Ruth Spencer - THINK ABOUT IT http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/index.php/think3/post TH!NK ABOUT IT #3 en krennie1@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-03-07T23:11:51+00:00 Ruth Spencer - Asia-Pacific has one of world’s largest gender gaps http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/print_this_article_email_this_article_sharethis_asia-pacific_has_one_of_wor/ http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/print_this_article_email_this_article_sharethis_asia-pacific_has_one_of_wor/#When:17:56:51Z Dscrimination and neglect are threatening the very survival of women in the region in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report by the UNDP. Equality 2010-03-21T17:56:51+00:00 Ruth Spencer - Somalia food aid bypasses needy, U.N. study says http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/somalia_food_aid_bypasses_needy_u.n._study_says/ http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/somalia_food_aid_bypasses_needy_u.n._study_says/#When:17:45:20Z A new U.N report reveals that as much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff members. Aid 2010-03-21T17:45:20+00:00 Ruth Spencer - UN to hold key meeting next month on Haiti http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/un_economic_and_social_council_to_hold_key_meeting_next_month_on_assistance/ http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/un_economic_and_social_council_to_hold_key_meeting_next_month_on_assistance/#When:17:37:59Z The UN Economic and Social Council will host a meeting next moth to decide what more it can do to help Haiti rebuild its country. Crisis 2010-03-21T17:37:59+00:00 Ruth Spencer - Progress on women’s rights will help achieve MDGs http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/progress_on_womens_rights_will_help_achieve_global_development_goals_migiro/ http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/progress_on_womens_rights_will_help_achieve_global_development_goals_migiro/#When:16:55:35Z Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro says efforts to bring about equality is essential as a building block for countries to succeed in meeting the Millennium Development Goals Equality 2010-03-21T16:55:35+00:00 Ruth Spencer - UN agency calls for global day-long fast http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/un_agency_calls_for_global_day-long_fast_as_symbol_of_war_on_hunger/ http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/un_agency_calls_for_global_day-long_fast_as_symbol_of_war_on_hunger/#When:16:50:54Z The FAO today called for a day-long, global hunger strike in solidarity with the planet’s one billion people who do not have enough to eat. Poverty 2010-03-21T16:50:54+00:00