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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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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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Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet

April 2, 2013 BY Todd Wilkinson

“Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet,” serves in part as Turner’s dramatic and forceful argument for why the UN matters in the 21st century — and why it is irreplaceable.
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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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Family Dinner Never Mattered So Much

April 1, 2013 BY Guest Blogger

"It takes a village" has always been our family's philosophy, and so I had the good fortune of being raised with many surrogates -- equally strong and caring women -- who mentored me and filled in the missing pieces of my life puzzle.
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