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Pursuing Gender Equality through the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific

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Pursuing Gender Equality through the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific was published jointly by ADB, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The paper is part of a series of studies identifying critical issues and problems concerning the timely achievement of the MDGs.

If the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be achieved, ensuring gender equality and women's empowerment is essential, given the relevance of gender concerns to all of the MDGs. Yet despite formal commitments made by countries to guarantee equality between sexes, and despite the demonstrated benefits of gender equality to societies and economies, gender discrimination remains pervasive in the Asia and Pacific region. MDG progress reports and studies from across the Asia and Pacific region, confirm the interrelationships between the gender-specific MDGs and all of the other goals, as well the as importance of a gender perspective in any strategy to achieve these goals.

The paper provides examples of promising initiatives and supportive institutions, and recommends a number of actions for key stakeholders to take, to help achieve gender equality.

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Contents

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Foreword, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Executive Summary [ PDF: 214kb | 12 pages ]

1. Introduction [ PDF: 196kb | 2 pages ]

2. Gender, Development, and the Millennium Development Goals [ PDF: 287kb | 4 pages ]

3. Progress on the Gender-Specific Goals [ PDF: 397kb | 24 pages ]

4. Gender Dimensions of Progress on Other Goals [ PDF: 208kb | 12 pages ]

5. Future Directions [ PDF: 388kb | 22 pages ]

6. Conclusions and Recommendations [ PDF: 288kb | 4 pages ]

References [ PDF: 72.6kb | 5 pages ]

Appendices [ PDF: 887kb | 12 pages ]