We are already deep into January and a lot
has been going on in the world of Progress. This blog will provide you with a
selection of headlines and highlights from the month. With the Post 2015 debate
on what framework should follow the Millennium
Development Goals underway, this blog focuses on Wikiprogress’s new
interactive Post 2015 page and Save the Children’s recent report ‘Ending
Poverty In Our Generation’. It also includes Wikigender’s synthesis of its
online discussion ‘Engaging Men and Boys to Transform Discriminatory Social
Norms’, The OECD’s latest issue of ‘Education Indicators in Focus’ and President
Obama’s impassioned words on climate chance in his recent inaugural address.
Wikiprogress has created an interactive
Post 2015 page for users to access articles, publications,
discussion boards and news on upcoming events. There are new meetings, reports and
conferences on the subject occurring every day and this page is intended to
bring together all the key information so that Wikiprogress followers can stay
up to date on proceedings. To visit the
Post 2015 page, click here
In a bid to make an early footmark in the Post 2015 debate, Save the
Children recently released ‘Ending Poverty in Our Generation’, a
vision of their new development framework. The report, consisting of ten key goals,
aims to support the creation of a world where all people realise their human
rights within a generation. To access the ‘Ending Poverty’, visit Wikichild’s
Spotlight section.
Following
on from the online discussion ‘Engaging
Men and Boys in Transforming Discriminatory Social Norms’ that ran from
22nd until 31st of October, Wikigender released a synthesis of the
rich exchange of views, examples and recommendations. The key issues of the
discussion included: the power of men to change; rethinking ideas of
masculinity; and educating society (both women and men) about gender equality
and its benefits. Click
here to read the synthesis.
The OECD’s latest issue of Education Indicators in Focus seeks
to answer the question of what are the social benefits of education. The link between education and
social benefits has long been recognized and research recently revealed that
education not only enables individuals to perform better in the labour market,
but also helps to improve their overall health, promote active citizenship and
contain violence. Read
more.
Lastly, a newly invigorated President Obama yesterday addressed
the issue of climate change head on in his inaugural address. The topic that
was completely overshadowed by the stuttering economy in the lead up to the
election was one of the main focal points of Obama’s speech. Watch the clip
below.
Stay tuned for more Progress reviews in the coming weeks!
Robbie Lawrence
Wikichild Coordinator
