This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Indaba Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre, In Fourways, Johannesburg, where the United Nations Women, is urging all partners to "Step it Up for Gender Equality" to advance women's empowerment with and through the news media. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by UN Member States in September 2015 is a universal roadmap for people and planet, addressing the key challenges of the 21st century, such as poverty, inequality, and climate change. Women's empowerment is recognized as a pre-condition to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the core of the 2030 Agenda. The SDGs include a transformative stand-alone goal on gender equality and women's rights (Goal 5) that addresses structural barriers to women's empowerment, along with important targets on gender equality in other Goals.
GUEST: Zolisa Sigabi, SABC National Radio News Editor