Category: Gender
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Successful and effective implementation of gender analyses: FHI Gender 360 “Continuing the Conversation”
On Thursday, September 25, 2014, FHI 360’s Gender Department hosted the first Continuing the Conversation series event, which focused how to successfully conduct and incorporate gender analyses and assessments into development projects. Dr. Andrea Bertone, Director of FHI 360’s Gender Department, introduced the topics of donor and aid policies, the presence of gender in all programs, and the intersections between…
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MDGs to SDGs: Top 10 Differences
The purpose of this note is to provide a brief outline the similarities and differences between the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) launched in 2000, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be launched in 2015 when the MDGs expire. (Update 4 December 2014)The Secretary-General has released his Synthesis Report on SDGs, which affirms and strengthens…
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Report from the C20
By Lorena Vázquez, Country Director THP-México Link to the Final Communique of the C20 C20 Mexican CSOs Position Paper Link to THP recommendations On June 20 and 21, the C20 Summit in Melbourne, Australia took place at the University of Melbourne’s law school. This is the second year that a summit is formally held where…
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“A Theory of Change on Child Marriage”
“Every year, approximately 14 million girls are married before they turn 18, across countries, cultures and religions. Robbed of their childhood, denied their rights to health, education and security” (Girls Not Brides, 2014). Child marriage poses a huge problem all over the world today. How can this practice be addressed in a proper way? What can…