17 December 2012: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Volunteers (UNV), and NGO partners have opened an online public discussion on young people and inequalities, as part of a global consultation process to define the post-2015 development agenda. The discussion on young people and inequalities runs from 17 December 2012 to 18 January 2013.
The Governments of Denmark and Ghana are supporting the overall thematic consultation on addressing inequalities, which is led by UNICEF and UN Women. World Vision International and Restless Development are working with UNICEF and UNV to host the discussion on young people and inequalities.
In addition to young people, the inequalities consultation also includes ongoing discussions on: indigenous peoples; and economic inequalities. A discussion on urban inequalities is set to start on 4 January. Discussions on inequalities relating to gender; gender-based violence; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI) people; and persons with disabilities have already taken place.
Following these discussions, the Government of Denmark will host a meeting in February 2013 to review and discuss findings with high-level participants from government, UN agencies, academia and civil society. The process will result in a report and recommendations on how to address inequalities in the post-2015 agenda, to be presented to the UN High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP).
The online discussions are running on the “World We Want 2015” website and are open to all. The consultation on addressing inequalities is one of 11 themes to be addressed in the post-2015 consultation process led by the UN Development Group (UNDG). The other themes are governance; growth and employment; health; education; environmental sustainability; hunger, food security and nutrition; conflict and fragility; population dynamics; water; and energy. [Online discussion on Young People and Inequalities] [Concept Note of Thematic Consultation on Inequalities] [Webpage of Thematic Consultation on Inequalities]