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Millennium Development Goals |
A World with More Gender Equality by 2015
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2000 Millennium Summit
Held in New York from 6-8 September, 2000
at the 55th Session of the General Assembly
(the Millennium Assembly) on a range of issues
facing the UN in the 21st Century. Background
information and Annan's report, "We the
peoples: the role of the UN in the 21st. century"
at the [official Millennium Summit site] |
UN Millennium Declaration and MDGs
Adopted by the General Assembly at the 2000
Millennium Summit, it outlines seven key
objectives each with specific resolutions. The
objective of maintaining peace and security
remains gender neutral, yet delegates resolve
to promote gender equality as a means of
alleviating poverty. The Declaration provides
the framework for what will become the MDGs.
>> Download PDF. More about the MDGs
at the [official UN MDGs site] |
Women's Critique of the MDGs
From not including issues of peace and war to
lacking sexual and reproductive rights, women's
and gender right's advocates have many hangups
with the MDGs. Read a list of main critiques in a
special issue by [Women's Human Right's net
(WHRnet)]. The Women's Environment and
Development Organization (WEDO) makes the
case for including a gender perspective into all
eight MDGs in an information and action guide
>> Download PDF. A further paper, "'Gender, the
MDGs, and human rights in the context of the
2005 review process" points out the MDGs
inadequacies >> Download PDF |
German UN Millennium Campaign
Since February 2005, Germany also has a
representative of the UN Millennium Campaign:
Dr. Renee Ernst. Working in close cooperation
with Kofi Annan's team in New York, the
campaign supports the involvement of various
actors in Germany. Visit the
[German Millennium Campaign Homepage] |
UN Millennium Project
An independent advisory body directed by
economist, Jeffrey Sachs, that assists both
developing and donor nations in achieving
the MDGs on time. More information and the
2005 report "Investing in Development: A
Practical Plan to Achieve the MDGs" at the
[official Millennium Project site] |
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Millennium Development Goals Report 2005
The most up-to-date progress report on
achieving the MDGs published by the UN
Department of Public Information. The report
reflects special statistical indicators developed
to measure progress on the MDGs.
>> Download PDF |
Further Publications
Further links to studies, articles and documents
in English and German on the UN reform
process and the Millennium Development
Goals at this [Heinrich Böll Foundation site]. | Millennium: the Summit, the Declaration, the Goals
The outcomes of the 2000 Millennium Summit demonstrated a serious commitment by governments to fighting poverty and achieving sustainable development. In the adopted Millennium Declaration, 189 governments resolved to "spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty." The Declaration also acknowledges gender equality as a strategy to combat poverty. To implement the Declaration, eight specific goals, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), were drawn up. While the MDGs main focus is on halving extreme poverty by 2015, the MDGs also set out to achieve greater gender equality. The eight MDGs are:
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and women's empowerment
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
See also [UN Reform].
Millennium + 5: Five Years After the Millennium Declaration
At the recently completed 2005 World Summit, known as the Millennium + 5 Summit, world leaders assessed their progress on the implementation of the MDGs. Statements at the Summit underlined that many governments were not doing enough (i.e. spending 0.7 percent of GDP for development assistance) to meet the MDGs. Reaching agreement on a Millennium + 5 Summit outcome document proved to be especially difficult. Many nations and advocacy groups were disappointed with the watered-down final document. Due to amendments by the United States, nearly all references to the MDGs and specific financial targets were deleted from the final document.
The Gender Connection: MDGs and the Beijing Platform for Action
Goal 3 of the MDGs calls to "eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015." Goal 5 calls to "reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio." All other goals are gender neutral. While the MDGs are a powerful tool for development, the MDGs fail to incorporate a cross-cutting vision for gender equality. As the women's and gender rights movement points out, gender equality is fundamental to eradicating poverty (Goal 1), improving health (Goals 4, 5 and 6) and ensuring environmental sustainability (Goal 7). Thus, each MDG should contain a gender dimension. Also, the connection between the MDGs and established human rights instruments (i.e. CEDAW) and inter-governmental agreements (i.e. the Beijing Platform for Action) needs to be strengthened. Without acknowledging these major advancements towards gender equality, the MDGs fail to truly engender this currently popular model for development. See also [UN Reform] and [Beijing +10].
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Further Information
En Route To Equality: A Gender Review of National MDG Reports
This is an update to the earlier report "Millennium Development Goals: National Reports A Look Through A Gender Lens" (2003). The report is a gender review of 78 MDGRs assessing the extent to which gender has been included or mainstreamed into the reporting of each goal.
Link zum Report >> PDF Download
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State of the World's Children Report 2007- Focus on Gender Discrimination & Empowerment of Women & Girls
The State of the World's Children 2007 examines the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives - and outlines what must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls. It looks at the status of women today, discusses how gender equality will move all the Millennium Development Goals forward, and shows how investment in women's rights will ultimately produce a double dividend: advancing the rights of both women and children.
Mehr dazu unter [UNICEF]
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