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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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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