Background Papers

This session is frequently updated. Last update on October 28th.

Plenary Session I
Family and Poverty: Trends and patterns of economic and non-economic aspects of inequality, their causes and consequences. The way forward.

Report on the World Social Situation, 2005
United Nations General Assembly, Sixtieth Session.

Working out of poverty
International Labour Conference - 91st Session 2003 - Report of the Director-General

Plenary Session II
First Ladies Roundtable
Preventing Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality: First Ladies at National and Local Level Mobilizing for Action

Conceptual and Institutional Framework: The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - WHO
The Conceptual and Institutional Framework is the basis upon which The Partnership has been formed: - The conceptual basis, which outlines the historical and moral imperatives of The Partnership and its values and principles; - The institutional framework, which outlines the constitution and the working mechanisms of The Partnership.

Plenary Session III
"Decent House" and Living Environment: Promoting affordable housing with public basic services and social support to enable families to formulate their vision of development

International Instruments on Housing Rights
This compilation contains excerpts of relevant international instruments on housing rights. It also includes ratification information and interpretative documents by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (such as the full text of relevant General Comments to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), and other entities. The latter includes the full texts of two of the most important interpretative texts relating to economic, social and cultural rights: the Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Plenary Session IV
How to make education fairer?

EFA Global Monitoring Report 2007
Every year, the EFA Global Monitoring Report assesses where the world stands on its commitment to provide a basic education to all children, youth and adults by 2015.

Early Childhood Education Policy Co-ordination under the Auspices of the Department/Ministry of Education
A Case Study of New Zealand

Implementation of the Integrated Early Childhood Policy in Senegal
Sylvie Rayna, CRESAS, Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique

Early Childhood Care and Education and other Family Policies and Programs in South-East Asia
Sheila B. Kamerman, Institute for Child and Family Policy, Columbia University

Data Collection and System Monitoring in Early Childhood Programs
Patricia P. Olmsted, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation

Consolidating Governmental Early Childhood Education and Care Services Under the Ministry of Education and Science: A Swedish Case Study
Hillevi Lenz Taguchi, Stockholm Institute of Education - Ingmarie Munkammar, Luleå University of Technology

Plenary Session V
Ministerial Roundtable on Primary Health Care

Renewing Primary Health Care in the Americas
A Position Paper of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)

Engaging for Health
WHO - Eleventh General Programme of Work 2006-2015 - A Global Health Agenda

Plenary Session VI
Ministerial Roundtable on Domestic Violence

The Austrian Model Of Intervention In Domestic Violence Cases
Expert paper prepared by: Rosa Logar
Domestic Abuse Intervention Center, Vienna and WAVE-Network

Addressing domestic violence in South Africa: Reflections on strategy and practice
Expert paper prepared by: Lisa Vetten - Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa

Remarks the opening ceremony for the conference: “Domestic violence: Strengthening Community Partnerships”
Carolyn Hannan, Director - Division for the Advancement of Women
Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Plenary Session VII
Gender Equality, Poverty and the MDGs

Gender Equality, Poverty and Economic Growth
The World Bank Gender and Development Group
Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network
September 2007

Gender Equality & the Millennium Development Goals
This paper by the Gender and Development Group of The World Bank provides an overview of the Gender Equality Goal and examines the links between gender equality and the Millennium Development Goals on Poverty, Education, Health and Nutrition, and Environment.

Gender equality and women’s empowerment in the new millennium
Presentation by Carolyn Hannan, Director
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

Mobilizing Men for Gender Equality: Supporting Women’s Health and Rights
Dean Peacock, South Africa Program Manager - EngenderHealth

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Concluding comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Austria - 2 February 2007

Plenary Session X
Forging a Global Partnership for Development

Global Partnership for Development
UNDP Annual Report 2006

A Global Partnership for Development
Australia's contribution to achieving the Millennium Development Goals
2005 Progress Report

Forging a Global Partnership for Development: Some critical issues
Martin Khor