Good Health & Well Being

By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births

By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births

By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol

By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents 3.7

By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes

Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all

By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate

Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all

Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States

 Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks

Girls & Education

When you visit a local elementary school, you will see little girls and boys playing together, singing  together and educate themselves. There might be change when it comes to high school or university years, but you will still see girls and boys going to schools and trying their best to be successful. It is something very common for us.  But it would be very strange if you saw this in some parts of Africa or Asia. There is higher chance of seeing classes with 28 boys and only 2 girls than seeing classes with equal amount of boys or girls. If you think that it is only because girls don´t want to go to school, you are wrong - the main reason is they are not allowed to do so.

Every child has right to be educated and girls are not the exception. Education is very important for girls, it can help them to get a job or they might learn about all the needs their future families and children will have. The girls who go to school are also less likely to be sold into slavery or get married at very early age. Despite recent success in bringing more girls to schools, the school attendance of girls still goes up and down and many girls drop out after a few years or even months spent at school. Especially the high school is crucial in girls´s growth and they learn how to avoid many sicknesses, such as AIDS/HIV, diarrhea or cholera and take care of themselves and their families. According to statistics, there were still more than 50-60 million girls out of the school all around the world in 2013. 

There are various reasons why girls don´t go to school, while it´s no problem for boys. One of the main reasons is high tuition fees and families can either afford to send only one or two kids or they can´t afford to send any kids at all. Another reason are bad sanitation & sanitation conditions at schools - girls and boys share same toilets or showers - it leads to sicknesses and there are also reported cases or rape or other kinds of abusive behavior towards the girls. Girls can also be bullied at schools more than boys, so they often decide to leave the school on their own after negative experience. Families often sell girls to slavery or they force to marry older man to get money and after this, girls are usually forced to stay at home and take care of the household instead of studying. There are statistics which show that more than 1/3 of girls in developing countries are married before being 18 years old and another 1/3 had a first baby before turning 20 years old. However, these are only a few reasons why girls are not allowed to go to school. 

In following years, we have to make sure that we try the best to make women and men more equal. The situation has been getting better and better recently, but there is still a difference, especially when it comes to school attendance. The girls are more motivated and empowered to attend the lessons and go to school and in case there is any problem, they are asked to talk about it. Education opens new doors and the girls have so many possibilites to do better things in their lives with required knowledge and experience they gain at school. So why not to change it?

Resources: United Nations, Red Cross, UNICEF

No Poverty

Targets:

- By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day 1.2 

- By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

- Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable

- By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of 13 property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance

- By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters

- Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions

- Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

Source: Global Goals