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Title: Poverty reduction requires an end to discrimination and violence against women and girls


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Poverty reduction requires an end to
discrimination and violence against women and
girls
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Poverty reduction requires
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  • Health reform, education and the empowerment of
    women and youth.
  • These are sound investments that are necessary
    for development. Although the price tag is
    modest, needs are great.
  • The worlds governments must increase development
    assistance in order to meet them.

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Why is gender equality critical to poverty
reduction?
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Progress towards the implementation of the
United Nations Charterwhich inshrines equality
between women and menhas been shamefully slow
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  • Investing in young people is one of the most
    strategic investments a country can make in both
    the short, and long, term.
  • Failure to do so could entrench poverty for
    generations to come.

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Violence against women and girls is a silent
epidemic of alarming proportions. Beyond the
immeasurable suffering it causes, it also robs
countries of the full socio-economic
participation of half the population.
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  • In the wake of war, health and school systems
    collapse and infant and maternal mortality rates
    skyrocket
  • Where rape is used as a weapon of war, STIs and
    violence can lead to an intensification of the
    HIV/AIDS epidemic in areas where prevalence was
    once low

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  • In the aftermath of conflicts and natural
    disasters, the active participation of women and
    young people offers a real opportunity to
    construct a lasting peace, reduce poverty and
    enhance development.
  • The inclusion of formerly-marginalized groups
    will enable societies to forge more equitable
    political and social systems and to build a
    future where human rights means human rights for
    all.

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ROAD MAP TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
AND BEYOND
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The price tag for the human dignity is modest.
At well under 200 billion per year over the
next decadeless than 50 cents per day per person
living in extreme povertywe can make poverty
history
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We have the resources, we have the
commitments THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW
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