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Study after study has shown that there is no effective development strategy in which women do not play a central role. When women are fully involved, especially in making decisions that affect their lives, the benefits can be seen immediately: families are healthier and better fed, their income, savings and investment go up. And what is true of families is also true of communities and in the long run, of whole countries.

Promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women is the only effective way of combating poverty, hunger and disease, and by so doing stimulate development that is truly sustainable.

However, women remain the majority of the world’s poor and the millennium dream will remain a dream unless we empower women economically and socially.

The clock is ticking! Be an agent of change! Get involved and join us change our world.

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United Nations Development Fund for Women - UNIFEM The Royal Netherlands Embassy Swedish International Development Agency - SIDA