Millennium development goals q&a 11 08

Millennium Development Goals 2000-2015

•Do they matter?

•Should they feature in schools?

UN Millennium Development Goals

Agreed by 189 countries in 2000 to be achieved by 2015!

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3 human rights

2 values & perceptions

4 conflict resolution

1 sustainable

7 social justice

6 interdependence

5 diversity

8 global citizenship

development

Where do the MDGs best fit? Select 3

MDG 1

There are now fewer poor people in countries like China and India but how many people still live on less than $1 a day?

• A. 500 million• B. Two billion people • C. One billion people The world’s population is about 6.5 billion people

MDG 2 Target: by 2015 all children complete a full

course of primary schooling.

In 2000 120 million primary age children were not in school, by 2007 this number had fallen to:

• A. 100 million

• B. 72 million

• C. 54 million

MDG 3Target: Increase seats held by females in parliament

Which country has a majority of women in parliament?

• A. Brazil

• B. Mozambique

• C. Rwanda

• D. UK

MDG 4Target: reduce by two third the under-five mortality rate.

In 1990 13 million children died before the age of 5

• In 2007 how many under 5s died?

A. 9.7 million

B. 7.5 million

C. 4.8 million

MDG 5 Target: reduce by three quarters the

number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth

In 1990 just over half a million women died, in 2007 was it:

• A. 500,000

• B. 300,000

• C. 100,000

MDG 5 Likelihood of a woman dying in the

developed world during pregnancy or childbirth = 1 in 7,300. What are the odds in sub-Saharan Africa?

A. 1 in 1,000

• B. 1 in 100

• C. 1 in 22• http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/stats.shtml

MDG 6Target: halt and start to reduce the incidence of Malaria which kills over 1 million people annually, 80% are under fives in sub-Saharan Africa. Use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets has increased from 30 million in 2004 to:

• A. 250 million• B. 95 million• C. 55 million

MDG 7Target: halve by 2015 the proportion of people without safe drinking water.

Since 1990 1.6 billion people have gained access to safe drinking water. How many still do not have safe water?

• A. 1 billion

• B. 2 billion

• C. 500 million

What does this show?

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MDG 8

Target 17 In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries.

Last year the number of people living with HIV and receiving ARV treatment increased by:

• A. 1 million• B. 2 million• C. 3 million

MDG 8

In 2000 sales of Fairtrade products in the UK were £33 million. By the end of 2007 sales had grown to:A. £100millionB. £500 million C. £2 billion

MDGs progress?

How do you feel about the progress being made so far ?

• A. No real progress

• B. Some progress

• C. Plenty of progress but a long way to go

• D. Very good progress

MDGs & Climate change

Will climate change make it harder to achieve the MDGs in developing countries?

• A. make no difference

• B. a little harder

• C. much harder

• D. impossible

3 human rights

2 values & perceptions

4 conflict resolution

1 sustainable

7 social justice

6 interdependence

5 diversity

8 global citizenship

development

Where do the MDGs best fit now? Select 3

It’s not the one leap that counts but every small step

Why the global dimension