World Forum on Education in Palestine : "Education as prerequisite for Human Development; the challenges of peoples under occupation"

The world education forum will be held in Palestine from 28th till the 30th of October, 2010 as a part of the World Social Forum. Due to the regional situation activists and organizations from the Arab region are restrained from participation in the forum in Palestine, therefore there will be a parallel forum in Lebanon.

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It is now recognized that sustainable human development cannot be achieved without gender equality. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 hinges on making tangible progress with regard to gender equality and women’s empowerment, not only as a goal in itself (MDG3), but also in the achievement of all the other goals. When women are integrated meaningfully into the labour force, there are impressive advances in social well-being. When women are empowered, there are better health and education outcomes for their children as well as a more sustainable use of natural resources.

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