British Government Commitment to Women in Afghanistan
In the House of Lords on the 14th of June 2010, Baroness Goudie asked the following: Baroness Goudie: My Lords, I welcome very much the Statement by the Leader of the House and the Prime Minister today, and the commitment to funds for the future of the Ministry of Defence. More importantly, however, there is [...]
Baroness Goudie’s speech at FIWAL’s ‘Women of Vision’ Conference
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
I would like to thank Neena and Lady Aruna Paul for giving me the opportunity to be here today. Invest in women, Improve the world. ‘There’s a growing recognition among everyone from the World Bank to the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid organizations like CARE that focusing on women and girls is the [...]
A Note from Baroness Goudie
Monday, November 16, 2009
My intention in writing this blog is to bring to the forefront of people’s minds issues of inequality, human rights and human trafficking. These issues are happening daily and we need to be more conscious of them to bring pressure on civil society, the private sector and governments around the world to campaign to eliminate [...]
Manual for Women Running for Office
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Advocacy and Running for Office: A Training Manual for Women brings together materials from across the globe to focus on helping women develop critical advocacy and political skills. Published by Vital Voices, and supported by the ExxonMobil Foundation, the manual provides pragmatic advice on how to build skills and inspire women to engage in public [...]
Blog Breakfast
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, Baroness Goudie hosted her first blog breakfast in Washington, DC. There were over 40 high powered Washington women and men in attendance, all of whom are committed to global women’s issues and effective action. The breakfast was very much like a blog – spirited, with lots of back and forth, [...]
U.N. creates new body on women, gender equality
Wed, Jul 7, 2010
(Reuters) – After years of difficult negotiations, the U.N. General Assembly voted on Friday to set up a body that will seek to improve the situation of women and girls around the world.
The new body will be known officially as the U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, although officials say it [...]
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Commitments and Actions 
ALLEVIATING WORLD POVERTY
What: It is nearly five years since the G8 meeting in Gleneagles and the demonstration of millions of people from media stars, church leaders and members of the public to make poverty history.
Action to date: Five years on the figures are in. On debt relief, progress has been immense with 45 billion dollars delivered to the world poorest countries to assist with resources for health and education. The United Kingdom has delivered on its G8 promises of 2005.
What’s missing: Every minute a woman dies in childbirth somewhere in the world because of inadequate medical care and 72 million children remain out of school. It is important to put pressure on the other seven G8 countries to rise up to their promises. The missing 21 billion dollars could pay for every child to go to school and could save the lives of 2 million of the poorest mothers and children.
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