Featured Resources
Progress of the World's Women 2002, Volume 2 (2002). "Progress of the Worlds Women 2002" provides a snapshot of the state of womens lives around the world and how much further we have to go to achieve equality. The report is the second edition of a biennial publication first produced in 2000 to track and measure the world's commitment to gender equality. It assesses improvements made towards women's empowerment within the context of the Millennium Development Goals. more »
Pathway to Gender Equality: CEDAW, Beijing and the MDGs (2004). "Pathway to Gender Equality" details how the synergy between CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals can be used to generate a wealth of understanding and knowledge that portrays the nature of gender-based discrimination and defines the steps needed to achieve gender equality. more »UN Preparations
- 2005 World Summit – official website, which includes outcome and background documents.
- In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All, Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Decision by Heads of State and Government in September 2005.
- A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.
- Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with NGOs, Civil Society Organizations and the Private Sector, 23–24 June 2005, New York.
- Summaries of the hearings (UN press releases): 23/06/05, 24/06/05.
- Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millenium Development Goals, report by the Millennium Project.
- The Millennium Development Goals
- Millennium Campaign
- Millennium Project