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Millennium Campaign urges G-20 leaders to bail out poor
Indian citizens demand credibility in governance
World Water Forum calls for better resource management
Dalit women in India learn to beat climate vagaries
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Welcome to the new look Asia and the Pacific MDG Watch.
We would like to introduce the newly expanded MDG Watch which from this edition forward, will bring you news on progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
not only from South Asia but also from countries in Asia and the Pacific. The MDGs are a global initiative taken by the world’s governments to improve the lives of their people.
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Rescue |
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The United Nations Millennium Campaign has urged the G-20 leaders gathering in London, to commit more resources to “bail out” the world’s poor, without increasing indebtedness and harmful conditionalities.
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Electorates demand |
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In a pre-election meeting, hundreds of people gathered recently in the Indian capital to demand changes in National Rural Employment Guarantee and Right to Information acts.
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March 22 is World Water Day |
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Peak water
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At the recently held World Water Forum in Istanbul, experts highlighted the need for greater participation of women in water management and improved access to clean supply.
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World's future depends on water management
Photo credit: Flickr |
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Cooperate to conserve
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The UN chief has urged countries to work in unison to avert ‘water wars’. He said that global cooperation and understanding is the only way to address competing demands.
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Adaptation
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Helped by a local NGO in adapting to climate change, a collective of dalit women in southern India has grown as many as 19 varieties of crops on arid and degraded land.
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Dalit women in Zaheerabad intersperse crops and use farmyard manure with good results
Photo credit: Keya Acharya/ IPS
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News |
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Safe gap
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Health experts are emphasising on proper birth spacing as a survival strategy for both mother and child in Pakistan.
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Double jeopardy
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Registering a fall in fresh cases of tuberculosis, WHO’s 2009 Global TB Control Report reveals that HIV-infected people remain worst affected
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Storm clouds
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A UK based scientist has warned that growing population will fuel shortage of food, energy and water causing a ‘perfect storm’.
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Resources |
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Vox populi
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The business of changing lives, a new guide by Internews brings up the convergence of digital media in the new age and highlights growing popularity of citizen journalism.
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Equal footing
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United Nations Habitat’s report:
State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 stresses that urban growth must rest on pillars of equity and sustainability to ensure better governance in cities.
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This newsletter is brought to you by OWSA, in
partnership with the UN Millennium Campaign.
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