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Millenium development goals

Millennium Development Goal Three

Promote gender equality and Empower
Women

Acknowledgement

I am extremely pleased to introduce this set of analytical
Papers on the Millennium Development Goals.
I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to my
Instructor Ms Saba Yaseen. for her able guidance and useful suggestions, which helped me in completing project work, in time. Yet importantly, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my friends/classmates for their help and wishes for the successful completion of this project.. .

Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................................5
2. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................9
3. TRENDS IN ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT...................12
4. PATHWAYS TO PROGRESS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSFUL FACTORS AND MEASURES......................................................14
4a. Gender Parity in Education.....................................................................................................14
4b. Gender Parity in Non-Agricultural Employment...................................................................15
4c. Gender Parity in Political Representation..............................................................................19
4d. Sexual and reproductive health and rights............................................................................22
5. CRITICAL CROSS-CUTTING GAPS IMPEDING PROGRESS ON GENDER EQUALITY……….25
6. RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................................................................26


References: United Nations Development Fund for Women. Who Answers to Women? Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009. Gender & Accountability. New York. 2009. http://www.unifem.org/progress/ 2008/media/POWW08_Report_Full_Text.pdf
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