(Ref: Objective 2.1 UN Strategic Development Goals)

We live in a country which has been significantly influenced by the perspective of men.  The plan needs to recognise that over half of the adult population are women.  Also, that the poorest households are headed up by women.  Therefore, we think that the Strategic Objectives 1-9 should aim to include SDG1 and SDG5 in the thinking used to inform the achievements of those objectives.

The plan should also be informed by the perspective of all ages - from the youngest to the oldest.  The experience of younger people and older people should be actively canvassed when coming to decisions for this plan.  A suggestion would be to set up a Childrens' Citizen Assembly and Older Peoples's Citizens Assembly.