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• Millennium Development Goal 3 and the Role of the Media

  
  IPS - Inter Press Service News Agency — Authority: 107
  The IPS Support Group Meeting was held on 26 November in Rome, Italy. This year’meeting analysed the role of media in covering issues related to MDG3: Promote gender equality and empower women. IPS has a longstanding commitment to mainstreaming gender and this event is part of its 2009 - 2011 programme of work ‘ ...
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• A Woman’s Right to Shoes

  
  Ecumenical Women at the United Nations — Authority: 122
  By Paola Salwan, Programme Assistant for Africa, Middle East and Europe at the World YWCA and co founder of the blog Café Thawra Hello, my name is Paola, and I’m a shoe addict. This being said, I know how vain and somehow laughable such a statement might sound to the sane citizen, but the clue’s in ...
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• Nigeria: Zain, Ericsson to Fight Poverty in Rural Ghana

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 151
  Working with the Millennium Villages Project, collaboration between The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Millennium Promise and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Zain have deployed mobile communications services to fight poverty in the Amansie-West district of the ...
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• This week in review … Trinidad and Tobago hosts meeting on knowledge management for development

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 128
  Trinidad and Tobago to host expert group meeting on knowledge management for development Port-of-Spain, 17 November UN press release , 13 November 2009 PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a regional ...
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• States yet to execute N48b debt-relief projects – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 151
  A Performance assessment report has rated most states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) poor in the execution of projects for which they received funding from the debt relief granted Nigeria by the Paris and London Clubs.Known as Conditional Grants Scheme (CGS), about N48.8 billion of the funds ...
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• Yar’Adua okays N47.1b for projects – The Nation

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 151
  President Umaru Yar’Adua has approved N47.1 billion for the execution of projects under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) otherwise called “quickwins”.Senators and members of the House of Representatives will benefit from the funds part of which will be used to execute their constituency projects.Senior ...
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• Reps angry over MDG projects, threaten 2010 allocations – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 151
  The House of Representatives yesterday resolved that no financial allocation would be made to ministries and parastatals in the 2010 budget if they failed to execute the projects in the 2009 appropriation.It summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwabo, over the performance of the 2009 ...
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• Lob a loo roll

  
  Between — Authority: 123
  To hit any target, we must aim accurately and ambitiously. But world leaders have lost their focus when it comes to meeting water and sanitation goals. These goals wont be met by chance. A determined effort is needed, and you can help. One fun way to raise your voice on this issue is to lob a loo roll . The aim of ...
  4 weeks ago

• 173,045,325 people Stood Up against poverty

  
  The APB (Anti-Poverty Blog) — Authority: 112
  From the United Nations Millennium Campaign.... ------------------------------------------- Dear Fellow Campaigners, Your passion, commitment and determination have once again inspired a global movement which continues to grow beyond all expectations. You stood up in your cities, towns and villages, in your churches, ...
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