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Tell Bush to Help Lift Millions of Women and Children Out of Poverty
Target: George W. Bush, President, United StatesSponsored by: Mercy Corps
Every minute, one woman dies in childbirth, 20 children die of starvation and two women die from AIDS. These are needless, preventable and unacceptable deaths.
Women and children disproportionately bear the weight of extreme poverty around the world. In many countries, women are routinely denied access to resources and even the most basic education, making it virtually impossible for them to adequately provide for their children and themselves.
Five years ago, all 189 members of the United Nations agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals, which set 15-year targets for, among other things, eradicating extreme poverty, enrolling every child in primary school, empowering women, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. Meeting these goals, all nations agreed, requires a global partnership between countries both rich and poor.
On Sept. 14-16, the leaders of some 170 nations will gather in New York City for the World Summit, where they will take stock of their progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Time is running out. Many nations have made significant strides -- Tanzania now offers free primary education to all, Uganda reversed the spread of AIDS and Bangladesh narrowed the gender gap in school attendance. But without bold U.S. leadership to achieve the goals by the 2015 deadline, many countries will fall short of the targets.
Urge President Bush to demonstrate U.S. leadership by playing an active role at the Summit and reaffirming America's commitment to doing our part to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Please join Mercy Corps and the ONE Campaign in our fight to overcome extreme poverty around the world. Now is the time to lend your voice to this historic effort.
Women and children disproportionately bear the weight of extreme poverty around the world. In many countries, women are routinely denied access to resources and even the most basic education, making it virtually impossible for them to adequately provide for their children and themselves.
Five years ago, all 189 members of the United Nations agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals, which set 15-year targets for, among other things, eradicating extreme poverty, enrolling every child in primary school, empowering women, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. Meeting these goals, all nations agreed, requires a global partnership between countries both rich and poor.
On Sept. 14-16, the leaders of some 170 nations will gather in New York City for the World Summit, where they will take stock of their progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Time is running out. Many nations have made significant strides -- Tanzania now offers free primary education to all, Uganda reversed the spread of AIDS and Bangladesh narrowed the gender gap in school attendance. But without bold U.S. leadership to achieve the goals by the 2015 deadline, many countries will fall short of the targets.
Urge President Bush to demonstrate U.S. leadership by playing an active role at the Summit and reaffirming America's commitment to doing our part to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Please join Mercy Corps and the ONE Campaign in our fight to overcome extreme poverty around the world. Now is the time to lend your voice to this historic effort.
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# 150:
1:38 am PDT, Aug 30,
Kaylouise Cook, Washington
U.S is dragging its heels in comparison with the rest of the world in so many areas(Environmental issues for 1!)so we must do our part!
U.S is dragging its heels in comparison with the rest of the world in so many areas(Environmental issues for 1!)so we must do our part!
# 149:
1:37 am PDT, Aug 30,
Michael Miller, New York
# 148:
1:35 am PDT, Aug 30,
Michael Audette, Washington
# 147:
1:35 am PDT, Aug 30,
Donald Crispino, New York
# 146:
1:31 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 145:
1:29 am PDT, Aug 30,
Pam Davis, Georgia
There's just no excuse for women dying in childbirth now.
There's just no excuse for women dying in childbirth now.
# 144:
1:24 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jennifer Vaughan, Colorado
# 143:
1:23 am PDT, Aug 30,
Loretta Johnson, Illinois
# 142:
1:22 am PDT, Aug 30,
Martha Tucker, Florida
# 141:
1:19 am PDT, Aug 30,
Ray Moseley, California
# 140:
1:14 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 139:
1:14 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 138:
1:12 am PDT, Aug 30,
Kat Hughes, West Virginia
# 137:
1:11 am PDT, Aug 30,
Michael Newton, Indiana
Drop the religious nonsense once and for all. Start doing what's right for the world and its people without regard for superstition.
Drop the religious nonsense once and for all. Start doing what's right for the world and its people without regard for superstition.
# 136:
1:10 am PDT, Aug 30,
Arzu Durukan, Turkey
# 135:
1:09 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, California
# 134:
1:07 am PDT, Aug 30,
Pieter Wyckoff, Washington
# 133:
1:04 am PDT, Aug 30,
Teresa Springsted, Washington
# 132:
1:02 am PDT, Aug 30,
Kay Stanley, Missouri
# 131:
12:59 am PDT, Aug 30,
Mike Busch, California
# 130:
12:59 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, California
Women and Children Should NOT have to be put through this. Help and Show them you care and do something.
Women and Children Should NOT have to be put through this. Help and Show them you care and do something.
# 129:
12:57 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, California
# 128:
12:56 am PDT, Aug 30,
Cheryl Evans, Alaska
# 127:
12:56 am PDT, Aug 30,
Sarah Backus, California
We have the means to save lives with food and medicine, as well as educating people how to farm so they can grow their own food. Instead we waste lives and billions of $$$ in Iraq!
We have the means to save lives with food and medicine, as well as educating people how to farm so they can grow their own food. Instead we waste lives and billions of $$$ in Iraq!
# 126:
12:55 am PDT, Aug 30,
Carol Roe, Wyoming
# 125:
12:51 am PDT, Aug 30,
Renee McKean, California
# 124:
12:50 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jeanette Capotorto, New York
# 123:
12:46 am PDT, Aug 30,
Dennis Saylor, Washington
# 122:
12:43 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jude Cormier, Missouri
Women and men need to learn birth control. If a woman can't even feed herself what chance does her baby have?
Women and men need to learn birth control. If a woman can't even feed herself what chance does her baby have?
# 121:
12:38 am PDT, Aug 30,
Stephen Knudsen, Colorado
# 120:
12:37 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jim Tatum, Connecticut
# 119:
12:37 am PDT, Aug 30,
Kathryn Slaughter, New York
# 118:
12:34 am PDT, Aug 30,
Georgia Lynn, California
# 117:
12:33 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jean Miller, Maryland
# 116:
12:30 am PDT, Aug 30,
Drew Foster, Missouri
We owe it to ourselves and others to help where we can.
We owe it to ourselves and others to help where we can.
# 115:
12:29 am PDT, Aug 30,
RayNice Hoffman, Pennsylvania
# 114:
12:24 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jessica Merritt, Florida
# 113:
12:22 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
Mr. Bush: you can continue to antagonize other people in other cultures, hence encouraging terrorists (oh yes by the way how is "shock and awe" different from "terror"?) or you can dedicate some U.S. resources to something other than your own interest in the oil industry which is finite and fickle and doomed. What does Laura think? Do you ever listen to her?
Mr. Bush: you can continue to antagonize other people in other cultures, hence encouraging terrorists (oh yes by the way how is "shock and awe" different from "terror"?) or you can dedicate some U.S. resources to something other than your own interest in the oil industry which is finite and fickle and doomed. What does Laura think? Do you ever listen to her?
# 112:
12:22 am PDT, Aug 30,
Jazmen Keyton, Washington
# 111:
12:17 am PDT, Aug 30,
Julianne Casano, California
# 110:
12:15 am PDT, Aug 30,
Athena Fitch, Washington
# 109:
12:12 am PDT, Aug 30,
Deirdre Robinson, New York
# 108:
12:12 am PDT, Aug 30,
Rae Ann Siewert, California
# 107:
12:10 am PDT, Aug 30,
John Crowe, Illinois
# 106:
12:03 am PDT, Aug 30,
Starlie Drake, Ohio
# 105:
12:03 am PDT, Aug 30,
Melissa Britton, Washington
# 104:
12:01 am PDT, Aug 30,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 103:
12:00 am PDT, Aug 30,
Victoria Powers, Washington
# 102:
10:50 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Rachel Khoo, Australia
# 101:
8:59 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Janet Kuncl, Illinois