1. Millenium Development Goals United Nations 2015

2. Millennium Development Goals  8 goals designed to help developing countries meet basic needs  Goals are to be met by 2015 – hmmm  ?-- Are we there yet?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReRx 12QUv54

3. End Extreme Poverty and Hunger  Lessen the amount of people living on $1 a day  End hunger  Provide jobs  Data that might show this:  % living below poverty  GINI Index (high indicates few rich; many poor)  Children under 5 underweight  Population living below ($1.00/ $1.25/ $2.00)/ day  Homeless population

4. Achieve Universal Primary Education  Boys AND girls to complete a primary education  Educate girls and change the world  Data that might show this:  Literacy rates % – male and female  School Life expectancy  Mean (avg.)/expected years schooling  Child Labor %

5. Empower Women  Equal pay and job opportunities for men and women, increase the amount of women in government  Data that might show this:  Male/Female Literacy rate  Share of seats in Parliament (government) % female  Labor force participation %- male/female  Secondary education rates- male/female

6. Reduce Child Mortality  Lessen the amount of children that die before ages 1 and 5 as well as to increase immunizations  Data that might show this:  Infant mortality rate  Under 5 mortality rate  Infants lacking immunization

7. Improve Maternal Health  Increase the number of births attended by doctors and decrease deaths of mothers  Data that might show this:  Maternal mortality rate  Physician density /1,000 pop

8. Combat Disease (HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases)  Stop the spread of AIDS  Provide education to orphans of AIDS  Data that might show this:  HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate %  HIV/AIDS deaths (comparison to World)  Major infectious disease risk (WFB)

9. Protect the Environment  Decrease the loss of biodiversity  Increase access to clean water  Improve lives of **slumdwellers**  Data that might show this:  % land covered by forest  Carbon emissions per capita  Drinking water access  Sanitation access

10. Global Partnerships between Countries  Improve governments and economics of developing countries  Address debt in developing countries  Facilitate countries working together

11. Websites  http://www.mdgmonitor.org/ http://www.mdgmonitor.org/  http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/