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Today on #foodforthought I’d like to serve this sketch called #Machining.

Machine (def): an apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task. - Oxford

The ‘#system’ or the ‘#machine’, may sometimes have a closed definition determined by a chosen few for their personal convenience to represent color, gender, race, religion, caste, government, institution, company, community, skill, an ecosystem, environment, universe, etc. Diving in deep into any one of these, we could easily forget we’re all part of a greater ‘machine’ and have our own respective function. Just the way we are, without any additional external machining.

Few questions to introspect on:

What machine(s) am I actively and passively a part of?

What is this ‘Development Machine’?

Do I want to continue being a part of the particular machine? Do I have a choice?

Does failing at something define our ‘destiny’? Does succeeding change our destiny?

Is being scrap really that bad?

Considering this sketch is about education, equality, work, and a machine, apart from other things. I’d like to raise awareness on the following SDGs with links shared below.

#SDG4: Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education

https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4

#SDG5: Gender Equality and Empower Women and Girls

https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal5

#SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/economic-growth/#:~:text=Goal%208%20is%20about%20promoting,global%20economy%20under%20serious%20threat.

#SDG9: Industry Innovation and Infrastructure

https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal9

[equalpayday]

Gender labour income gap.

In high-income countries, a women earn 73 cents and men 1 dollar; compare to low-income countries where women earn 44 cents and mean 1 dollar. Despite a drop in the global unemployment rate to 4.9% in 2024, the ILO reports persistent inequalities in the labour market. Women in low-income countries are particularly affected. Read more:

[worldchildlabourday]

Labour market enforcement in Brazil - Reflections, lessons and the way forward.

Join us for a captivating journey through the history and transformation of Brazil's labour inspectorate. Discover how this vital institution has adapted over time to tackle the challenges of labour market non-compliance. Dive into an analysis of Brazil's unique approach to labour inspection, as we compare it with the established 'models of inspection' and explore its distinctive features.

Watch Labour market enforcement in Brazil: Reflections, lessons and the way forward!

[remittancesday]

Remittances helps families to achieve their own Sustainable Development Goals.

By 2030, it is projected that over US$ 5 trillion will be sent home by migrants to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with much of this money going directly to rural areas where 80 per cent of the world’s poor live, face food shortages, and the impacts of climate change.

This money, sent by migrants and diaspora communities, directly supports millions of families to achieve their own Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They contribute directly to poverty alleviation, education, healthcare, small business development, gender equality, and rural economic growth.

[developmentinformationday]

Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024 - Financing for development at a crossroads.

United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs

[worldipday]

An Author Sparks Creativity Among Young Creators.

From immersing herself in the world of literature to crafting her own stories, Chidera Okolie has been nurturing her creative interests since she was a child. The Nigerian lawyer and writer is the author of two novels, When Silence Becomes Too Loud (2014) and Not Forgiven (2017). Beyond her passion for writing, Okolie is actively encouraging young writers in Nigeria to fulfil their writing dreams through her Idios Creatives initiative, which she launched in 2018. This is her story. Chidera Okolie set up Idios Creatives, a platform for young people to explore and express their creativity. “Through the Idios Creatives project, I wanted to provide a platform for a new generation of writers to embrace their creative power. It is my way of contributing to the development of young peopleʼs writing and other creative skills,” Okolie explains. To capture the attention of young people across Nigeria, in 2018, Okolie created the Idios Prize for Flash Fiction and Poetry. Over 300 schoolchildren took part in the competition. “We visited schools across Nigeria, collecting short stories from young writers. Eventually, we had about 300 stories, which we narrowed down to the best 100 for publication. This has helped showcase the abundance of creative talent in Nigeria,” Okolie notes. In setting up Idios Creatives, her strongest hope is that “young people are encouraged to read more and to explore their own creativity.”

Advancing IP and creativity in Nigeria

The author is also a champion of intellectual property rights, highlighting their crucial importance in recognizing, rewarding and supporting creators for their work. “IP allows you to protect your creative work from exploitation, illegal reproduction and misuse. It also ensures the preservation of your economic rights, in other words, your ability to earn income from your work, and your moral rights, including the right to be credited as the creator, and the right to protect the integrity of your work,” Okolie explains. While Nigeria has made progress in this regard, Okolie believes there is still more to be done to enhance the countryʼs copyright landscape. “Nigeria has long suffered from piracy, but the landscape is graduallyimproving. I strongly believe that IP rights play a critical role in emboldening artists to safeguard their work and use it for economic benefits. This becomes particularly significant when building a career based on oneʼs creativity,” she says. Okolie started writing her first novel, When Silence Becomes Too Loud, in 2014, without any intention of sharing it outside her personal sphere. “It was purely a personal endeavor,” she notes. But her father insisted that she have her book published. “I was hesitant to reveal myself so intimately and to allow others to delve into my innermost creative thoughts," she says. Despite her initial fears, Okolie started looking for a publisher and the bookʼs release, in 2014, exceeded all her expectations. “The book was widely acclaimed in my country and gained a lot of attention. It caught the eye of my countryʼs former president, who expressed his pride in associating with young people who strive to keep creativity alive in the country,” Okolie explains.

Her outstanding novel earned her three awards, including the 2016 Nigerian Writers Award for Best Fiction Writer of the Year and a nomination for the African Achieverʼs award. Building on her success, Okolieʼs second publication, Not Forgiven, is a collection of short psychological thrillers and also won accolades, paving the way for her to receive Most Outstanding Fiction Writer of the Year in 2017. In January 2019, Okolie was listed among the 100 Most Influential Young Nigerians by Avance Media.

[tourismday]

Tourism and Rural Development: A Policy Perspective.

Tourism has high potential to stimulate economic growth and social change in rural areas because it contributes to local economies, support other products value chains, distributes benefits across both seasonal and geographic grounds, and promotes the conservation of cultural and natural heritage. Through the UNWTO Tourism for Rural Development Programme, the Organization seeks to enhance these and other opportunities that tourism can bring to rural areas. To devise adequate actions and develop impactful initiatives, it is essential to have solid knowledge and data to help support and monitor the evolution of this important agenda.

[internationalwomenday]

NGO Briefing - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68 Side Event)

Watch the NGO Briefing - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68 Side Event).X

[unpublicserviceday]

Collaboration as a strategy for accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This side-event intends to contribute the discussion and exchange of selected experiences of collaboration between different stakeholders to identify actions to impulse Agenda 2030 delivery at different levels.

Side Event at the SDG Action Weekend organized by the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the UN.

To maximize the 2023 SDG Summit's impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, United Nations entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributionSs to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.

The SDG Action Weekend will consist of the SDG Mobilization Day on Saturday, 16 September, and the SDG Acceleration Day on Sunday, 17 September at UNHQ in New York.

The SDG Action Weekend includes a select number of high-level side-events identified through an open call that concluded in August. They are jointly organized by coalitions of Member States, UN agencies and other international organizations, and global stakeholder networks.

[worldcitiesday]

Women-led Cities: Bringing Gender Responsive Actions, Solutions and Partnerships from the Local Level to Scale.

The Women-led Cities side-event will discuss how women leaders of businesses, cities and communities can join forces to drive positive local transformation through inclusive leadership, economic empowerment and reduced inequality. 

Side Event at the SDG Action Weekend organized by UN-Habitat, UNCDF, Ellaimpacta, The Gambia, Bangladesh, UCLG.

To maximize the SDG Summit's impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.

The SDG Action Weekend will consist of the SDG Mobilization Day on Saturday, 16 September, and the SDG Acceleration Day on Sunday, 17 September at UNHQ in New York.

The SDG Action Weekend includes a select number of high-level side-events identified through an open call that concluded in August. They are jointly organized by coalitions of Member States, UN agencies and other international organizations, and global stakeholder networks.

[southsouthcooperationday]

Opening plenary (SDG Action Weekend, Mobilization Day).

As the opening to SDG Action Weekend, the opening plenary of the Saturday proceedings will emphasize the urgency of this moment. Halfway to the 2030 Deadline, we are not halfway there –many goals remain off-track and global economic, geopolitical, and environmental headwinds threaten progress in other areas.

The 2030 Agenda is a promise, not a guarantee, and humanity is in the hotseat. In the face of these challenges, participants will be reminded by speakers that transformation, at scale, is possible. We have the right tools and capabilities but now we need everyone, individually and collectively, to channel these resources more efficiently to deliver on the SDGs. This session will feature a keynote speech from a former Head of State, providing a sober reality check of the moment and emphasizing the possibility for us to achieve our promise. To close, an empowering performance from Yemi Aladewill set an uplifting tone as stakeholders head into the programming of SDG Mobilization Day.

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To maximize the SDG Summit's impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.

The SDG Action Weekend will consist of the SDG Mobilization Day on Saturday, 16 September, and the SDG Acceleration Day on Sunday, 17 September at UNHQ in New York.

The SDG Mobilization Day (16 September) will create an opportunity for stakeholders from all sectors to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and mobilize towards an ambitious SDG Summit and UN General Assembly High-Level Week.

The SDG Acceleration Day (17 September) will be centred around the UN High-Impact Initiatives

The SDG Summit on 18-19 September will mark the mid point of the SDGs. It must secure the breakthroughs and momentum needed to change course and achieve the SDGs by 2030. To maximize the Summit's impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.

[junods2408]

Athena InsideOut Education is a Human Innovation Institute.

Exponential technological innovations have changed the world in recent decades. In order to keep up in the world of 2050, every person will have to reinvent herself again and again. Human Innovation stands for the expansion of human capabilities. And the expansion of human capabilities is a must in order to

a) build an innovation-driven economy and

b) develop the ability to cope with change, to learn, unlearn and learn new skills as well as to maintain a mental balance in disruptive situations.

The expansion of human capabilities requires new forms of education. Forms of education that are no longer primarily focused on cognition, but on both cognition and intuition. And forms of education that implicitly incorporate the well-being of each, whereas Well-Being stands for mental, physical and emotional maintenance, growth and resilience.

This is why our Value Proposition also includes Well-Being.

Visit us here: www.athena-ioe.com

[equalpayday]

Equal pay for work of equal value is necessary to close the gender pay gap.

Closing the gender pay gap is key to achieving social justice for working women, as well as economic growth for the nation as a whole.

Equal pay for work of equal value is necessary to close the gender pay gap. Closing the gender pay gap is key to achieving social justice for working women, as well as economic growth for the nation as a whole.

[dayofcombattingsandandduststorms]

Sand and dust storms and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Sand and dust storms (SDS) present a formidable and wide-spread challenge to achieving sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimensions. They have become a serious global concern in recent decades due to their significant impacts on the environment, health, agriculture, livelihoods, and socio-economic well-being. Sand and dust storms are an essential element of the Earth’s natural bio-chemical cycles, but are also caused in part by human-induced drivers, including climate change, and unsustainable land management and water use. In turn, sand and dust storms contribute to climate change and air pollution. Sand and dust storms’ impacts are felt in all regions of the world, both in developed and developing countries, and pose severe challenges to achieving 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, especially:

SDG-2 — Goal 2: Zero hunger

SDG-3 — Goal 3: Health

SDG-6 — Goal 6: Water and sanitation

SDG-8 — Goal 8: Economic growth

SDG-11 — Goal 11: Cities

SDG-13 — Goal 13: Climate action, and

SDG-15 — Goal 15: Biodiversity forests and desertification.

At least 25 % of global dust emissions originate from human activities, and in some areas, desert dust has doubled in the 20th century. The impact of this phenomena is difficult to control, as human activity in one part of the world can cause sand and dust storms in another region. However, just as sand and dust storms are caused by human activities, these storms can also be reduced through human actions.

[coopsday]

Roundtable 2 - For a fairer world.

International Day of Cooperatives 2023 "Cooperatives: Partners for Accelerated Sustainable Development."

[developmentinformationday]

Assessing the progress of all 193 United Nations Member States on the SDGs.

Sustainable Development Report 2023 ''Implementing the SDG Stimulus'' Read the full report