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2012
The future women want: a vision of sustainable development for all
United Nations Member States unanimously agreed in 1992 in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that ‘women have a vital role in environmental management and development. Their full participation is therefore essential to achieve sustainable development.' This publication highlights commitments made on gender equality and explores women’s contributions to sustainable development and policy around the world. Focusing on priority areas (safe drinking water and sanitation, food security and sustainable agriculture, sustainable cities, decent work and the green economy, health and education), it details the actions needed to establish a gender-responsive development framework and ensure an enabling environment for women’s full participation in sustainable development.
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- sustainable development (SD)
- The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the World Conservation Strategy (IUCN 1980) and had its roots in the concept of a sustainable society and in the management of renewable resources. Adopted by the WCED in 1987 and by the Rio Conference in 1992 as a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations. SD integrates the political, social, economic and environmental dimensions. (IPCC)
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