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UNICEF, UN Women Release Final Report on Inequalities Consultation
The synthesis report of the global thematic consultation on addressing inequalities held from September 2012 to January 2013 is now available. Download it from The World We Want website: ‘Synthesis Report on the Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities’
Achieving Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the Post-2015 Framework
This new report from the Gender and Development Network argues that to achieve real and sustainable change, the post-2015 framework must tackle the underlying causes of gender inequality and promote women’s empowerment. “The post-2015 framework represents a vital opportunity to build on current momentum and ensure gender equality remains an international priority. A strong and well-resourced … Continue reading
Inequalities relating to health and the life course: disability, mental illness and older age
In this paper for the global thematic consultation on inequalities, Emma Samman and Laura Rodriguez-Takeuchi of ODI discuss the data constraints associated with ‘mainstreaming’ sources of inequality including older age, disability and mental illness in a new post-2015 agreement. The paper discusses currently available data and its limitations, constraints to better data collection and efforts needed to … Continue reading
Born Equal: Why challenging inequality must be at the heart of post-2015
“As the High Level Panel on post-2015 meets in London, our new report Born Equal shows that the effective income inequality per child is double that of households in general – and perhaps more worryingly, we find this inequality has grown by a third since the 1990s. Given this, and evidence of the damage that … Continue reading
Gender Equality – Discussion starts today, Wednesday 3rd October
The global conversation on gender equality kicks off today; this is the first of a series of e-discussions taking place as part of the global thematic consultation on addressing inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda. The discussion on gender equality will run for three weeks from the 3-24 October 2012. Visit the Addressing Inequalities consultation site … Continue reading
Inequality, child development and post-2015 debates
“Sometimes you wonder how much evidence is needed on the damage that inequality does to child development, before policy responds accordingly and with the necessary urgency. The process to identify a post-2015 successor to the Millennium Development Goals provides an important opportunity to make the shift at a global level, and a recent roundtable discussion … Continue reading
UNICEF and UN Women Call for Papers: Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
UNICEF and UN WOMEN are co-leading the UN’s global thematic consultation process on addressing inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda. To help frame the debate, individuals, academics and organisational partners are being invited to submit theoretical papers, to present findings from completed research or to present on-going work that raises methodological or conceptual issues. Proposals are also … Continue reading
Inequality won’t take care of itself
“In their recently launched report on inequality in Latin America, Christian Aid describes the situation as scandalous, and they’re right. Latin America is by no means poor. With very few exceptions, most Latin American countries qualify as middle income. Yet the region remains the most unequal in the world, a dubious honor it has held for decades.” Read the … Continue reading
Putting inequality in the post-2015 picture
In this paper, Claire Melamed, Head of Growth, Poverty and Inequality at the Overseas Development Institute, considers some of the current proposals for integrating inequality into a post-2015 framework. Download ‘putting inequality in the post-2015 picture’.
Inequality Post-2015
It’s just under 1400 days until the end of 2015 – the date which marks the expiry of the Millennium Development Goals. These goals, agreed in 2000, have for the last 12 years provided a globally agreed framework for defining and measuring progress on global poverty. One testament to their success is that the debate … Continue reading
