Delivering on commitments

MDG-F-backed youth jobs center opens in Philippines

Facility will serve young people and migrants with employment services, investments and micro-enterprise development.

UN: Empowering rural women key to boosting welfare of societies

Ban Ki-Moon urges governments to commit to gender equality and to give rural women equal access to resources and freedom from discrimination and exploitation.

UN says MDG of increasing access to water has been met

Declaration follows World Bank announcement that MDG of halving global poverty has been achieved; critics say Chinese progress skewing both results.

Peru launches plan to combat extreme poverty

MDG-F-funded programme also helping to reduce chronic child malnutrition in indigenous region.

Mexican state passes law to protect rights of internally displaced

Legislation developed with MDG-F support contains highest standards of human rights protection for 6,000 families displaced by religious strife, armed conflict and natural disasters in ...

Save the Children: Poor diet kills 2.6 million infants a year

Survey estimates that one in four children are already stunted and 450 million more will not develop properly over next 15 years unless action is taken against malnutrition.

MDG-F rallies youth for Millennium Development Goals

Free concert draws together Filipino youth, civil society, government and celebrities to stress the power of young people in fighting poverty and improving livelihoods.

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