human Rights and Biblical studies.