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Gender Equality Now. Accelerating the
Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
Attention
to gender equality and women's empowerment are essential to enable countries
and the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs).
Women
have multiple roles in society. At any given time, women can be mothers,
leaders, students, decision-makers, farmers, workers, voters and much more. In
each of these roles, the ability to be educated and healthy, to have voice and
influence, and to enjoy opportunities and choices are critical to the
attainment of the Goals. Gender equality and women's empowerment are central to
achieving the MDGs because without these capabilities and opportunities, women
are less able to reach their full potential, live a life of dignity, and be
productive citizens.
This resource pack explores and makes recommendations on:
·
The
actions needed to accelerate the achievement of the MDGs;
·
The
progress made so far and the backlogs on gender equality;
·
The
costs of prioritizing, planning and budgeting for gender equality, as well as
the costs of failing to do so;
·
The link
between violence against women and the MDGs; and
·
The
fresh opportunities afforded by new development aid modalities for promoting
gender equality in the achievement of the MDGs.
View Online
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Complete
Resource Pack 
eng (2.1MB)
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1 –
Making Change Happen eng (545KB)
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2 – The
Unfinished Agenda eng (464KB)
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3 – What
Does It Cost? eng (110KB)
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4 – The
Tragic Reality of Violence eng (539KB)
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5 – New
Aid Agenda eng (62KB)
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6 – Meet
the New Director eng (62KB)
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7 – Book
Launch: Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009 eng (557KB)
Bibliographic
Information
Product Type: Resource Kit
UNIFEM Office
Involved in Publication: UNIFEM Headquarters
Publication Year: 2008
Number of pages: 21
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