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Equal opportunity in all areas and how it relates to SDGs

Provide summary of the SDGs covered this week through the theme of Equal Opportunity
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This week’s theme is digital technology and equal opportunity.

You will learn about the following SDGs:

Sustainable Development Goal icon for SDG4 Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Sustainable Development Goal icon for SDG5 Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Sustainable Development Goal icon for SDG8 Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Sustainable Development Goal icon for SDG10 Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

You will learn what steps the UN Global Compact and SDG Compass recommend the private sector take to champion the SDGs.

You will also examine case studies of attempts to use digital technologies to advance equal opportunity. You will consider a case study of how quality education was further with online education, examine the use of social media for a third gender community in Bangladesh, consider the use of blockchain to address modern slavery and for humanitarian supply chains.

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