we presented Assigned Blog 5
achieving primary education- want everyone in America to go to primary school, started in 1999 - 82% and in 2010 it was 90% of kids in America who attended primary school. Education is the key to ending poverty. There is much more of a problem with women not going to primary school. Before 1920, women were second class citizens which was before they could vote. It is probably not going to happen to get EVERYONE to go to primary school.
Promote Gender Equality
- target is to provide equality and empower women world-wide
- provide equal education, power, and job opportunities
- amount of women working in jobs that weren't agriculture rose 40%
- Somalia is giving out scholarships to get women into schools
- girls in Yemen are finding ways to get into education
- 18% of government positions are women
- Husbands will not let some women go to school because he wants them to take care of their child/ren
Improving maternal Health
- taking care of the pregnant mom, during birth, and after pregnancy for several months
- try to improve on less children dying
- they want to reduce it by 3/4
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