Thursday, May 26, 2011

Goal
Target
Australia’s doing
1.       Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Halve between proportion of people whose income is less than a $1.25 a day
In Bangladesh oz is providing over 1.6million disadvantaged children to pre-primary and primary school.
2.       Achieve universal primary education
The number of primary aged children who are out of school has declined from 115 mil to 75 mill today
Ensure that by 2015 children everywhere boys and girls. Will have a full course of primary school education.
(need education for good jobs)
Australia has funded the construction of new schools in Laos. Australia is also encouraging over 89000 kids to come to school by snacks and educating teachers. They have doubled the number of girls attending school up to grade 5.
3.       Promote gender equality and empower women.
women’s share of seats of parliament reached 18.2% but in the pacific women make up only 2.5% of parliamentarians.  Of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty around the world 70% are women
Increase proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments .Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education.
Ensure that women in East Timor are in parliament. Australia is doing this by educating women there. Increasing Australian Development Scholarships for women in east Timor. Encouraging women to register for jobs. Supporting leadership and training governance.
4.       Reduce the child mortality rate
The death rate of children under five years old has decreased from 12.6 mill to 9 mill.

By 2015 reduce less than five year olds mortality rate by two thirds.
Immunizing children, setting up clinics and setting up training. Having educated people attended baby’s birth. Training people on how to help babies and mothers during birth. Improve vaccines and immunisations globally.
5.       Improve Maternal Health
·         Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. Achieve universal access to reproductive health

6.       Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
·         Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

7.       Ensure environmental sustainability
·         Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources. Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss. Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Have achieved by 2020 a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

8.       Develop a global partnership for development
·         Address the needs of undeveloped, landlocked and small island developing countries. Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system. Deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt. In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries. In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies

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