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Gender Inequality and the MDGs: What are the Missing Dimensions?

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<p>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a Summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 to accelerate progress towards the [Pagelink infos="Millennium Development Goals|The Millennium Development Goals"] (MDGs). 
</p><p>On the occasion of the upcoming Summit, it is important to reflect on the progress achieved so far towards the MDGs. But it is equally important to examine what can be done within the next 5 years to help reach these goals, especially when looking at the relationship between gender inequality and the MDGs. 
</p><p>The OECD Development Centre has just published an Issues Brief on "<a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/31/49016646.pdf" alt="Gender Inequality and the MDGs: What are the Missing Dimensions?">Gender Inequality and the MDGs: What are the Missing Dimensions?</a>". 
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<div id="toc"><h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_key-oecd-development-centre-factsnbsp"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Key OECD Development Centre facts&nbsp;</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_related-videos"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Related videos</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#w_mdg1-how-does-womenaos-control-over-resources-impact-on-poverty-and-hunger"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">MDG1: How does women’s control over resources impact on poverty and hunger?</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_access-to-land"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Access to land</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_access-to-credit"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Access to credit</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_access-to-property"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Access to property</span></a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#w_mdg2-how-does-womenaos-decision-making-power-in-the-family-and-household-influence-education"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">MDG2: How does women’s decision-making power in the family and household influence education?</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_education-in-ghana"><span class="tocnumber">2.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Education in Ghana</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_early-marriage-vs-education-in-mozambique"><span class="tocnumber">2.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Early marriage vs. education in Mozambique</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#w_mdg5-how-is-womenaos-physical-security-linked-to-maternal-mortality"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">MDG5: How is women’s physical security linked to maternal mortality?</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_joint-programme-on-fgmc"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Joint programme on FGM/C</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_engenderhealth"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">EngenderHealth</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#w_ausaid"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">AusAid</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_references"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_see-also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_more-resources"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">More resources</span></a></li>
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</div><h2 id="w_key-oecd-development-centre-factsnbsp">Key OECD Development Centre facts&nbsp;</h2>
<p>Despite progress on many of the targets, the above research finds that countries that have the highest levels of discrimination against women are also those performing most poorly across the range of MDG targets. In short, discrimination against women appears to matter. 
</p><p>Some key facts looking at three of the MDGs (MDG1, 2 and 5): 
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<ul><li><b>MDG Goal 1&nbsp;: ERADICATE EXTREME HUNGER AND POVERTY</b> (indicator: prevalence of underweight children under 5)
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<p><i>In countries where women lack any access to credit, the number of malnourished children is 85% above average. Where women lack the right to own land, they have on average 60% more malnourished children.</i> 
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<ul><li><b>MDG Goal 2&nbsp;: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION </b>(indicator: primary school completion rate)
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<p><i>In countries where more than half of girls aged 15-19 are married (DRC, Niger, Afghanistan, Congo and Mali), on average less than half of primary school age children are in school.</i> 
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<ul><li><b>MDG Goal 5&nbsp;: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH </b>(indicator&nbsp;: maternal mortality ratio)
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<p><i>In the ten countries where women’s physical integrity is least protected (Mali, Somalia, Sudan, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea and Guinea), maternal mortality ratios are on average twice as high as elsewhere.</i> 
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<h2 id="w_related-videos">Related videos</h2>
<h3 id="w_mdg1-how-does-womenaos-control-over-resources-impact-on-poverty-and-hunger">MDG1: How does women’s control over resources impact on poverty and hunger?</h3>
<h4 id="w_access-to-land">Access to land</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvADol8C0ak[/embed]<ref name="RDI">Rural Development Institute, YouTube</ref><br />[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2VyeZ3swI[/embed]<ref name="RDI" /><br />[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QohIC6gaMo[/embed]<ref name="RDI" /><br />
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<h4 id="w_access-to-credit">Access to credit</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERCJaEHrzvM[/embed]<ref name="WB">The World Bank, YouTube</ref><br />
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<h4 id="w_access-to-property">Access to property</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXjArbMIWcU[/embed]<ref name="ICRW">The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), YouTube</ref><br />
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<h3 id="w_mdg2-how-does-womenaos-decision-making-power-in-the-family-and-household-influence-education">MDG2: How does women’s decision-making power in the family and household influence education?</h3>
<h4 id="w_education-in-ghana">Education in Ghana</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhoGvRiRxWE[/embed]<ref name="DFID">DFID UK, YouTube</ref> 
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<h4 id="w_early-marriage-vs-education-in-mozambique">Early marriage vs. education in Mozambique</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdaQ5nVkSPg[/embed]<ref name="SB">Shashank Bengali "Fighting for Her Education: A Mozambican Girl's Story", YouTube</ref><br />[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EztBEbOtQU8[/embed]<ref name="Pathfinder">Pathfinder International, YouTube</ref> 
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<h3 id="w_mdg5-how-is-womenaos-physical-security-linked-to-maternal-mortality">MDG5: How is women’s physical security linked to maternal mortality?</h3>
<h4 id="w_joint-programme-on-fgmc">Joint programme on FGM/C</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDXTt9eN9M[/embed]<ref name="UNFPA">UNFPA and UNICEF, YouTube</ref> 
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<h4 id="w_engenderhealth">EngenderHealth</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qem_-bnmFps[/embed]<ref name="EngenderHealth">EngenderHealth, YouTube</ref> 
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<h4 id="w_ausaid">AusAid</h4>
<p>[embed width="250"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v66jpL-NLLs[/embed]<ref name="AusAid">AusAid, YouTube</ref><br />
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<h2 id="w_references">References</h2>
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<h2 id="w_see-also">See also</h2>
<p>[Pagelink infos="Millennium Development Goals|The Millennium Development Goals"] 
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<h2 id="w_more-resources">More resources</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.un.org/en/mdg/summit2010/news.shtml" alt="Quick fact sheets on the MDGs">Quick fact sheets on the MDGs</a> 
</li><li><a href="http://www.undp.org/mdg/summit.shtml" alt="UNDP: 2010 MDG Review Summit">UNDP: 2010 MDG Review Summit</a> 
</li><li><a href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2010/MDG-summit" alt="DFID: UN Summit on MDGs">DFID: UN Summit on MDGs</a>
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