Tag Archives: MDGs

Latin American and Caribbean women chart their priorities for the new global development agenda

Posted on April 25 2013 | Americas and the Caribbean | Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment | Millennium Development Goals | News | Stories from the Field | Sustainable Development

To give women more voice in the United Nations post-2015 development agenda, UN Women is organizing various consultations globally. Recently they took place in the Americas and the Caribbean, bringing forth the priorities of the region.

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Ensuring mothers do not die when giving life

Posted on April 5 2013 | Africa | Ending Violence against Women | Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment | Health | News | Stories from the Field

A programme in seven countries advances efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality highlighting the links between violence against women and maternal health, and training midwives and community health workers to bring long-term change.

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On World Water Day, UN Women spotlights the need to ensure access to drinking water and sanitation for all

Posted on March 22 2013 | Economic Empowerment | Environment | Health | Millennium Development Goals | News | Press Releases | Sustainable Development

On World Water Day, UN Women is calling attention to the urgent need to increase access to clean water and basic sanitation and to support the initiative of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson to enhance progress on sanitation ahead of the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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