[RED DEMOCRATICA] Post-2015 goals must transform women's lives, UN Women's Hendra says

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN sees potential erosion of women's rights in Afghanistan Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   December 9, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Post-2015 goals must transform women's lives, UN Women's Hendra says The post-2015 development goals should focus on structural constraints to women's progress in education, employment and political participation, says John Hendra, deputy director of UN Women. "We feel very strongly that it has to be a stand-alone goal that addresses some of these constraints head on, and that across the framework we choose targets that are limited in number but will have a transformative impact on the lives of women," he argues. 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