Women, MDGs & Africa - A Resource Guide

Select Resources on Goal 7: Environmental Sustainability

Publications:

Africa Progress Panel ‘Finance for Climate-Resilient Development in Africa: An agenda for action following the Copenhagen Conference’ (2010)

Amnesty International ‘Insecurity and indignity. Women’s experience in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya’ (2010)

The World Bank ‘The Little Green Data Book’ (2009) 

The World Bank ‘World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change’ (2010)

UNDG MDG Thematic Paper on MDG 7 Environmental sustainability (2010)

UN Habitat ‘Annual Report 2009: Water and Sanitation Trust Fund’ (2009)

UN Habitat ‘Gender equality for smarter cities; challenges and progress’ (2009)

UN Habitat 'State of the Wolrd's Cities 2008/2009' (2009)

UN Habitat ‘Urban World; Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals – are they achievable?’ (2010)

UNEP 'Green economy: A brief for policy makers on the green economy and Millennium Development Goals' (2010)

Water and Sanitation Program ‘Guidance note on services for the urban poor: A practical guide for improving water supply and sanitation services’ (2009)

WHO and UN Water ‘GLAAS 2010: UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water’ (2010)

WHO and UNICEF ‘Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-water 2010 update’ (2010)

 

Organizations:

Charity Water

The Green Belt Movement

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Forum on Forests

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat)

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Water and Sanitation Programme

Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO)

 World Health Organization (WHO)

 

Best practices:

UNDG MDG Good Practices (2010) Chapter 4 MDG 7, Environmental sustainability

 

Outreach material:

End Poverty 2015, UN Millennium Campaign 'Seal a just deal: The MDG path to a climate change solution' (2009)

The World Bank 'Women and Water in Kenya' (2010)

UNFPA and Women’s Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) ‘Climate Change Connections – Women at the forefront’ (2009)

UNDG ‘MDG 7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability: Tanzania’s Forest Resource Management’

 

Statistics and other resources:

G8 ‘Muskoka Accountability Report’ (2010) Annex 5 Water and sanitation

UN Habitat Urban Indicators Database

WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for water supply and sanitation data resources