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Including the rights of persons with disabilities in UN programming at country level : a guidance note for United Nations country teams and implementing partners

INTER-AGENCY SUPPORT GROUP ON THE CONVENTION FOR THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
2011

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"This guidance note outlines four main areas for mainstreaming the rights of persons with disabilities: UN cooperation at country level; country analysis (preceding UNDAF development); strategic planning (development of the UNDAF and its results matrix) and monitoring and evaluation (M&E)....By mainstreaming disability rights in their work at country level, UNCTs can respond to the request of persons with disabilities themselves, who have been calling for a new approach to disability, grounded on the conviction that all persons should be equally valued"

The state of world population 2005. The promise of equality : gender equity, reproductive health and the Millennium Development Goals

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)
2005

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This edition of UNFPA's annual report explores the extent to which the world is meeting the targets outlined in the Millennium Development Goals. It assesses progress, examines shortfalls and provides examples of interventions that have resulted in improvements in the lives of individuals, in families and countries. It highlights the importance of women's education, access to reproductive health services and stopping gender-based violence

Results-orientated monitoring and evaluation : a handbook for programme managers

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP). Office of Evaluation and Strategic Planning (OESP)
1997

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This handbook was written to support the monitoring and evaluation activities of UNDP. It presents a framework that aims to: focus on results-orientated monitoring and evaluation for decision-making, accountability, and learning, present an integrated approach to the two functions, reinforce links to other stages of the project, to feed information back into it, present methodological innovations, introduce simplified and streamlined procedures

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