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People with divers Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) often face violence, exclusion, gender-based discrimination and inequalities as a result of their expression or gender identity. When talking about gender equality non-binary people, trans women, lesbian, bi and queer women (LBTQ+) , or women with diverse sex characteristics are often left out, assuming all women are cisgender and heterosexual. True gender equality not only means equality between women and men, it means equality across all genders on a non-binary spectrum.

Listen to Kathrin's story of how she has taken the next steps in her professional life...

To address global challenges such as climate change, poverty, hunger and others, knowledge and education are the basis for finding solutions to these problems. Quality education is one of the most effective and proven means for sustainable development and social change. And sometimes you learn things that are not taught in school.

Listen to Tawhed Bashar's story about flipping the switch, listening to her heart in times of making decisions and founding a social start up while learning about herself along the way.

Globally between and within countries progress in good health has been uneven. Most national averages hide that many are being left behind. To elongate life expectancies, reduce maternal and infant mortality rates and fight deceases like Malaria and HIV the world is in need for smart people to find answers for the most pressing questions in medicine trough research and dedication to learn.

Listen to Oluwaseyi Bolarinwa's story from being a student to becoming a tutor and striving for his PhD reaching his goals contributing to SDG3 through commitment and hard work.

Lacking accountability and transparency of institutions and leaders are a huge problem in a lot of countries around the world. Despite some progress, threats to open societies are increasing and there has been a continued lack of accountability of those in power. The key to battle corruption and abuse of power is to strenghten civic participation, community engagement and innovation in governance.

Listen to Blair Glencorse's story about him flipping the switch after young people in Nepal told him they wished for justice, accountability and less corruption in their country. Resulting in him founding the Accountability Lab to make governance work for people through supporting...

According to the UN 1 in 3 women (736 million) have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence at least once since the age of 15. Women world wide are exposed to sexual harassment and gender-based violence every day, but often incidents remain unreported and therefore create an underrepresentation of the issue in media and lastly in minds...

Listen to Elsa Marie D'Silva's story about her flipping the switch and quitting her job after 20 years in the aviation industry and founding the Red Dot Foundation to create a safe environment for women in India and worldwide.

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To tackle the big global challenges like poverty, climate change and growing inequalities humankind definitely needs to flip the switch. In the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the United Nations have framed these ambitious goals to transform our world, eradicate poverty, establish peace and ensure human rights towards a more sustainable and resilient future for all. But how can an individual contribute to this big vision you may ask yourself? Find out in our podcast “Flip the Switch – Stories of Change”, which is about people and their personal stories of change for the greater good. Be inspired!