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INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROMOTING
I NNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROMOTING WOMEN ’ S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
United Nations Development Programme
304 East 45th Street
New York, NY www.undp.org/women/ September 2008
ISBN 978-92-1-136228-5
PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2008: MDG3 – GENDER EQUALITY
AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN – A PREREQUISITE FOR ACHIEVING ALL MDGs BY 2015
United Nations Development Programme
GOAL 1:
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
GOAL 2:
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
GOAL 3:
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
GOAL 4:
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
GOAL 5:
IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
GOAL 6:
COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES
GOAL 7:
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOAL 8:
A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROMOTING
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2008:
MDG3 – GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN –
A PREREQUISITE FOR ACHIEVING ALL MDGs BY 2015
NEW YORK, 2008
Copyright © 2008 by the United Nations Development Programme
Bureau for Development Policy (BDP)
304 East 45th street, New York, New York, 10017, USA
Sales No. E.08.III.B.23
ISBN: 978-92-1-126228-5
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of UNDP/BDP.
Reprinted in 2009 by Consolidated Graphics
Cover and layout design: Kimberly Koserowski, First Kiss Creative LLC
Photo Credits:
Front Cover top row left to right: Curt Carnemark/World Bank; International Labour Organization/M. Crozet; UN Photo/
Lucien Rajaonina; UN Photo/Martine Perret
Front Cover bottom row left to right: Curt Carnemark/World Bank; Curt Carnemark/World Bank; Curt Carnemark/World Bank; UN
Photo/Kay Churnish.
Interior: Page viii,
I NNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROMOTING WOMEN ’ S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
United Nations Development Programme
304 East 45th Street
New York, NY www.undp.org/women/ September 2008
ISBN 978-92-1-136228-5
PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2008: MDG3 – GENDER EQUALITY
AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN – A PREREQUISITE FOR ACHIEVING ALL MDGs BY 2015
United Nations Development Programme
GOAL 1:
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
GOAL 2:
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
GOAL 3:
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
GOAL 4:
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
GOAL 5:
IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
GOAL 6:
COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES
GOAL 7:
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOAL 8:
A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROMOTING
WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2008:
MDG3 – GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN –
A PREREQUISITE FOR ACHIEVING ALL MDGs BY 2015
NEW YORK, 2008
Copyright © 2008 by the United Nations Development Programme
Bureau for Development Policy (BDP)
304 East 45th street, New York, New York, 10017, USA
Sales No. E.08.III.B.23
ISBN: 978-92-1-126228-5
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of UNDP/BDP.
Reprinted in 2009 by Consolidated Graphics
Cover and layout design: Kimberly Koserowski, First Kiss Creative LLC
Photo Credits:
Front Cover top row left to right: Curt Carnemark/World Bank; International Labour Organization/M. Crozet; UN Photo/
Lucien Rajaonina; UN Photo/Martine Perret
Front Cover bottom row left to right: Curt Carnemark/World Bank; Curt Carnemark/World Bank; Curt Carnemark/World Bank; UN
Photo/Kay Churnish.
Interior: Page viii,