February 2nd 2010
African Women Making a Difference on Peace and Security
African women are on the move in an extraordinary way, and are determined to make their voices heard and their influence count – particularly on issues of peace and security. Mary Robinson blogs about witnessing this first hand at two recent meetings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, home of the African Union (AU) Secretariat and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

January 25th 2010
New Beginnings: Read Mary Robinson's plans for 2010
When I completed my term as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in late 2002, I was committed to continuing my efforts to promote greater respect for fundamental rights around the world. I wanted Realizing Rights to be a bridge between local, national and global leadership and to work across institutional and geographic divides to solve real problems...

January 25th 2010
Making the Human Rights and Development Connection
Poverty in Focus is a regular publication of the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). Its purpose is to present the results of research on poverty and inequality in the developing world. This month's issue (January 2010) reviews the experience of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to date and asks what we can do to accelerate MDG progress in the years 2010–2015 and beyond.