25 September 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the key role of education for reaching the globally agreed set of eight targets for slashing poverty, illiteracy and other soc

“PIGA DEBE” in Kiswahili means “make a big noise,” and draws its inspiration from millions of women’s voices in Africa who say “enough is enough.

Portuguese actress and TV presenter Catarina Furtado is UNFPA ambassador. After travelling extensively through Africa, Catarina has always found “deep injustice and social inequalities”.

Achieving the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) — to improve maternal health and meet the associated targets to reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, t

African heads of state rededicated themselves to the 1997 Harare declaration and pledged to halve malaria deaths by 2010.

For the majority of the world's population and most developing countries, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the eradication of poverty remain their highest priority.

Bangladesh can still achieve its millennium development goal to cut poverty by half before the deadline in 2015 if the government follows right policies, ensures accountability and reaches resourc