Archive | February, 2012

The Long Ride to Stop the Poverty Cycle

The Long Ride to Stop the Poverty Cycle

Posted on 29 February 2012 by Joelle Auffray

Beginning on April 1st, 2012 MPH supporter Matt Napier will embark on an epic bike ride from Perth to Canberra to raise awareness of the urgent need for action to halve global poverty by 2015.

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Take Action for World Water Day

Take Action for World Water Day

Posted on 28 February 2012 by Joelle Auffray

On the 22nd of March, 2012 World Water Day will be celebrated around the globe, focusing the world’s attention on the importance of ‘Water and Food Security’.

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Addressing Gendered Poverty – The Commission on the Status of Women

Addressing Gendered Poverty – The Commission on the Status of Women

Posted on 28 February 2012 by Melissa

From 27 February, the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. It focuses exclusively on gender equality and the advancement of women, by promoting women’s political, economic, civil, social, and educational rights. A range of groups are brought together during [...]

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Famine isn’t an extreme event, it’s the predictable result of a broken system

Famine isn’t an extreme event, it’s the predictable result of a broken system

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Make Poverty History

From the Horn of Africa to the Sahel, we must learn to be honest about the nature of a fundamentally flawed global food system

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