The General Aim: To contribute to the UN Post-2015 Development Goals and to create awareness across societies worldwide.

The Specific Aim: To open the floor to women’s perspectives and opinions on the proposed SDGs by bringing together women participants from across the world. The Summit brought together women representatives of CSOs and women parliamentarians from across the world with diverse backgrounds. By organizing such a summit, the Journalists and Writers Foundation provided a ground for networking and experience-sharing for NGOs from around the world to express their views, policies, and work on the chosen subject. Topic of 2014, “UN Post-2015 Development Agenda” intended to evaluate the year-long discussions on the formulation of SDGs at a global gathering of women.

The summit also aimed to provide a follow-up to the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women which was held in March 2014 and discussed the “Challenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls.”

Expected Outcome: Allowing women express and highlight their contributions to the implementation of the MDGs as well as their suggestions and opinions on the SDGs in the presence of prominent UN representatives and women parliamentarians and providing opportunities for civil entities to express their views on the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda and promotes global cooperation between women NGO representatives and parliamentarians.