16 June 2011 Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro Tuesday stressed the need for countries like Nigeria to protect development gains achieved so far despite the fiscal austerity measures undertaken in the wake of the global financial crisis, saying great social benefits arise from investing in poverty eradication programmes. "In such a climate, we need to scale up those interventions that have the best chance to generate progress across the MDGs [Millennium Development Goals]," said Migiro in an address to the General Assembly's Development Dialogue, taking place at United Nations Headquarters in New York
[unable to retrieve full-text content]For girls born into some Kenyan tribes, traditions such as childhood marriage, genital mutilation and even sanctioned rape are a fact of life.
