MDGs

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MDGs
Millennium DevelopmentGoals

• Expanding the Agenda

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Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
Target 4Eliminate gender disparity in primary
and secondary education, preferably by 2005 and
to all levels of education no later than 2015 and
eliminate gender disparities in political,
economic and social sphere

• Existing Indicators approved by GOP
• Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary and
  tertiary education
• Ratio of literate females to males of 15-24 years
  old
• Proportion of seats held by women in national
  parliament
• Share of women in wage employment in the non
  agriculture sector

• Proposed Additional Indicators
• 33 proportion of seats held by women at all
  levels of governance
• Incidence of gender based violence per 100,000
  women/year
• Presence / Enactment of appropriate legislation
  for addressing violence against women including
  repeal and amendment of existing laws
• Number of reported cases of smuggling and
  trafficking of girls and women
• Proportion of assets owned by women as compared
  to men

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Proposed Additional Indicators

• 33 proportion of seats held by women at all
  levels of governance
• 33 seats have been agreed for women in
  government
• At the National Assembly level, women have only
  17 seats
• Representation of women in government employment
  is largely in womens and social sector
  ministries and frequently in non managerial posts

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Proposed Additional Indicators

• Incidence of gender based violence per 100,000
  women/year

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Proposed Additional Indicators

• Presence / Enactment of appropriate legislation
  for addressing violence against women including
  repeal and amendment of existing laws

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Prevailing Domestic Violence Statistics

• GEM at 0.469 and GDI at 0.414 world ranking of
  120 and 164 respectively
• Domestic violence reported as high as 70-95
  percent by independent sources
• Every third household subjected to domestic
  violence
• On average two cases of beating of women occur
  every hour
• Incest and abuse of Girl Child unrecognized and
  underestimated
• High incidence of unsafe abortion (890,000
  cases), and ultimately MMR, stemming from hidden
  violence

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Proposed Additional Indicators

• Number of reported cases of smuggling and
  trafficking of girls and women

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Proposed Additional Indicators

• Proportion of assets owned by women as compared
  to men

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Extracts from the statement of Dr. Thoraya Obaid
on World Population Day

• It is clearer than ever before that human
  rights must be at the centre of efforts to reduce
  povertyLet us commit ourselves to equality,
  justice and human rights for all.
• The benefits of gender equality include a
  higher quality of life for women and girls.the
  costs of inequality are high.
• Perhaps the highest cost of gender
  discrimination are the pervasive and shameful
  human rights violations that occur.
• She urged leaders at every level to speak about
  equal rights for the entire human family and take
  concrete action to make these rights a reality