Posts Tagged ‘MDGs’
Environment and gender equality: the keys to achieving Millennium Development Goals
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Achieving gender equality is fundamental to sustainable development and to attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the eradication of poverty and hunger. This is expected to be one of the major conclusions of world leaders and development experts at the 2010 Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, to be held this week at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Tags: MDGs, Sustainable Development
Posted in Library, MDGs, News, Sustainable Development |
Side Event: The Impact of MDG3 on MDG7
Monday, September 13th, 2010
[ September 15, 2010; 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm. ] New York– On Wednesday, September 15th WEDO will host a side event to the MDG Summit entitled “The Impact of MDG3 on MDG7: How UN Women Can Contribute to the Realization of Sustainable Development Goals”.
Tags: MDGs
Posted in Events, Library, MDGs, News, Sustainable Development |
WEDO featured in IPS Newsletter on MDG3
Monday, September 13th, 2010
New York- Running through 2009-2011, IPS is working on a new programme stream called “Communicating for Change: Getting Voice, Visibility and Impact for Gender Equality”. WEDO is featured in their August 2010 Newsletter, which can be found here.
Tags: MDGs
Posted in In The News, Library, MDGs, News |
Preparing for the 2010 MDG Summit
Friday, August 20th, 2010
New York, August 20, 2010- From September 20th-22nd (Monday to Wednesday), the United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals will be held at UN Headquarters in New York.
Tags: Civil Society Participation, Global Governance, MDGs
Posted in Library, MDGs, News |
TODAY: Briefing on the MDGs and the Human Right to Water
Monday, July 26th, 2010
New York, July 26 2010 — WEDO’s Rachel Harris will be facilitating a panel today on the MDGs and the Human Right to Water. A UN General Assembly Resolution titled “The Human Right to Water and Sanitation”, co-sponsored by at least 23 Member States of the United Nations and presented by the government of Bolivia, will be voted on Wednesday, July 28th.
