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Portia Simpson-Miller

Portia Simpson-Miller (born 12 December 1945) is ‘s Leader of the Opposition and was the country’s Prime Minister from 30 March 2006 to 11 September 2007. She was Jamaica’s first female Prime Minister. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 Political Career 3 Prime Minister 4 Distinctions 5 See Also 6 Sources Education She completed a […]

Presentation of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Uganda results

With the support of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in partnership with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted the first country pilot of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) in Uganda. The SIGI Uganda (USIGI) offers policymakers and the development community with the first comprehensive […]

Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Present Condition 3 Inhibiting Factors 3.1 Gender 3.2 Poverty 3.3 Child mortality 3.4 Malnutrition 3.5 Child Labor 3.6 Child Marriage 4 International Gender Parity and Equality Protocols 4.1 Millennium Development Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education 4.2 Education for All 4.2.1 Goal 1 4.2.2 Goal 2 4.2.3 Goal 3 […]

Progress for Children: a report card on adolescents

Table of Contents 1 About 2 See also 3 References 4 External links About The April 2012 report, “Progress for Children: A report card on adolescents” provides an overview of the conditions of adolescents throughout the world.’ The UNICEF report aims to address the challenges faced by the World’s 1.2 billion of adolescents (18% of […]

Progress of the World’s Women: 2008/2009

Excerpt from Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Whom?(UNIFEM): This volume of Progress of the World’s Women asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. The (MDGs) agreed to in 2000 contain a commitment to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, including indicators and concrete targets related to girls’ […]

Progress on MDG3

This article is the fourth in a series of articles related to Wikiprogress. With 4 years to go, there is very little time to achieve the (MDGs). In particular, the outcome document of the 2010 MDG Summit recognised the many interlinkages between the MDGs and identified a number of cross-cutting interventions in order to drive […]

Promundo

A global leader in promoting gender justice and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women and girls, the organisation Promundo envisions a world where all people work to create a nonviolent, caring, and gender-equitable future for themselves and for their children. Promundo believes that working with men and boys to transform […]

Public hearing at the European Parliament: The importance of fisheries for women in third countries

This event is organized by the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, in collaboration with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. The hearing aims at emphasising the importance of fisheries for women in third countries and the special role they can play in different socio-economic situations. The first panel will explore the current situation and […]

Public Webinar: Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality Programming

Join HREA on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 at 14h30 GMT/UTC for a free one-hour professional development webinar with Gary Barker, International Director and founder of Promundo. Most programs and projects to promote gender equality focus on women. However, it is equally important to address power dynamics between different genders and consider how they affect progress […]

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