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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

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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?

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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