Tag: MDG
MDGs: Will world leaders stand up, or hit the snooze button?
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Irungu Houghton, Oxfam Great Britain Pan-Africa Director reports from the UN MDG Summit in New York. Read more »
Curtin Students Stand Up to End Poverty
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Students from Curtin recently participated in a noisy two-hour lobby and activism workshop, culminating in a Stand Up event led by Oxfam Australia. Read more »
UN Summit on MDGs
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Currently underway in New York City, the UN is holding a summit to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals, and to plot a path to achieve these goals by 2015. Here’s what’s been happening so far. Read more »
Stand Up in Sydney
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It was a glorious day in Sydney for Stand Up 2010 – with indigenous dance performances alongside harmonicas, whistles and rice shakers. All to Make A Noise for the MDGs! Read more »
UN MDG Summit: a plan for action?
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On the eve of the UN Summit on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals, it is time for Australia to push for real action to rescue the MDGs Read more »
Passionate teachers bring opportunity
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I’ve been visiting Oxfam-built schools in remote areas of Stung Treng province. We went to monitor post-construction progress, while doing in-the-field media training. Inaccessible by car, arrival at the first school was a five hour, bumpy and muddy moto-ride deep into the jungle. Read more »
Namibia’s first female trawler captain
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Slight, pretty, sharp-eyed, and quietly firm about things – Johanna Kwedhi is Namibia’s first female trawler captain. She is a living example of the empowerment of women in Namibia. Read more »
Kofi Annan launches Alternative Guide to the World Cup
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Ahead of the kick-off of the 2010 World Cup on Friday, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has launched the Alternative Guide to the World Cup. Read more »