Lord Loomba has urged the UK Government to lead the inclusion of issues relating to 258 million widows in the UN Sustainable Developments Goals 2015-2030.
On Thursday, 28th May 2015, at the House of Lords, Lord Loomba CBE participated in Her Majesty The Queen’s Gracious Speech on International Development. Lord Loomba informed the Lordships House that the United Nations is setting up Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030 to build on the successes on Post 2015 MDG’s.
Lord Loomba said “It is fantastic that SDG are seeking to promoting education and promoting gender inequality for women and girls”. He added that that education and socio-economic empowerment is fundamental tools to achieve the UN targets.
Lord Loomba also praised what DFID is doing to help widows and their children around the world through direct aid to the developing countries and the United Nations.
Lord Loomba urged the Minister the Noble Baroness Anelay of St. Johns to take lead at the United Nations to ensure that the issues relating to widows and their children are included in the Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2013.
