The GAD Network warns that unless the barriers that prevent women and girls from escaping poverty are explicitly addressed, the MDGs will be unattainable. The Network recommends placing gender equality at the heart of the UK’s strategy to accelerate progress to 2015, as part of the Government’s broader commitment to fairness. Please click on the title (above, in red) to read the GAD Network's statement on the MDGs. And please click here to read the GAD Network's Manifesto.
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One World Action believes that political justice cannot be realised without democratic governance. Only when people are able to articulate their needs, only when institutions engage with citizens to respond to the needs of the poorest and most excluded – only when politics is inclusive can governance be truly democratic. The key areas of our governance work reflect the need to include citizens in the efforts to realise the Millennium Development Goals. Promoting civil society’s engagement in local, regional and national governance, advancing women’s political participation, building the capacity of the poorest and most marginalised, as well as influencing EU and UK policy on gender and governance issues form the cornerstones of One World Action’s activities and projects.
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Conceived as a lobbying and advocacy tool to inform the work of women’s movements in South and North, the Just Politics Agenda offers a synthesis of the key strategies, approaches and tools developed during a week-long Dialogue facilitated by One World Action in November 2007. The recommendations discuss policy tools to enable and support women’s candidatures, develop accountability mechanisms and increase representation in formal politics. A further discussion of the themes and experiences shared during the Dialogue can be found in the report Just Politics – Women Transforming Political Spaces.
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Built around the themes of peace and security, environment-sensitive economic justice and democratic participation, the Declaration was produced by over 500 representatives of people’s organizations from Asia and Europe during a civil society conference (Asia Europe People's Forum) held in parallel to the October 2008 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Key points in these policy recommendations aimed at ASEM Governments include women’s role in promoting peace and reconciliation, debt relief, women’s rights to land access and control, female representation and violence on women.
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The AEPF People’s Agenda for Parliamentarians incorporates policy recommendations aimed at ASEM Governments that emerged out of the Asia Europe People’s Forum, an interregional civil society conference that brought together over 500 women and men representing people’s organizations and citizens from 41 Asian and European countries. As part of the meeting, One World Action took part in a workshop on women empowerment held in the context of the debate about democratic participation and human rights. It is a core goal of One World Action to challenge international policies and create spaces for civil society in the South to speak directly to decision-makers and influence change.
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