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The
Integration of Gender and Human Rights into the Post-2015 Development Framework (March 2013)
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Workshop Rapporteur: Mary Borrowman
Editors: Radhika Balakrishnan, Diane Elson and James Heintz
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report is based on the discussion that took place at the “Post-2015 Expert
Group Meeting” held at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) from
December 13-14, 2012. This meeting was convened to try to integrate issues of
gender and human rights into the development of a post-2015 framework for
social and economic development that is applicable to all countries. The
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were derived from the more
comprehensive Millennium Declaration, established a timeframe ending in 2015
for the achievement of the goals and targets laid out. With the deadline
quickly approaching, there has been a great deal of activity in defining a
post-2015 agenda. Experts in this field, including researchers and advocates,
were brought together to develop an overarching framework for social justice,
that builds on the Millennium Declaration, while also acknowledging the
economic and geopolitical changes that have occurred since the MDGs were introduced.
As the debate on the post-2015 agenda has already commenced, this report is an
attempt to identify critical components of a post-2015 framework that fill gaps
associated with the MDGs and promote economic and social rights, and
gender equality.
