10-03-2010
In response to the failed negotiations by Mazarine with Chief Minister Punjab, Anjuman Mazarine Punjab-AMP and GCAP-Pakistan have led a long march from Khanewal District to Lahore for the demanding of tenant and farmer land rights. The tenants have been campaigning for their rights for the last ten years.
Image: Source: awazcds.org.pk
09-03-2010
The Indian Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) has allowed for many village women to conduct unskilled labor for a minimum wage. However, one study carried out in a district in Rajasthan suggests that the realities on the ground are inadequate and delayed payments, and overly strenuous work. The outcome of the study has been the release of at least one sarpanch and an enhanced public awareness of the power of grassroots voices.
09-03-2010
A small Muslim village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh suffered for many years from poor sanitary conditions that led to various diseases and escalated to deaths. With the help of DEHAT, a millennium campaign NGO partner, the women of the village pursued loans to construct toilets and improve overall village sanitation.
08-03-2010
Bhubaneswar, Feb. 20: The eighth meeting of the Odisha MDG Forum was successfully held at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar today. The theme for discussion was Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 8 – Developing a Global Partnership for Development.
08-03-2010
By engaging local governments (panchayats) in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, the UNMC and NGO partner, Samarthan, have encouraged the development of sanitation workshops. Efforts are helping to move the underdeveloped district of Sehore towards a clean and healthy environment.
17-02-2010
An online community of MDG youth activists is forming in the Asia-Pacific – it is called iMDG and you can learn about it at www.asiapacific.endpoverty2015.org/imdg. The pictures, videos, and artwork collected from several MDG thematically linked activities will be made into a multimedia petition and handed over to political leaders.
16-02-2010
For the first time in history, India’s civil society has carried out a national ‘peoples’ review of the Planning Commission’s five-year plan. The compiled analyses of the eleventh plan, determined by regional mid-term appraisals and national civil society representatives, were presented on February 4th and 5th at the Indian Social Institute in Lodi Colony, New Delhi.
Image: Closing Panel: The Way Forward – Interaction with Deputy Chairperson
16-02-2010
Experts reigning from all different fields participated in a lively discussion about the attainment of the United Nation Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The conference focused on the obstacles that lie ahead and how to overcome them through the use of technology.
11-12-2009
At a national meeting at Dhaka, organized by leading Bangladesh civil society network SUPRO and the Campaign for Good Governance, speakers demanded country specific targets be set to achieve the MDGs.
Image: Experts at the National Sharing Meeting/ Photo credit: SUPRO
04-12-2009
The anti-poverty network Wada Na Todo Abhiyan will lead a series of state level consultations in India in the coming months to consolidate people’s voices for effective implementation of the remaining Eleventh Five Year Plan.
