Learn more: Leave No One Behind
This module provides a mix of webpages, scientific papers, digital lectures, and videos on the general theme of Leave No One Behind.
Leave No One Behind
Reference: United Nations (2022) Leave No One Behind.
Format: Webpage
Keywords: Pledge, Commitment, Responsibility, Reach the furthest behind first
Work load: 1 page
Description: This webpage documents how the 193 United Nation Member States of the 2030 Agenda have committed to Leave No One Behind in their implementation of the SDGs. Moreover, it stresses how Member States will “endeavour to reach the furthest behind first” from an essential recognition of how “the dignity of the human person is fundamental”.
Link: https://www.un.org/en/desa/leaving-no-one-behind
What does it mean to leave no one behind?
Reference: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2018) What does it mean to leave no one behind? A UNPD discussion paper and framework for implementation.
Format: Text
Keywords: 2030 Agenda, Five key factors, Intersectionality, Action
Work load: 29 pages
Description: With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 193 United Nations Member States pledged to ensure “no one will be left behind” and to “endeavour to reach the furthest behind first.”
This paper suggests a framework that governments and stakeholders can use in their countries to take action to leave no one behind in a way that enables and accelerates national progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Link: https://www.undp.org/library/what-does-it-mean-leave-no-one-behind
Disability Inclusion
Reference:The World Bank (2022) Disability Inclusion.
Format: Webpage
Keywords: Disability, Inclusion, 2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals, 10 Commitments
Work load: 2 + 6 pages
Description: The World Bank Group is a global partnership working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. With their Disability Inclusion project, the World Bank has committed to support the inclusion of people with disability worldwide (Link 1). At the first Global Disability Summit in 2018, the World Bank announced 10 commitments towards disability inclusive development. These commitments address topics such as: Education, Technology and innovation, Data disaggregation, and Transportation (Link 2).