Women in Côte d'Ivoire celebrate International Women's Day.
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality
A focus on basic rights and access to health services for women and girls will play a key role in fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals.-
Africa: Women and Children the Focus of Achieving MDGs
allAfrica, 24 September 2010
With five years remaining to achieve the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made it clear that a concerted,… Read more »
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Africa: Focus on Women and Girls Key to MDG Success
allAfrica, 21 September 2010
As world leaders gather this week in New York to assess progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they will face stark challenges to social and economic development,… Read more »
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Africa: We're Not Including Women in Our MDG Fight
Gender Links, 19 September 2010
Many efforts by development partners in Africa have been directed at constitutional reforms, public sector reform, electoral reforms, structural adjustment programmes, economic… Read more »
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Africa: Isn't It Time Africans Stood Up Against Child Marriage?
Gender Links, 22 September 2010
Lawmakers, activists and world leaders are meeting in New York this week to discuss ways to accelerate the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in time to meet the 2015 targets.… Read more »
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Africa: Annan Urges Action on Women, Girls in Development Goals
Africa Progress Panel, 17 September 2010
The Millennium Development Goals have already improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people. They have inspired partnerships, national plans and healthy debate about global… Read more »
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Africa: Women Traders Confronting Sexual Harassment At Borders
IPS, 22 September 2010
Harassment and sexual exploitation by border officials seeking bribes constitute the biggest obstacles for female informal cross-border traders in Africa, according to a United… Read more »
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Malawi: Gender-Based Violence Wrecks Refugee Camp
IPS, 21 September 2010
At the age of 13, Chantal Kifungo* is mother to a ten-month-old baby girl. It wasn't her choice. Almost two years ago, she was raped by her stepfather - and fell pregnant with his… Read more »
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Africa: Sexual Abuse Preventing Progress On Education Targets
Gender Links, 21 September 2010
After she became a mother just before her 15th birthday, Diana Ricardo* was forced to drop out of school and give up her dreams of a brighter future. Read more »
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Africa: Empowering Women Through Literacy Empowers Us All
UNDP, 21 September 2010
Her story is the story of almost 800 million people. It's a story about textbooks and teachers that never were. The schools were there for Lourença de Brito. She just… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Secretary Announces Global Alliance to Improve Livelihoods of Women
State Department, 21 September 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a new public-private partnership led by the United Nations Foundation (UNF) to… Read more »
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Africa Progress Panel, 20 September 2010
On the run-up to the UN Millennium Development Goal Summit in New York, the Africa Progress Panel has published a resource guide highlighting the critical necessity of achieving… Read more »
