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Sustainable Development Goals

Time for Recognition: Building on the Progress at CSW57 to Empower Women in Agriculture

Anette Engelund Friis | Posted 03.27.2013 | World
Read More: Women, csw57, Sustainable Development Goals, Development Goals, csw58, Women in Agriculture, Agriculture, World News
Anette Engelund Friis

Despite their massive contribution to food security, the yield gap between men and women is still 20-30 percent mostly due to the lack of resources available to female farmers who are often subject to lower wages and minimal (if any) training, and who are crucially left out of high-level policy-making.

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3 Imperatives for the Next Global Development Agenda

Manish Bapna | Posted 11.21.2012 | Green
Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sustainable Development, Poverty, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations, Green News
Manish Bapna

Can extreme poverty be eliminated in the next 20 years? With much of the world still mired in an economic slump, the question might seem ill-timed. Yet, as heads of state arrive in New York on Monday for the 67th United Nations General Assembly, this goal should be at the top of the agenda.

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