Materials: Millennium Development Goals
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Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice (2011). This report focuses on four key areas: legal and constitutional frameworks, the justice chain, plural legal systems and conflict and post-conflict. Drawing on tangible examples of steps that have been taken to help women access justice, the report sets out ten key recommendations for policy and decision makers to act on in order to ensure every woman is able to obtain justice.
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Gender Justice: Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (2010). The Millennium Declaration and the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) collectively herald a vision for a more just and equal world.Gender Justice shows how addressing inequalities, including gender inequality, will be essential to achieving the MDGs.
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Thematic Paper on MDG3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (2010). This paper identifies promising or successful experiences in country efforts to move towards achieving Millennium Development Goal no. 3 — Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women — and summarizes key lessons and future measures conducive to accelerating progress. The focus of the paper is on the national and local level; on country-led (rather than UN) efforts; and on a range of immediate and underlying factors that appear to be important or essential in enabling progress under differing conditions and country circumstances.
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Making the MDGs Work Better for Women (2010). This publication provides knowledge on successful practices and approaches that governments, donors and civil society can take to make the Millennium Development Goals work better for women. It reviews the successes and challenges faced in meeting MDG targets and the extent to which national reports have addressed gender in reporting on each goal. It concludes with a set of key recommendations for advancing progress towards achieving gender equality.
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Making the MDGs Work for All: Gender-Responsive Rights-Based Approaches to the MDGs (2008). This resource kit emphasizes the need for stronger gender-responsive implementation of policies and programmes. It acts as a tool for policy makers and development practitioners who are seeking practical guidance for engendering the MDGs.
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