BLOG: Transforming the development agenda requires more, not less, attention to human rights

Source:

Radhika Balakrishnan and Ignacio Saiz

Duration:

Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 20:00

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Human Rights

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Online Dialogues & Blogs

The UN General Assembly later this month will begin negotiations over the content of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015. The outcomes of these inter-governmental debates will not only determine the model of development advanced in global policy forums over the next fifteen years. They will shape national government priorities, policies and financing decisions in areas from education to ecology, housing to health, climate change to care work... [Please click on the PDF file to read the rest of the article.]

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