Transcript UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

YWCA Christchurch Inc.
UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT
GOALS
Halfway point – 7th July 2007
Target date 2015
8 Goals
Useful websites:
UNA UK – http://www.una.org.uk
World YWCA - http://www.worldywca.org/
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Goal 1:
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
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Goal 2:
Achieve universal primary education
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Goal 3:
Promote gender equality and empower women
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Goal 4:
Reduce child mortality
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Goal 5:
Improve maternal health
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Goal 6:
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
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Goal 7:
Ensure environmental sustainability
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Goal 8:
Develop a global partnership for development
GOAL 3
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER
WOMEN
Regional statistics from UN report put
Oceania significantly lowest
1% of parliamentary seats occupied by women in 1990
3% of parliamentary seats occupied by women in 2007
(these percentages include NZ and Australia)
Globally - women reached 30% of Parliamentarians in only 19 countries
Average Global representation January 2007 – 17% of single and lower
houses of parliament – up from 13% in 1990
Rwanda leads the way – 49% of parliamentary seats occupied by women
Sweden – 47%
Costa Rica – 39%
“Women gain ground politically though men still wield control”
A contributor to the “feminization of HIV”
is the powerlessness of women
GOAL 6
Combat HIV / AIDS, malaria and other diseases
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Figures are for the % of the population
living in need of treatment who are
receiving antiretroviral therapy in 2006
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72% in Latin America and the Caribbean
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10% in Oceania
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only Southern Asia at 9% is lower.
Power imbalances between
women and men continue to
drive the “feminization” of the
HIV epidemic
2006: Women comprised 48% of
the people around the world living
with HIV.
December 2006
An estimated two million people
were receiving antiretroviral therapy in
developing regions.
This represents 28% of the estimated
7.1 million people in need.
In hardest hit areas, more than half of those
living with HIV are women.
And where is that?
Two regions share the top % of 59% in 2006
they are Oceania
and
Sub-Saharan Africa
Most significant is the rate of increase.
1990 Oceania had 23%
2002 - 55%
2007 – 59%
Sub Saharan Africa - 54%
58% - 2002
59% - 2007
There is a time bomb in the Oceania region, of which we are a part
Without any treatment in the islands
it’s already too late for many women.
As Most people are not being tested
the numbers will be significantly under reported!
Especially for women