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WHAT IS MDG
The Millennium Declaration
In 2000 the
Millennium Declaration
was adopted by 191 member states of the United Nations in an unprecedented global consensus.
All major international organizations as well as many civil society and private sector organizations support the call to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015.
To make the commitments more manageable
8 Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
were selected, and a time limit for reaching the goals was set to 2015 to underline the urgency of the commitments.
The eight prioritised Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases,
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
All the MDGs are important to gender equality and women' s empowerment.
How to monitor and report
To make the goals as concrete as possible,
18 global development targets
and 48 indicators (UN Statistics Division: Millennium Development Indicators) accompanied the 8 goals.
National governments and the UN agencies undertook the task of monitoring and reporting on progress achieved underway, which is important to ensure strengthened accountability.
The MDGs - part of the international framework
The MDGs form part of the international political and legal framework on gender equality and womens empowerment that most UN member states have committed to impliment, ie. translate into national policies, legislation and concrete action. This includes the Beijing Platform for Action and CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
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Read more:
UN’s Millennium Declaration >
UN Millennium Development Goals >
Millennium Development Goals Indicators, the official UN site for MDG Indicators:
UN Statistics Division: Millennium Development Indicators >
UNIFEM: United National Development Fund for Women >
UNDP: United Nations Development Program >
World Bank >
World Bank’s development institution: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) >
World Bank's development institution: International Development Association (IDA) >
UNICEF: UN Children’s Fund >
FAO: UN Food and Agriculture Organization >
WHO: World Health Organization >
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization >
ILO: International Labour Organization for governments, employers and workers >
IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union (1) >
IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union (2) >
UNFPA: UN Population Fund >
UNAIDS: Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS >
UNEP >
UN Habitat: UN Human Settlements Program >
UNCTAD: UN Trade and Development Conference: >
CEDAW >
CEDAW, Danish link >
UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs >
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2007 >
“Fourth World Conference on Women”, Beijing, China, 1995 >
Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) >
Among the campaign aims:
· A commitment by all governments to making gender equality and women’s empowerment a key issue.
