A Note from Baroness Goudie

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A Note from Baroness Goudie

Mon, Nov 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 them.

I am hoping that this blog will help to make change at a time when new technologies have made it easier for these dastardly crimes and issues to be brought to public awareness, especially where there is a clear lack of political will.

One of the aims of my blog is to give a voice to the experts in these fields and to relate stories of extraordinary people around the world. There will also be links to organisations, access to information and reports, interesting video links and book recommendations.

Tags: Human Rights

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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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