This article outlines the goals and targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to elimination of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and to explain the framework to target these goals. Prevention of VAWG has been identified as one of the key agents for sustainable development. SDGs gave enough importance and called for the elimination of "all forms of violence against all women...

Sri Lanka is a country experiencing many transitions – sociodemographic, economic and epidemiological – all of which are greatly influencing health development. In the health sector, success in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was focused on certain specific health issues. A year ago, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, with an agenda of unprecedented scope and ambitio...

With pressing issues arising in recent years, the United Nations proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an agenda urging international cooperations for sustainable development. In this perspective, we examine the roles of systems metabolic engineering (SysME) and its contribution to improving the quality of life and protecting our environment, presenting how this field of study off...

In September 2015, heads of state gathered at the UN general Assembly to adopt a new global development agenda, commonly referred to as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Earlier in July 2015, Ministers of finance had met to agree on the means for financing this new development agenda which replaces the Millennium Development Goals that reflected the development priorities between 2000 a...

The United Nations member states are currently negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Health is a crucial prerequisite for sustainable human development, and there can be no health without mental health. Mental health plays a key role in efforts to achieve social inclusion and equity, universal health coverage, access to justice and human rights, and sustainable economic developm...

the year 2016 could turn out to be a turning point for global health, new political realities and global insecurities will test governance and financing mechanisms in relation to both people and planet. but most importantly political factors such as the global power shift and “the rise of the rest” will define the future of global health. a new mix of health inequity and security challenges has...

Could literature be relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in this giant stride by the UN to make this world a better place to live in? Does Nigerian or African literature have any precedential capacity that can accord it some vital roles to play in a virtually virgin field like the SDGs? This paper provides plausible answers to these questions. It endeavours to coin out a synergy...

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for a comprehensive new approach to development rooted in planetary boundaries, equity, and inclusivity. The wide scope of the SDGs will necessitate unprecedented integration of siloed policy portfolios to work at international, regional, and national levels toward multiple goals and mitigate the conflicts that arise from competing resource deman...

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations (UN) member countries adopted an ambitious 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aiming to 'transform the world' in the next 15 years. [...].