{"id":23115,"date":"2016-11-28T22:13:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T22:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=23115"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:55:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:55:37","slug":"media-advisory-press-briefing-on-2016-report-on-the-world-social-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/11\/media-advisory-press-briefing-on-2016-report-on-the-world-social-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Media advisory: Press briefing on 2016 Report on the World Social Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>2016 Report on the World Social Situation \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cLeaving No One Behind \u2013 The Imperative of Inclusive Development\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Press Briefing<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite unprecedented global social progress in recent years, social and economic inequalities persist.\u00a0 As much as 40 per cent of the world\u2019s population do not have access to education in a language they speak or understand. Children belonging to ethnic minorities and those with disabilities are much less likely to complete primary and secondary education. With its pledge to leave no one behind, the Sustainable Development Goals recognize that development cannot be sustainable if it is not inclusive.\u00a0 The 2016 Report on the World Social Situation, with the theme \u201cLeaving No One Behind \u2013 The Imperative of Inclusive Development,\u201d examines the social, economic and political disadvantages that some groups of the population face, and makes policy recommendations to address the barriers that limit participation and access to opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniela Bas, Director, Division for Social Policy and Development, UN DESA<\/li>\n<li>Marta Roig, Senior Social Affairs Officer, UN DESA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The 2016 Report on the World Social Situation<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the report, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/UN-RWSS\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/UN-RWSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wednesday, 30 November, 11 a.m. EST<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0S-237, UN Headquarters, New York or live through <a href=\"http:\/\/webtv.un.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/webtv.un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available for interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wenyan Yang, Chief, Social Perspective on Development Branch, DESA<\/li>\n<li>Marta Roig, Senior Social Affairs Office, DESA<\/li>\n<li>Maren Jimenez, Social Affairs Officer, DESA<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Perry, Social Affairs Officer, DESA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For UN Media Accreditation, visit: <a href=\"un.org\/en\/media\/accreditation\" target=\"_blank\">un.org\/en\/media\/accreditation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UN Department of Public Information<\/p>\n<p>Devi Palanivelu, T: + +1(212)963-1104 | E: <a href=\"mailto:palanivelu@un.org\" target=\"_blank\">palanivelu@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sharon Birch, T: +1(212)963-0564 | E: <a href=\"mailto:birchs@un.org\" target=\"_blank\">birchs@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a02016 Report on the World Social Situation \u00a0 \u201cLeaving No  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5270],"tags":[2851,5776,4853,6439],"class_list":["post-23115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press-material","tag-desa","tag-press-material","tag-reports","tag-world-social-situation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}