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100 _aSingh, Kesari, and Appiah, William Asamoah
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245 _aContributions of higher education institutions in achieving gender equality
260 _aUniversity News
300 _a59(47), Nov, 22-28, 2021: p.37-41
520 _aIn September 2015, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York formally adopted ‘The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), of which the primary aim was poverty alleviation. The motive was to have an integrated and comprehensive framework for sustainable development in both developed and developing countries. The fundamental among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worth of discussion is SDG-5 which focuses on gender equality and empowering all women and girls. Gender equality and women empowerment have caught the attention of academics, feminists, policy makers, and governments across the globe. The essence was to provide a roadmap for the integration of economic, social, and environmental agendas for a comprehensive approach (Sachs et al., 2018) – Reproduced
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