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G20 commitments acknowledge financial crisis impact on poor
Indonesia signs declaration on aid effectiveness
Malnutrition of children rampant in Bangladesh
India’s disabled to go to polls
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Welcome to Asia and the Pacific MDG Watch.
This fortnightly electronic newsletter brings to you news and information on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 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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Goal kick
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While welcoming the G20’s 1.1 trillion dollar
recovery package to tide over the financial crisis, Minar Pimple, Deputy Director Asia, UN Millennium Campaign calls for a restructuring of the aid structure to monitor aid delivery for MDGs.
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The Jakarta Commitment |
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By signing an international agreement, Indonesia plans to improve the effectiveness of foreign loans and grants in the national development process.
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The signatories of the agreement
Photo credit: Kemitraan
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A silent emergency
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Chronic malnutrition plagues nearly half of Bangladesh’s children aged under five.
A new UN report attributes reduced food intake to increasing financial pressure on the poor. Even with a fall in food prices, the crisis is far from over, warn experts.
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Voting right
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This year India’s disabled will be able to exercise their choice in the elections with braille-enabled electronic voting machines and ramp arrangements for wheelchairs.
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Polling officials help a physically challenged woman
Photo credit: ActionAid
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News |
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Tardy progress
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Poor access to health facilities and lack of skilled birth attendants are making
it difficult for Philippines to bring down its maternal mortality rate. |
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Outcry
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Afghan women are coming out on the streets to protest the controversial new law that gives legal sanctity to marital rape and restricts women's right to work outside homes. |
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Literacy drive
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The ‘Big Read’ campaign urges people to demand good quality free, public education from governments. |
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Resources |
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Mother care
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Action-oriented planning and innovative financing can improve maternal health among South Asia’s poor, says World Bank’s report
Sparing Lives: Better reproductive health for poor women in South Asia. |
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Levelling up
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United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative’s report:
Making Education Work: The Gender Dimension of the School to Work Transition 2009 advocates gender parity in education to create better paid employment opportunities for girls in East Asia and the Pacific.
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This newsletter is brought to you by OWSA, in
partnership with the UN Millennium Campaign.
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