Accelerating action to implement the SDG16+ targets for peace, justice, and inclusion
The Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies is a high-ambition, multi-stakeholder coalition of 46 UN member states and over 100 partners, from international organizations and civil society to the private sector, committed to accelerating the delivery of SDG16+ (the Sustainable Development Goal targets for peace, justice, and inclusion).
In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world’s leaders set ambitious targets for reducing violence in all countries, ensuring equal access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions – areas that still need accelerated action to tangibly improve people’s lives and help address our greatest global challenges.
Building on its 2017 Roadmap for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, updated in 2019, the Pathfinders aims to showcase SDG16+ as the credible, accessible, universal, and necessary set of tools that will get our world on track. The roadmap identifies three Grand Challenges: Justice, Inequality and Exclusion, and Halving Global Violence. The Pathfinders works to advance the implementation of SDG16+ through these three Grand Challenges, each engaging with a cross-regional coalition of member states and partners. At the global level, the Pathfinders spotlights actions and influences the agenda in multilateral fora to advance SDG16+; at the national level, the Pathfinders provides evidence-based policy solutions and facilitates exchanges on best practices. By amplifying ‘what works,’ this program energizes champions and convinces skeptics alike of the critical importance of implementing SDG16+.
More about our Grand Challenges
Justice
The Pathfinders’ Grand Challenge on Justice acts as an impact hub, convening countries, civil society, and multilateral and regional organizations to close the justice gap by accelerating action on people-centered justice. The Grand Challenge provides a platform to exchange innovative practices on data collection, evidence-based policymaking, and effective use of resources to bridge silos and transform justice systems in preventing and resolving people’s common justice problems.
- Justice Action Coalition
- Young Justice Leaders
- Ibero-American Alliance
- Justice for Women
- Justice for Children
- Justice for Displaced Populations
Inequality and Exclusion
The Pathfinders’ Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion is a cross-regional alliance of countries, civil society, and multilateral partners seeking to identify practical, politically viable solutions to combat inequality, exclusion, and divisions at the national and international level, and advocating for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda targets for more equitable and inclusive societies (SDG16+).
- Inclusive Policymaking for a Sustainable Future
- Inequality Solutions Portal
- Bridging Divides and Countering Polarization
Halving Global Violence
In partnership with national governments, international organizations, civil society, and city authorities, Pathfinders’ Grand Challenge on Halving Global Violence seeks to accelerate the delivery of peace-related SDG targets (SDG16.1). Our bold ambition and steadfast commitment: to reduce global violence by half by 2030.
