The SDG Index and Dashboards Report provides a report card for country performance on the historic Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The annual report shows how leaders can deliver on their promise and it urges countries not to lose the momentum for important reforms.
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The SEDA Interactive Guide is an interactive tool from Boston Consulting Group that displays SEDA (Sustainable Economic Development Assessment) Rankings.
They use 10 dimensions for ranking which can be viewed by country and compared to the world median.
There is also a visual representation of score changes over the last 10 years and a "Wealth to Well-being" coefficient.
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Th?e first National Women's Day was celebrated in 1995. South Africa had just become a democratic country at the time, and the day was declared a national holiday. Since then annual celebrations take place throughout the country. It has become one of the national holidays where activities are organised with women in prominent positions making appearances and giving speeches at different venues across the country. August has since been declared National Women’s Month.
Read more about the history of National Women's Day here
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On the 6th of August 2018, the South African SDG Hub launched the publication
Implementing the SDGs in South Africa: Challenges and opportunities.
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Lung cancer continues to be one of the most common cancers worldwide, claiming more lives yearly than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. It is estimated that lung cancer accounts for nearly one in five cancer deaths globally. In 2012, there were 1.8 million newly diagnosed cases of lung cancer alone.
Click here to see a larger version of the InfoGraphic
Go to the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) website
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World's largest campaign for Global Goals
?The Great African Caravan is the first major travel project by the Art Caravan Association. 8 international artists from all around the globe (India, Argentina, Britain, Uganda, Germany, and Kosovo) will travel for 7 month through the continent of Africa covering 12 countries. The adventurous journey will start in July 2018 in South Africa (Cape Town), go through South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi,Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan and end in Egypt in February 2019.
Throughout the journey, the artists will work with local humanitarian organisations, youth groups, and artists as well as further governmental bodies, cultural entities, and similar institutions to connect, strategise, design novel solutions for local challenges, and build awareness on SDGs with the broader aim of contributing to peace, global citizenship, and sustainable social change. In each country it will be collaboratively worked on a specific Sustainable Development Goals using art as a holistic, inspiring, and raising tool.???
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