Zero Draft of SDGs: Where are Women, Peace and Security?

Introduction and Proposed Goals and Targets on Sustainable Development for the Post2015 Development Agenda

Poverty eradication is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. We are therefore committed to freeing humanity from poverty and hunger as a matter of urgency.

We recognize that poverty eradication, changing unsustainable and promoting sustainable patterns of consumption and production and protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development are the overarching objectives of and essential requirements for sustainable development.

We reaffirm that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and we express profound alarm that emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise globally. We underscore that the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, with a view to accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions.

SDGs: Gender Equality, Women's Rights and Women's Empowerment

The 8th Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) held on February 3-7, 2014, which i was fortunate to have an opportunity to attend the meeting as part of Indonesia delegation.  The last "stock taking" meeting on SDGs discussed about Bio Diversities, Ocean, forest, Gender equality, Women's empowerment, and conflict intervention. To provide you clear share the unfinal result, below i attach the letter of Co-Chair of OWG  and formulation of 19 targets of SDGs for post 2015 Development Agenda.

You may have discussion, critics, and any new ideas about gender equality, women's rights and women's empowerment in SDGs, you can freely submit your thoughts and idea to related link at the last paragraph of this circulation.  ***

New York, 21 February 2014

Excellency,

During the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in June 2012 in Brazil, Heads of State and Government resolved to establish an inclusive and transparent intergovernmental process on sustainable development goals that is open to all stakeholders, with a view to developing global sustainable development goals to be agreed by the General Assembly. In this regard, the Heads of State and Government decided that an open working group shall be constituted, and that it would submit a report, to the Assembly at its sixty eighth session, containing a proposal for sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate action.