Press Release
Media Advisory: Poverty Reduction Efforts Will Fail Unless Leaders Keep Promises to World's Women
05 October 2005
ALL MATERIALS EMBARGOED UNTIL 1200 GMT on 12 OCTOBER 2005
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Global efforts to "make poverty history" are bound to fail if world leaders do not act now to end gender discrimination, according to the State of World Population 2005 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Unless they live up to promises made to the world’s women and young people, these leaders will not be able to meet poverty reduction goals agreed to at the 2000 Millennium Summit and reaffirmed at last month's World Summit in New York.
This year's report, The Promise of Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals, makes the case for investing in women and young people, who are now the majority of the world’s population.
The Promise of Equality is under embargo until 1200 GMT on 12 October. Journalists may access the embargoed report and related materials—a summary, press release, features, charts and photos—on the web before then by registering online at /swp/2005/presskit/.
LAUNCH DETAILS
UNFPA’s Executive Director, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, will launch the report at a press conference in London on 12 October. For information, contact Peter Robbs: +44-1480-465328 or peter.robbs@ukonline.co.uk.
In New York, Maria Jose Alcala, the principal author of the report, will present it during the daily noon briefing at United Nations Headquarters, Room S-226. For information, contact Omar Gharzeddine, +1-212-297-5028, gharzeddine@unfpa.org, or Micol Zarb, +1-212-297-5042, zarb@unfpa.org.
In Washington, D.C., Aminata Toure, Acting Head of UNFPA’s Gender, Culture and Human Rights Branch, will present the report at the National Press Club. For information, contact Sarah Craven, +1-202-326-8713, craven@unfpa.org.
Contact Information:
Omar Gharzeddine
Tel.: +1 (212) 297-5028
Email: gharzeddine@unfpa.org
Micol Zarb
Tel.: +1 212 297 5042
Email: zarb@unfpa.org
