Krishna Giri
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The Millennium Development Goals And some Facts
September 12, 2006 - 05:11 AM
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PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Promoting gender equality means ensuring that women have the same chances as men to improve their lives, and the lives of their families. Unfortunately, in both developed and developing countries, women are often not given the same opportunities in education, employment, and in government. Many poor households in developing countries for example will only send their boys to school, forcing girls to help care for the home and other family members. Goal 3 means guaranteeing women have equal opportunities to make their lives, and the lives of their families better.
Two-thirds of the world's illiterate people are female
The employment rate for women is 30% lower than the rate for men
Women only held 15% of seats in national parliaments in 2003
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
Every child born into this world, no matter where they are from, deserves to live a rich and full life. Unfortunately, more than 11 million children die each year in the developing world from preventable illnesses. Child mortality is linked with all the other Goals, because young children are always the most affected by poverty. Every year, two million children die as a result of dirty water or improper sanitation facilities (see Goal 7). Goal 4 addresses the health problems that face children from infancy to five years old.
48 countries had mortality rates greater than 1 in 10 childbirths, compared
to 1 in 143 in developed countries
Among the childhood vaccine-preventable diseases, measles is the leading
cause of child mortality, with over half a million deaths in 2000
70% of deaths before age five are caused by disease, or a combination of
disease and malnutrition, that would be preventable in developed countries.
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