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What Do the World’s Mothers Want?

May 12, 2013 BY Chrysula Winegar

The Global Mom Relay has brought together the famous and the unknown. It’s brought together men and women and girls. It’s brought together experts and advocates.
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Green energy saves more than the environment

May 10, 2013 BY Helen Clark

The United Nations Rio+20 Conference last year called for urgent action to put the world on a more equitable and sustainable development path.
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A new shot at life for Suleiman – and millions of other children worldwide

May 1, 2013 BY Peter Yeo

The kids were lined up three rows deep in 115-degree heat when I arrived yesterday in Bandouki, an isolated village in northern Cameroon. But their mothers, and older sisters in some cases, knew that vaccination day was worth the wait...
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Coming Together to Advance the Millennium Development Goals

April 8, 2013 BY Jenni Lee

The international development community came together in a big way on Friday to support the United Nations and to mark the 1,000-day milestone leading to the target date to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals embraced by governments and the UN to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems.
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1,000 Minutes to Rally for the Millennium Development Goals

April 5, 2013 BY Susan Myers

Today the world is 1,000 days out from the target date to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight goals embraced by governments and the UN to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems, including poverty, hunger, access to education, and child and maternal deaths.
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Celebrating progress: Momentum1000

April 2, 2013 BY Heather Faison

On April 5, 2013, organizations from all parts of the international development community will launch a global 1,000-minute social media rally to raise awareness and inspire action around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and will mark the 1,000 day milestone leading to 2015.
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