March 17

Beijing At 15: UNFPA Partners Charting The Way Forrward

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The report, Beijing at 15:UNFPA Partners Charting the Way Forward,analyses the contributions of UNFPA, through its main partnerships, to achieving the commitments made at Beijing in 1995 and those made at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in the previous year. It highlights the shared agendas in the ICPD Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).The report has recommendations for development partners to accelerate progress towards meeting the goals of all these conferences, with a focus on gender mainstreaming in all programmes and policies. From UN Pulse: Permanent Link: Beijing at 15: UNFPA Partners Charting the Way Forrward
May 19

Making The MDGs Work For All: Gender-Responsive...Approaches

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Making the MDGs Work for All : Gender-Responsive Rights-Based Approaches to the MDGs is a resource on how to implement the Millennium Development Goals from a gender equality and women’s empowerment perspective. This new UNIFEM publication aims to assist states by suggesting a process for developing a gender-responsive rights-based national MDG reporting framework, and provides a sourcebook outlining issues, possible strategies, and long-term and intermediate targets and indicators.

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April 18

Countdown To 2015 For Maternal, Newborn &Amp; Child Survival. MDG

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A new report, Countdown to 2015: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival, finds that treatment for potentially fatal illnesses and other vital health services largely fail to reach women and children in need, despite some progress (full text, pdf, 4 MB). The report, a collaborative effort of United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, universities, and other institutions and individuals, tracks progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child and maternal mortality respectively. UN Pulse   Permanent Link: Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival