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This study aims to analyze the policies of the Muhammadiyah women's organization, Aisyiyah, in Gorontalo region in the fields of education, economics, and health in empowering women and their involvement in the global issue of Sustainable Development Goals. The research method used in is descriptive qualitative by collecting the data through interview and documentation techniques. The data are analyzed using the theory of Miles and Huberman which includes three stages namely, data reduction, display and data verification. The respondentswere determined using purposive sampling technique. The researchers interviewed the head, the secretary, and the tresure of Aisyiyah Gorontalo. Besides,the chair of the Primary and Secondary Education Assembly, Chair of the Higher Education Assembly, Chair of the Economic and Employment Assembly, Chair of the Social Welfare Council, Chair of the Health Assembly and other parties are also interviewed to strengthen the data. The results of this study indicate that the programs of Aisyiyah Gorontalo support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. The programs include activities to strengthen the field of public education, strengthening the economy and employment, and encourage creating health insurance for community and society.Artikel penelitian ini bertujuan menelaah kebijakan organisasi kewanitaan Muhammadiyah, Aisyiyah wilayah Gorontalo di bidang pendidikan, ekonomi, dan kesehatan dalammelakukan pemberdayaan terhadap perempuan dan keterlibatannya terhadap isu global Sustainable Development Goals. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu kualitatif deskriptif dengan pengumpulan data melalui teknik wawancaradan dokumentasi. Pada tahapan analisis data, data ditelaah menggunakan teori dari Miles and Huberman yang meliputi tiga tahapan yaitu, reduksi data, display dan verifikasi data. Subjek penelitian ditentukan dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling yakni teknik pengambilan sampel dengan pertimbangan tertentu. Dalam penelitian ini, pihak-pihak yang diwawancarai antara lain ketua dan sekretaris wilayah Aisyiyah Gorontalo, ketua Majelis Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengah, Ketua Majelis Pendidikan Tinggi, Ketua Majelis Ekonomi dan Ketenagakerjaan, Ketua Majelis Kesejahteraan Sosial, Ketua Majelis Kesehatan dan pihak lain yang dibutuhkan untuk memperkuat data penelitian. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat program kerja Aisyiyah wilayah Gorontalo yang menunjang tercapainya Sustainable Development Goals. Program-program tersebut meliputi kegiatan penguatan bidang pendidikan masyarakat, penguatan ekonomi dan ketenagakerjaan, serta mendorong terbentuknya jaminan kesehatan bagi semua kalangan.

Increased policy coherence and integrated implementation are necessary to address pressing development problems that cut across different sectors. Meeting these demands, as called for by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, requires institutional innovation. Based on the comparative analysis of 137 countries, this paper investigates how governments have responded to this call and which contextual factors shape their institutional responses. We propose a four-dimensional typology to analyse the institutional set-ups for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), focusing on political leadership, horizontal integration across policy sectors, vertical integration across levels of government, and integration of societal stakeholders. We apply this framework to the descriptions of national SDG-implementation bodies provided by governments in their Voluntary National Review (VNRs) and use qualitative directed content analysis and regression modelling to investigate different driving factors of institutional design choices, including socio-economic development and political regime. Besides a strong commitment from the Centre of Government in most cases, our results show that ministries of the exterior and the environment have a dominant role, indicating that sustainability is not yet perceived holistically. Further, we find that the integration of subnational governments and societal actors is often under-institutionalised: while countries with higher levels of socio-economic development appear more likely to set up mechanisms suited to achieving cross-sectoral integration, political regime type seems to have little impact on institutional design choices for SDG implementation. Conceptually, this study offers a theory-led investigation of the institutional mechanisms for integrated SDG-implementation and the factors that drive institutional innovation or inertia. Empirically, by compiling the information in an original dataset, our study paves the way for future cross-national analysis on effective integrated SDG implementation and identifies entry points for inter- and transnational support of integrated SDG implementation in the context of development cooperation.

AbstractChanging the way citizens behave toward sustainability is essential to achieve the SDGs. Citizens can help create a more prosperous planet for future generations by making sustainable decisions and engaging in environmentally friendly behaviors. This position paper draws attention to how social marketing can encourage pro-environmental behavior conducive to achieving the environmental Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN) as part of the 2030 Agenda. The paper also offers critical analysis of earlier studies employing a social marketing approach to influence participants' behavior in favor of environmental sustainability. Recommendations for social marketing practitioners and researchers are provided. These recommendations center on two issues: how to develop and implement successful environmental social marketing programs and how to use communication more effectively.

Purpose
This study aims to offer a mid-range theory conceptualization of factors central to understanding and facilitating business actor engagement (BAE). Reports on a study of real estate companies and their sustainable development goal (SDG) driven business initiatives. The aim is to identify the factors that need to be in place to facilitate positive engagement amongst actors in business-to-business (B2B) settings.


Design/methodology/approach
A case study of real estate companies (landlords of business premises) and their business customers (tenants of offices and warehouses) – comprising interviews and workshops – offer insights related to the factors that need to be in place to facilitate BAE types and outcomes.


Findings
The identified central factors of BAE – needed to understand and facilitate positive engagement to unfold – are the actors' perception of: willingness (to act), resourcefulness (to contribute and solve issues) and influence (to affect decisions) regarding solutions related to the business initiative at hand. Failing to facilitate these factors may result in negative outcomes of BAE where "engagement" merely constitutes perceived obligations and responsibilities.


Research limitations/implications
The study offers theoretical and managerial insights on how to manage the factors needed for BAE. It also sheds light on how actors can use SDG-driven business initiatives to achieve sustainability goals.


Originality/value
It contributes to the concept of BAE, by emphasizing the dynamics of engagement, from the motivational and behavioral dimensions specific to B2B settings. It offers insights how to managerially cogovern rather than control BAE. It presents central factors needed to include and capacitate customers, facilitating successful implementations of SDG-driven business initiatives to reduce absent or negative outcomes.

The gender wage gap exists in South Africa because men outnumber women. Women's standing compared to men shows this. Gender equality requires equal opportunities and resources for women and men. Sustainable Development Goal 5 addresses gender equality. This article examines social, economic, political, institutional, and other factors that hinder SDG 5's implementation in South Africa to highlight gender inequality's challenges. The study employed qualitative desktop analysis to acquire data. To learn about gender and related terminology, the literature was reviewed. The literature review required reading journal articles, books, research papers, newspapers, websites, government documents, and acts. The results show that institutional and legal frameworks have been used to address gender equality in the nation. Despite equal prospects for men and women, prejudice against women exists, especially in the workplace. Uneven opportunity, underrepresentation, and gender bias are examples. The findings show that gender equality in South African national, provincial, and municipal institutions requires political, financial, institutional, and capacity-building resources. The essay offers SDG-5 strategies.

Abstract
While the 2030 agenda addresses the United Nation member states primarily at their national levels, municipalities play a crucial role in implementing all of the 17 SDGs and many of the 169 targets. These processes must be monitored and evaluated. However, the UN indicators are not sufficiently applicable to the local context. Therefore, a multi-stakeholder working group was formed in Germany to develop a comprehensive set of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for municipalities, together with additional instruments to support local SDG monitoring such as an SDG data portal. The first catalogue which included 47 core SDG indicators was published in 2018. According to consecutive evaluations and practical tests, the indicator set was substantially expanded and revised to a final number of 120 SDG indicators. About half of the 120 indicators are provided with local-level data and the other half must be assessed individually for comprehensive local SDG monitoring. Likewise, accompanying tools were relaunched with additional functionalities. Although this new and unique set of indicators now covers a majority of the municipally relevant targets, there are still some decisive monitoring gaps for various reasons. The strengths and weaknesses of our methodological approach, as well as implications for future research and practical developments, are discussed.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is impressive in its breadth. However, the extensive nature of the agenda presents countries with a set of challenges. In particular, few if any countries will be able to focus on all goals in parallel, yet the agenda offers little clear guidance on how each country can determine their priority areas of focus and funding arrangements for such priority areas. Presently, few efforts have been made to analyse and examine the significance or importance of each sustainable development goal (SDG) and target for individual countries. More importantly, there is the challenge that governments would need to find the finances to fund the goals. Inevitably, politicians and policy makers in financially constrained countries are asking: what levers can we actually use to implement the SDGs efficiently and effectively? In this paper, we develop a simple framework that can help countries in leveraging existing budget resources to guide funding for the implementation of SDGs.