[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban and Calvin: Progress on MDGs will improve girls' lives

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | No progress in Syrian peace talks, aid shipments to Homs Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   January 28, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban and Calvin: Progress on MDGs will improve girls' lives United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Kathy Calvin, president and CEO of UN Foundation, last week urged the Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group to help countries achieve MDGs, especially those involving girls. "It is a chance to change institutions so they reflect more enlightened attitudes about girls and include strategies to improve their lives," Ban said. 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