UN Millennium Development Goals and Save a Girl, Change the World

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest (UN Millennium Development Goals, 2010).

The eight Millennium Development Goals:
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 diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

Within each eight goals are “Targets” that are discussed for specific goals and actions for that particular goal area. For example, goal #2 “Achieve Universal Primary Education”: Target 1 states “Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling”. Under each area has specific and detailed actions that need to be taken in order to ensure that goals are fulfilled.

The United Nations Development Program stated, “Women’s empowerment helps raise economic productivity and reduce infant mortality. It contributes to improved health and nutrition. It increases the chances of education for the next generation” (as cited in Kristoff & WuDunn, 2009).

Save a Girl, Change the World utilizes the eight UN MDG’s as a guiding framework to support girls and young women in developing countries. By increasing awareness of the UN MDG’s and Save a Girl, Change a World we can educate the public. The mission of Save a Girl, Change the world is to “Empower – Support – Educate” which can help to support the achievement of the UN Millennium Developmental Goals. In September 2010, the UN will host a summit in NY for world leaders to “Keep the promise” alive and ensure that the “goals” can be achieved by 2015.

To learn more about the UN Millennium Developmental Goals:
UN Millennial Development Goals
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

References:
Kristoff, N. & WuDunn, S. (2009). Half the sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf

UN Millennium Development Goals (2010). End Poverty 2015: Make it happen. Retrieved on March 7, 2010 from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

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