Gender Justice: Key to Achieving the Millenium Development Goals

The Millenium Declaration and the eight Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) collectively herald a vision for a more just and equal world: a promise by governments in 189 countries to achieve social justice for all. Only five years remain until the target date of 2015 for achieving the MDGs. This briefing, an excerpts from UNIFEM's forthcoming Progress of the World's Women 2010/2011 on access to justice, points to key areas that must be addressed to move towards meeting the MDGs.