The UN Millennium Development Goals and Zonta’s Impact

Area Meetings 2014

UN Millennium Development Goals 2000 - 2015

• A blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions

• Unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest

• The UN is also working with governments, civil society and other partners to build on the momentum generated by the MDGs and carry on with an ambitious post-2015 agenda

UN Millennium Development Goals "Eradicating extreme poverty continues to be one of the main challenges of

our time, and is a major concern of the international community. Ending this scourge will require the combined efforts of all, governments, civil society organizations and the private sector, in the context of a stronger and more effective global partnership for development. The Millennium Development Goals set timebound targets, by which progress in reducing income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter and exclusion — while promoting gender equality, health, education and environmental sustainability — can be measured. They also embody basic human rights — the rights of each person on the planet to health, education, shelter and security. The Goals are ambitious but feasible and, together with the comprehensive United Nations development agenda, set the course for the world’s efforts to alleviate extreme poverty by 2015. "

United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon

MDG1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and HungerGlobal poverty rate with income <$1.25 per day

Goal achieved in 2010 – 700 million fewer people than in 1990 living in extreme poverty

Achieve full and productive employment for all including women & young people

294 million fewer people live below the poverty level of $1.25 per day

24.8% difference between men and women in the employment to population ratio

Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

Target within reach by 2015

MDG2: Achieve Universal Primary Education

Ensure that children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

Enrollment in developing regions rose from 82% to 90% by 2010

In 2011, 57 million children of primary school age were out of school

123 million youth aged 15-24 lack basic reading and writing skills

61% of the above are womenGender gap is narrowing: 95

literate young women for every 100 young men, up from 90 in 1990

MDG3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015The world has achieved equality in primary education between boys & girlsOnly 2 of 130 countries have achieved equality at all levels of educationGlobally, 40 of every 100 jobs in the non-agriculture sector are held by women, a significant increase since 1990Violence against women continues to undermine efforts to reach all goalsPoverty is a major barrier to secondary education, especially among older girls

MDG4: Reduce Child MortalityReduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

Declined from 12.4 million in 1990 to 6.6 million in 2012. 17,000 fewer children under 5 die each day.

Measles vaccines have averted over 10 million deaths since 2000

Children born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before age 5 as those born into wealthier families

Children of educated mothers, even mothers with only primary schooling, are more likely to survive than children of mothers with no education

MDG5: Improve Maternal HealthReduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio

Worldwide decline of 47% Eastern Asia, Northern Africa, and

Southern Asia have declined by 67% The maternal mortality ratio in

developing regions is still 15 times higher than in developed regions

Nearly 50 million babies worldwide are delivered without skilled care

Achieve universal access to reproductive health

Antenatal care in developing regions increased from 63% in 1990 to 81% in 2011

Fewer teens are having children in most developing regions

MDG6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

New HIV infections continue to decline in most regions

More people are living with HIV due to fewer AIDS-related deaths and 2.5 million people newly infected each year

Knowledge of HIV transmission remains low among young people

Achieve by 2010 universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all who need it

Access increased in all regions At the end of 2011, 8 million people

were receiving antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for HIV

At the end of 2011, 11 countries had universal access to ARV therapy

MDG6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

Global incidence of malaria has decreased by 17%; deaths down 25%

Since 2000, 1.1 million deaths from malaria were averted

Countries with improved access to malaria control interventions had child mortality rate drop by 20%

Treatment for tuberculosis has saved 20 million lives between 1995 and 2011

MDG7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Of all developing regions, South America and Africa saw the largest net losses of forest areas between 2000 and 2010

Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss

More areas of the earth’s surface are protected. Since 1990, protected areas have increased in number by 58%

By 2010, protected areas covered 12.7% of the world’s land area but only 1.6% of total ocean area

MDG7: Ensure Environmental SustainabilityHalve by 2015 the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitationThe world has met the target five years ahead of scheduleBetween 1990 and 2010, more than 2 billion people gained access to improved drinking water sourcesOver 240,000 people a day gained access to improved sanitation facilities from 1990 to 2011Achieve by 2020 a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellersThe target was met well in advance of the 2020 deadlineMore than 200 million people gained access to improved water sources, improved sanitation facilities, or durable or less crowded housing, thereby exceeding the MDG target

MDG8: Global Partnership for Development

6 separate targets encompassing trade, finance, debt, and special needs of developing nations including essential drugs and new technologies

77 per cent of inhabitants of developed countries are Internet users, compared with only 31% of inhabitants in developing countries.

The number of mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide by the end of 2011 reached 6 billion

ZONTA PROJECTS RELATED TO MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Zonta International’s Support (2008 to Present) US$450,000 (2008-2010) US$500,000 (2010-2012) US$1,000,000 (2012-2014)

Liberia Fistula Program

At least 2,000,000 women worldwide suffer from an obstetric fistula.

4 women die every day from pregnancy or childbirth in Liberia

Liberia Fistula ProgramUses of Zonta Funds

• Medical training for– 6 physicians– 70 nurses, midwives, physician’s

assistants• Treatment for 875 patients• Advocacy training for– 20 fistula survivors – 16 journalists– 10 students

Liberia Fistula ProgramProject Objectives• Prevention of fistula• Quality treatment of fistula• Rehabilitation & reintegration of survivors• Support for women with inoperable cases

“The Liberia fistula project restores hope to women who were hopeless”

Zonta International’s Support (2008 to Present)

US$600,000 (2008-2010) US$500,000 (2010-2012) US$1,000,000 (2012-2014)

Zonta International now has a unique opportunity to help win the war on HIV and eliminate mother-to-child transmission

of HIV/AIDS in Rwanda!

Elimination of New Pediatric HIV Infection and Prevention and Response to Survivors of Domestic and Gender Based Violence in Rwanda

Elimination of New Pediatric HIV Infection and Prevention and Response to Survivors of Domestic and Gender Based Violence in Rwanda

Project goals• Eliminate MTCT of HIV in Rwanda by 2015• Reduce incidence and lessen the impact of GBV

This project was featured in the 2012 D6 area meetings

Safe Cities for Women in Honduras• Replicating the successful initiatives of the

earlier projects in Guatemala and El Salvador in Tegucigalpa to reduce public/private VAW

• Increases Zonta’s credibility & visibility through continued advocacy against VAW

Empowering Women in Rural Samoa to Combat Violence

• Empower communities in rural Samoa to prevent and combat VAW through advocacy, support, and livelihood training

Mass Communication with a Purpose: Global Partnership on Edutainment for Social Change

• Launched edutainment campaigns in Nigeria and Bangladesh

• Applying best practices from Nigeria and Bangladesh in ten additional countries

This project was featured in the 2013 D6 area meetings

Mass Communication with a Purpose: Global Partnership on Edutainment for Social Change

• Bangladesh & Nigeria Pilots– 2 follow up workshops– New materials in development for

PSAs on sexual harrassment– Soul City 4 being adapted for

Nigerian audience with talk shows to explore topics after viewing

• Asia– 8 day training in Pakistan,

Afghanistan, Vietnam– Early marriage, educating the

girl child, domestic violence

• Africa– Soul City training in Niger,

Rwanda, Somalia, Egypt– VAW, political participation, gender

roles

Beyond 2015

• UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 (Rio+20)

• Process to develop a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs)– Limited in number– Aspirational – Easy to communicate

• Open Working Group established January 2013– 30 members from limited membership bodies of the

General Assembly

GIVING UPDATEZIF and District 6

ZIF Global Gifts 2012-2014through February 2014

Fund Name Gifts to Date Goal 2012-14 % of Goal 2010-12 Actual

Amelia Earhart $431,319 $700,000 61.6% $507,274

Jane Klausman $117,223 $232,000 50.5% $175,060

YWPA Fund $148,862 $144,000 103.4% $202,746

Int’l Service $1,172,461 $2,000,000 58.6% $1,937,117

ZISVAW $847,566 $1,162,000 72.9% $913,473

Rose Fund $970,834 $700,000 138.6% $1,173,837

Total All Funds $3,688,264 $4,938,000 74.7% $4,909,508

90% of clubs have made a contribution this biennium

ZIF Gifts from District 6 2012-2014through February 2014

Fund Name Gifts to Date Goal 2012-14 % of Goal 2010-12 BTD

Amelia Earhart $ 16,655

Jane Klausman $ 5,475

YWPA Fund $ 3,262

Int’l Service $ 28,718

ZISVAW Fund $ 18,373

Rose Fund $ 34,171

Total All Funds $106,654 $192,000 55.5% $139,744

27 of 27 clubs have made a contribution this biennium

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY