New Database Additions  Summary Title Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals Author Gender and Development Group, World Bank Publication Date April2003 Summary The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have an ambitious vision for 2015 and mixed progress on many of them so far. Gender equality is essential for reaching all the goals, not just goal three, "Promote gender equality and empower women". This booklet aims to demonstrate: the linkages between the other goals and gender; the "win-win" case for working on gender equality under each MDG; how to integrate gender equality into MDG policies and interventions. The focus is on the poverty, education, health and nutrition, and the environment goals. For example, gender inequality constrains economic growth and exacerbates poverty therefore increasing women's "productivity" and "empowerment" helps to achieve goal one "Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger". Because all MDGs are so interconnected, progress on one will also assist progress on others. The booklet also points to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process as a good forum for tailoring the MDGs to local contexts and integrating gender into national strategies. Complete Document View PostScript Document (pdf)