A roadmap to a more just world
By ray in Hunger & Poverty | 1 comment
The Millennium Development Goals
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
These eight simple goals are designed to close the enormous gap between the obscenely rich nations of the world and the abyssmaly poor countries which make up the vast majority of the world’s population. The MDGs are truly a roadmap to a more just world.
Stop Hunger Now’s efforts are focused on achieving the first goal, eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, but the reality is that working to eradicate poverty and hunger impacts each of the remaining seven goals as well.
What makes these eight goals so exciting is that they are all measurable, and that many countries are making great strides in achieving them. All of us can help achieve the MDGs, and all of us need to be aware of how ending hunger plays such a critical role in that achievement.
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aditi | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
The Millennium Goals represent a global partnership for development.
The deal makes clear that it is the primary responsibility of poor countries to work
towards achieving the first seven Goals. They must do their part to ensure greater accountability
to citizens and efficient use of resources. But for poor countries to achieve the first seven Goals, it is absolutely critical that rich countries deliver on their end of the bargain with more and more effective aid, more sustainable debt relief and fairer trade rules, well in advance of 2015.
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