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Post 2015

Too Young to Wed: Working Together to End Child Marriage

Carole Presern | Posted 05.06.2013 | Impact
Read More: Girls, Post-2015, Violence Against Women, Human Rights, Global Motherhood, Women's and Children's Health, Newborns, Millennium Development Goals, Women's Rights, Women's Health, Child Brides, Child Marriage, Impact News
Carole Presern

Adolescent pregnancy is a universal issue that occurs for many different reasons. But in nine out of 10 cases in developing countries, where complications during pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death, the young mother is already married.

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Here I Am: Targeting Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Lucy Chesire | Posted 04.29.2013 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Big-Push, Lucy Chesire, Millennium Development Goals, The Global Fund, Post-2015, AIDS Orphans, Albert Kalonji, Here I Am Campaign, Congo, Video, Impact News
Lucy Chesire

In a little more than 2 years, the world will hit an important target: the date by which the Millennium Development Goals are meant to be achieved.

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World: Engage a Plan for Women Post-2015

Elischia Fludd | Posted 03.16.2013 | World
Read More: Women's Empowerment, Gender Equality, Women's Rights, Women, Mdgs, Vawa, Violence Against Women, Working Mothers, Women's Health, Millennium Development Goals, Working Women, Vawa Reauthorization, Post-2015, World News
Elischia Fludd

The facet of challenges women face worldwide come with entrenched cultural nuances that must be reflected throughout individual aims that each government should commit to reach.

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From Dhaka to the World: A Challenge to Leave Poverty Behind

Michael Switow | Posted 03.05.2013 | Impact
Read More: Gcap, Carol Kidu, Mdgs, Bangladesh, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015, Amitabh Behar, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Heru Prasetyo, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Ashok Bharti, Nacdor, Global Poverty, Impact News
Michael Switow

But with the Millennium Development Goals set to expire in 2015, a global conversation is underway -- from rural villages and capital cities across Africa, Asia and Latin America to the United Nations headquarters in New York City -- to discuss what will come next.

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From Youth Bulge to Youth-Led: Finding a Space for Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Daniela Ramirez | Posted 01.06.2013 | College
Read More: Post-2015, UN High Level Panel, Youth Leadership, International Development, Millennium Development Goals, Youth-Led Development, College News
Daniela Ramirez

While we are still a few years away from the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015, the process of framing the post-2015 development agenda is already well under way.

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