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CARITAS INTERNATIONAL
Caritas
Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and
social service organisations working to build a better world, especially for
the poor and oppressed, in over 200 countries and territories. |
CARITAS SIGNS WOMEN &
DEVELOPMENT PLEDGE
16.04.2008 -
The
United Nations statistics show that women account for 70 percent of the world's poor; that women are owners of just one percent of the world's titled land; and that two-thirds of the world's illiterate people are women.
The Women, Faith and Development Alliance received more than $1 billion in financial commitments. The alliance aims to boost the economic status of women and fight for the changes that will make such improvements possible.
Among those taking part in the initiative are Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Queen Noor of Jordan, former Irish President Mary Robinson, and former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell.
The Millennium Development Goals, a series on UN anti-poverty targets, address development, health and poverty issues which directly impact on women.
“The Women, Faith and Development Alliance is bring attention and funding to addressing this problem. Hopefully we can work together to make progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals by lifting millions of women out of poverty.” Please contact |
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