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UN Millennium Development Goals

June 1, 2013

Progressio wants High Level Panel to go further on development

Progressio has commended the High Level Panel report on post 2015 development for the inclusion of specific goals targeting women and girls.
April 7, 2013

Churches call for Millennium Development Goals action

Religious leaders from across the G8 countries have called on heads of government to follow the UK in fulfilling existing commitments to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on aid.
November 6, 2012

Ending poverty requires listening to the poor, Progressio tells action panel

Progressio has given direct feedback from its partners around the world to members of the High Level Panel set up to set anti-poverty action goals.
November 6, 2012

Prime Minister challenged over disabled people and development

UK-based disability charities have called on Prime Minister David Cameron to put disabled people at the heart of international development plans.
October 29, 2012

Progressio challenges David Cameron on post-2015 development goals

Development agency Progressio is calling on PM David Cameron to listen to the voices of the world's poorest in upcoming poverty discussions.
September 27, 2012

UN chief unveils $1.5 billion initiative to achieve universal education

The UN Secretary-General has announced the securing of $1.5 billion for a new initiative to increase access to, and quality of education for children worldwide.
January 4, 2012

Green Taliban, water poverty and gender inequality

I really do hope that when climate change minister Greg Barker calls green campaigners “environmental Taliban” he’s including CAFOD.
November 9, 2011

Huge potential for renewable energy across sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has massive potential to generate clean energy that could help lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, a new report says.
September 27, 2010

Mixed reception for UN anti-poverty action review

There have been mixed reactions to the New York summit evaluating the UN Millennium Development Goals, set out a decade ago to reduce global poverty.
September 25, 2010

Methodists call for Millennium Development Goals action

The Methodist Relief and Development Fund is urging leaders of rich countries to follow up on their pledges at the Millennium Development Goals Summit.