Imparting ICT enabled education to empower girl child, women and youth for poverty alleviation
A project of ICT enabled Community Centric Sustainable Development in Rural India called ‘India Village Liberation’ (IViL), in association with ‘IIT for Villages’ formed by social activists and students of Indian Institute of Technology – Madras, a premier technological institute in India has been initiated for setting up ICT Kiosks for Rural Community Development and imparting...
Read MoreInvolving Men in Women’s Empowerment Programmes
In developing world the control over women’s health has traditionally been in the hands of men in her family (the father, father-in-law, husband, brother, and then her son). The father’s decide whether the child – has a safe delivery, gets immunized, receives proper nutrition, is able to grow up in a healthy and hygienic environment, etc. He also decides how much education...
Read MoreDiscussion: Dealing with Shocks and Ensuring Resilience to Meet Current and Emerging Challenges
The international community has an invaluable role to play and a responsibility to live up to its commitments. The possibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 largely depends on building stronger global partnerships. Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals embodies the global partnership for development in the fight against poverty and hunger, and in support of human...
Read MoreDiscussion: Critical Success Factors That Accelerate Progress
Meeting the MDG health targets Worldwide, under-five mortality declined from 93 to 72 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2006. Nevertheless, in 62 countries, under-five mortality is not declining fast enough to meet the Millennium Development Goal 4 target of reducing by two thirds the mortality rate for children under 5 years of age. The reduction of maternal mortality also...
Read More1st Virtual Meeting of the Technical Advisory Panel
Biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystems are attributable to multiple causes and measures to reverse these trends need to be based on sound, situation-specific diagnosis. While there is a growing recognition by governments and other stakeholders of the importance of conserving natural assets, valuing ecosystems and their multiple services remains a very imperfect science. Decisions...
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