About the SDGZine
Collaborative publication on the Sustainable Development Goals ON THE SDGS The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world’s best plan to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030. Adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, the SDGs are a call for action by all countries - poor, rich and middle-income - to promote prosperity while protecting the environment. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, equality and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and working to preserve our ocean and forests. This SDGZine is a concept from Addictlab, our international creative laboratory doing research on innovation and collective intelligence since 1997. The SDGZine comes out
of our magazine lab research to create a customizable publication on the UN’s sustainable development objectives for 2030. CONTENT CURATION Content is collected through partners in local or global communities. Our aim is to inspire, showcase best practices and initiate new initiatives related to the SDGs. A MAGAZINE AS A START OF A CREATIVE PROCESS Just as previous Addictlab publications, this magazine wants to inspire, but also show ideas at the very beginning of the creative process. And why not, help building it from there.
A MAGAZINE AS AN ACCELERATOR OF TALENT & PROJECTS It’s all about people. So we want to showcase projects and the people involved, and provide you with enough layers to understand the projects, as well as the possibility to get in touch with the team behind them. DISTRIBUTION This ‘curated content’, in collaboration with our partners, is made available via downloadable pdfs, or can be printed ‘print-ondemand’ via our site. Partners can choose to have their own sections printed in hard copy. ABOUT SDGZINE #01 This SDGZine 01 is a first kick-off with our partners from the Geneva Tsinghua Initiative at the University of Geneva. Read, learn, get in touch and contribute!
HOW TO READ THIS FIRST ISSUE.
Related SDGS Most projects are not linked to only one SDG. Ideally, projects are also showing the concrete targets defined by the UN.
CREATIVE HUB/ Geneva Tsinghua Initiative
G E N E VA TSINGHUA INITIATIVE
for the Sustainable Development Goals
SDGZine partner Any physical hub ‘ground hub’ or online community - ‘cloud hub’ - dedicated to finding solutions on the SDGs.
Challenge #5.01
Fem.Friendly Mapping Female friendly Toilets
Mapping female friendly toilets in Geneva, Switzerland and beyond. Get involved by mapping locations with our survey or sending us your toilet pics! Yet, hundreds of millions of them don’t have the opportunity to deal with their menstruation in a dignified way. To this date, neither communities or system players have given menstrual health the attention it deserves (FSG, 2016). In fact, there appears to be a significant lack of data regarding menstrual hygiene, whether this is due to social stigma or simply because it might not be considered a key issue for a women’s health and well-being. One of the main factors that hinders proper
menstruation management is the lack of adequate sanitation. 2.5 billion people are affected by the lack of access to adequate sanitation, and women and girls are disproportionately affected, especially once they reach puberty. For example, when sanitation facilities are not gender-separate at schools, work, or in public places, women and girls have been proven to deal with this in three ways: choose to stay at home, use an isolated open space instead of using shared facilities, or choose not to use the facility and be uncomfortable (FSG, 2016). Furthermore, research in certain regions of the world has proven that a lack adequate and appropriate water and sanitation
facilities contributes to girls missing school days or even drop out of school altogether once they begin menstruating (The World 2017). In addition to this, without secure, locking doors, women and girls are more likely to be harassed or face violent encounters (FSG, 2016).
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their appropriateness for managing menstrual hygiene. LINKS & REFERENCES Website:
https://sdginprogress.com/projects/126
Adequate facilities are not only essential for the comfort of girls and women but they are also very important when it comes to the disposal of non-reusable menstruation products. Without proper disposal mechanisms, girls and women have to throw away their menstrual waste in the latrine or pit, keep it with them in their bags or throw it in open drains, fields, or water bodies (FSG, 2016). We firmly believe that more data on menstrual hygiene can
lead to greater and better coordinated action in order to tackle the many challenges women face during their periods. This is why we have decided to involve the crowd in revealing what facilities are available and
illustration 5.01.1 Second version of Fem.Friendly Logo
TEAM
Emily Sheene, University of Geneva, Emily.Sheene@etu.unige.ch Programming Skills Software Skills Technology Skills Communication Skills
Competences needed What skills does the project need to continue? There are 145 creative disciplines defined by Addictlab’s Creative Chemistry model.
Tina La, University of Geneva, Tina.La@etu.unige.ch
The Team Ideally a multicultural, multidisciplinary group using collective intelligence techniques to think out of the box.
Publisher
Jan Van Mol jan@addictlab.com www.sdgzine.org