Taking action
Subtitle: achieving gender equality and empowering women
By: Caren Grown, Geeta Rao Gupta, Aslihan Kes
Contributors: Grown, Caren; Gupta, Geeta Rao; Kes, Aslihan; UN Millennium Project. Task Force on Education and Gender Equality
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Women -- Education -- Developing countries; Educational equalization -- Developing countries; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Developing countries
Other titles: On title page: UN Millennium Project 2005, Task Force on Education and Gender Equality; UN Millennium Project 2005; Task Force on Education and Gender Equality
Description: The Millennium Development Goals adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015--income poverty hunger disease exclusion lack of infrastructure and shelter-while promoting gender equality education health and environmental sustainability. These bold goals can be met in all parts of the world if nations follow through on their commitments to work together to meet them. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals offers the prospect of a more secure just and prosperous world for all. The UN Millennium Pro.
Notes: Sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on behalf of the UN Development Group

Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-257)

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