yet commitments to promote the cohesion of families cannot be seen in isolation from two critical elements ofthesdgsthe realization of human rights of all and the achievement of gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls agenda preamble in fact under the sdgs states explicitly commit to ensuring universal access to family planning sdg and the promotion of shared responsibility within the family sdg the impact of diseases is felt particularly in african countries see eg mokomane and undg western and central africa