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The Vlasina Lake Housewives : Building peace in South Serbia

27 women have formed an UN-backed cooperative to boost incomes in one of the country’s least developed regions, one jam jar at a time.

"We're learning a lot, and the programme is teaching us to love ourselves"

The MDG-F is working in Brazil and Paraguay to improve living conditions for domestic workers, a vulnerable group that has spent decades fighting for recognition of its rights.

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MDGs IN IMAGES

Photo Essay: "Where We Come From"

Many of Chile’s indigenous people live in poverty and marginalization. The MDG-F is working to improve their inclusion in mainstream society through initiatives, like this photo contest, which teach Chileans about the value of diversity.


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Digital production center for Costa Rican youth opens with MDG-F backing

The Center for Technology and Arts will train 60 at-risk youth in 3D animation and production at San Jose's Parque la Libertad cultural center.

UNDP head: It's time for Equity and Justice

Helen Clark lays out strategies for overcoming extreme inequalities worldwide and says sheer magnitude of disparities undermines progress on the MDGs.

China is first developing country to reach MDG of halving its poverty rate

Number of poor Chinese has decreased from 94 million in 2000 to 27 million.

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The MDG-F is breaking down barriers that keep young people out of the job market in Peru. The CERTIjoven programme provides them with a single certification that they need to apply for work. By making youth more easily employable, the programme is contributing to the Millennium Development Goals of reducing poverty, promoting full employment and achieving gender equality.
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"As the parable says: if my neighbour is poor, I am poor too. Our world will never be truly at peace with itself while gross inequities denying the basics of a decent life continue. "
- Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
"If we form strong global partnerships, if we support what works, if we back people of vision and action - we can meet the MDGs."
- Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
"Investing in women and girls [is] a key part of the breakthrough strategy we need to accelerate MDG progress. "
- Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
"At their heart, the Millennium Development Goals are about giving the world's most vulnerable children a better chance to reach their full potential ... We must always remember that our effort is not simply a statistical exercise. It is a moral imperative."
- Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director
"The world possesses the resources and knowledge to ensure that even the poorest countries, and others held back by disease, geographic isolation or civil strife, can be empowered to achieve the MDGs."
- Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General
"Achieving the goals will put us on a fast track to a world that is more stable, more just, and more secure. Billions of people are looking to the international community to realize the great vision embodied in the Millennium Declaration. Let us keep that promise. "
- Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General
"The international community must continue to work together to expand the horizons of opportunity for ... young women and men and answer their legitimate demands for dignity, development and decent work. Failing to invest in our youth is a false economy. Investments in young people will pay great dividends in a better future for all."
- Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General

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