BY: BONNIE CHIU
PUBLISHED: MAY 28, 2019
Dr. Blum speaking on the Bellagio report at the International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali in November, 2018
“As the world works towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Dr. Blum argues in his other report that the current indicators ignore men and boys. The report proposes that a more inclusive approach to measurement is required to ensure that gender equality can be attained by 2030 , alongside other proposals in the report. Would some see broadening the focus to men and boys a distraction from the serious problems that women and girls are still facing? Dr. Blum commented, “There are those who see this as a zero-sum game—that if you acknowledge the importance of men and boys, it is diminishing the importance of women and girls. But this is not a zero-sum game at all.”
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