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The Millennium Development Goals
and the Youths Rolein Achieving Them
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Millennium Declaration of 2000
In September 2000,
189 UN member states
signed the MillenniumDeclaration and
committed themselves
to eight specific goalsaimed at ending
poverty by 2015.
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Millennium Declaration of 2000
Millennium Declaration commitment:To achieve quantifiable goals and
targets until 2015, using 1990 asbaseline, that will at least ensure thatdevelopment initiatives are effectively
eradicating poverty and promoting
sustainable human development.THESE ARE THE MDGs.
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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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MDG 1 :Eradicate extreme poverty
and hunger Halve the proportion of people living in extreme
poverty between 1990-2015.
Halve the proportion of peoplewith no access to safe drinkingwater or those who cannot affordit by 2015.
Halve the proportion ofpopulation below minimumlevel of dietary energyconsumption and halve theproportion of underweightchildren.
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MDG 2 :Achieve universal primaryeducation
Ensure that by 2015,
children everywhere,boys and girls alike,will be able to
complete a full course
of primary schooling.
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Eliminate genderdisparities inprimary
and secondaryeducationpreferably by2005, and alllevels ofeducation notlater than 2015.
MDG 3:Promote gender equality andempower women
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MDG 4:
Reduce child mortalityReduce by two thirds (2/3), between 1990 and 2015, the
under-5 mortality rate.
.
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MDG 5:
Improve maternal health.
Reduce by threequarters (3/4),between 1990 and
2015, the
maternalmortality ratio.
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MDG 6:Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria andother diseases
. Halt and begin to
reverse the spread
of HIV/AIDS by2015.
Halt and begin toreverse the incidence ofmalaria and other major
diseases
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MDG 7:Ensure environmentalsustainability
. Implement national strategies forsustainable development by 2005, to
reverse loss of environment resources
by 2015.
By 2020, to have achieved a
significant improvement in thelives of at least 100 million slumdwellers.
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MDG 7:Global partnership
for development.
Develop further an open, rule-based,predictable, non-discriminatory trading
and financial system; that includes acommitment to good governance,development and poverty reductionboth nationally and internationally.
Deal comprehensively with the debtproblems of developing countriesthrough national and internationalmeasures in order to make debtssustainable in the long-term.
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Will the Philippines make it?
Elementary participation rate
Elementary cohortsurvival rate
Elementary completion rate
Gender equality in education
Maternal mortality ratio Access to reproductive health
services
Halt and reverse the spread of
AIDS
Poverty (?)
Nutrition Dietary energy
requirement
Child mortality
Malaria Access to safe drinking water
Access to sanitary toilet
facilities
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MDGs with Failing Marks
33% of population, or 27.3 millionFilipinos, are poor (an increaseby 3% from previous data). Thepoor has increased by 3.8 million
Goal 1: Poverty reduction
* March 2008 poverty data
27 out of 100 Filipino families
are poor
Poverty in the Philippines is stilla rural phenomenon; 3 out of 4poor families are found in therural areas.
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MDGs with Failing Marks
.
Goal 2:
Achieve universal primary education
Only 84% of Filipinochildren of school age are
enrolled
Only 70% of Filipinochildren complete
primary school
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MDGs with Failing Marks
. More than 4,000 Filipino
women die duringpregnancy every year oran average of 11 per day
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Poor women lack
access to RH services,resulting in half amillion abortions everyyear
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MDGs with Failing Marks
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Goal 6: CombatHIV/AIDS, malaria
and other diseases
From low and slow to hidden andgrowing
8,200 estimated number of people
living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2007
27% - estimated percentage of HIV
cases that occurred among women
(ages 15-49) by the end of 2007
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Quick Wins
.
Eliminating school and uniform fees Affordable replenishments of soil nitrogen and other soilnutrients Free school meals Community nutrition programmes that support breast-
feeding, micronutrients supplementation Regular de-worming for all school children Training large number of village workers in health, farmingand infrastructure Free, long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed-nets to all
children in malaria-endemic zones Eliminating user fees for basic health services Expanding access to sexual and reproductive healthinformation and services Effective drug combinations for TB and Malaria
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What can you do?
.
Advocacy and awareness:Young people in the Millennium Campaign
MDG Report Cards
Young People as Peer
Educators MDG Contests
MDG Exhibits
Communicating the
MDGs through the Net,school newsletter, etc.
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What can you do?
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Network and collaboration:Young people working together to implementthe MDGs
- Coalition 2015 Youth Groups
- Social networking- SMS- Stand Up captains
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What can you do?
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Policy-driven Advocacy: Youth Speak
- Policy analysis throughMDG Report Cards (e.g.
MDG 2: Why are childrennot in school?)- MDG localization- Petition letters, SK- Campus MDG Debates
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What can you do?
. -Active priority youth projects and bestpractices
-Mentorship-Engaging young peoplein monitoring
Action: Young people implementing the MDGs
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ARE WE ON
COURSE TO LOOK
BACK, IN 2015,AND SAY THAT NOEFFORT WAS
SPARED?Ban Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary-General
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