By Katie Bacharach
As the 68th UN General Assembly convened on Tuesday,
the UN News Centre reported
that the body's new president, John W. Ashe, announced that he would ask
delegations to focus on setting the stage for the post-2015 development agenda.
Mr. Ashe said he would convene three high-level events, focused on women,
youth, and civil society; human rights as rule of law; and South-South
cooperation, triangular cooperation, and information communication technology
for development.
Reuters has an interesting article explaining
why women's empowerment should remain a priority in the post-2015 development
agenda. Because women account for about 70 percent of the world's extremely poor,
targeting them could have the greatest impact on reducing global poverty. In
addition, empowering women has broad ripple effects on general development
progress, including improving family health, increasing the likelihood of child
immunization, and reducing maternal mortality.
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