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New Documentary Highlights Clean Cookstoves as Dramatic Global Health Solution for Women |
30 January 2013
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The documentary "Black Inside: Three Women’s Voices” was commissioned by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, an initiative led by the United Nations Foundation and launched at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2010 by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The twelve-minute documentary short lends an intimate perspective to an urgent global public health and environmental challenge, teh victims for which are primarily women and youg children. Learn more at www.cleancookstoves.org.
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Submit evidence and case studies to the iERG |
29 January 2013
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The independent Expert Review Group (iERG) is inviting all stakeholders to submit evidence for the second iERG report that will be presented to the UN Secretary-General in September, 2013. All submissions, if accepted, will be credited in the report to the name of the author/s on the post and on contributors’ page. Click here to learn more about the iERG Call for Evidence 2013. Click here to learn more about the iERG call for case Studies 2013. The deadline is May 15th 2013. |
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At Davos, Ban Ki-moon and world leaders reinforce importance of private sector in achieiving MDGs |
29 January 2013
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In Davos, Switzerland, where world leaders gathered last week for the World Economic Forum, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, "From Sesame Street to GE Africa, from Unilever to Teck Resources, from technology giants like Infosys to the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts..in many countries, different sectors and industries have pooled resources and expertise to create ingenious sustainable solutions to the most pressing local challenges, from preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child to ensuring clean water and sanitation and preventing diarrhoea." Learn more. |
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"Still an important job to do": Watch Prime Minister Stoltenberg and Bill Gates talk global health in Oslo, Norway |
29 January 2013
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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Bill Gates met at a conference Oslo’s Astrup Fearnley Museum to discuss global health efforts and map out the road ahead for the to reduce maternal and child mortality in developing countries. Watch video of their conversation here. |
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In UN Secretary-General's remarks to the UN General Assembly emphasize five areas for collective action |
29 January 2013
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"We must do more than save lives, central as that is to our mission. We must save our very future."
On January 22, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the General Assembly and members of the media on priorities for 2013, announcing a special event on the MDGs in September to “assess progress and discuss the contours of an ambitious, practical and coherent post-2015 development framework" and pledging to “continue to explore" where to apply the unprecedented partnership model exemplified by the Every Woman Every Child movement. Read the full text of his remarks. |
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Join the Post 2015 Global Consultation on Education |
29 January 2013
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Recognizing the linkages between education, health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the chances of reaching one's full potential in life, or not (linkages could range from comprehensive sexuality education to child marriage, we invite you to voice your opinion and shape the future of education by joining the Post-2015 Global Consultation on Education. Your contributions are vital to help ensure that these issues are brought to the attention of the High Level Panel and, subsequently, to the UN General Assembly. Join the Consultation by registering at http://www.worldwewant2015.org/education2015. |
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Global health progress examined at high level meeting in Norway |
22 January 2013
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This week, government leaders, health experts and private sector pioneers came together at a high-level meeting in Norway to examine health and development in the context of the MDGs, and to launch a yearly progress report on Norway’s Global MDG Campaign. Hosted by Norway, the conference closed with a discussion between its Prime Minister, the Honorable Jens Stoltenberg and philanthropist Bill Gates. Learn more about the conference and share ideas on Twitter using #GlobalHealth2013 or visit the Campaign website.
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2013 Global Campaign report is launched in Oslo, Norway |
22 January 2013
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The 2013 report for the Global Campaign, Accelerating Progress in saving the Lives of Women and Children, includes contributions from numerous world leaders and provides an update on global health progress since the launch of the Global Strategy in 2010. View an interactive version of the report. View a PDF-version of the report. Listen to an interview on UN Dispatch with Dr. Tore Godal, Special Adviser in the Office of the Prime Minister of Norway, discussing the report. |
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