Millennium Development Goals
What are the Millennium Development Goals?
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015, and are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration, a document which was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000.
The 8 MDGs are:
- Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Almost all the major NGO’s engage in work directly related to poverty reduction, and some particularly through trade such as Traidcraft - http://www.traidcraft.co.uk/
- Christian Aid have recently launched a new campaign called Poverty Over - http://povertyover.christianaid.org.uk/
- Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
- Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
- Womankind Worldwide http://www.womankind.org.uk/
- Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
- Unicef http://www.unicef.org.uk/
- Goal 5: Improve maternal health
- Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
- Christian Aid campaign Countdown to Copenhagen - http://www.countdowntocopenhagen.org/
- Tearfund water and sanitation campaign –https://www.tearfund.org/Campaigning/Water+and+sanitation/Be+a+sanitation+and+water+champion.htm
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Read Alice Jupp, Environment Officer, on MDG 7
- Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
- Fairtrade Foundation http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
- Traidcraft - http://www.traidcraft.co.uk/
- Debt –Jubilee Debt campaign - http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/
The 8 MDGs break down into 18 quantifiable targets that are measured by 48 indicators.
