Presentations again today.
Gender Equality and Child Health
Gender targest
- eliminate gender discrimination
- Equality in all levels 2015
Obstacles
- Poverty
- lack of education lower female employment
- mentality (growing up believing women shouldn't get edu)
- rural areas
Statistics
- Biggest primary educ challenges: Oceania, sub Saharan Africa, western asia
- Biggest secondary educ challenges: sub Saharan Africa, western Asia southern asia
- Gap between college
Employment
- Women outnumbered in paid jobs every developing country
- less stable jobs and promotion opportunity
- Higher informal employment
Goverment
- 58 countries less than 10% parliament women
- 9 chambers no women
- 1 woman every four man
Success Stories
- Highest number of women in parliament
- almost 50% in chamber of duputies
- 35% in the senate
- 34% in the cabinet Constitution requires 34%
Child heath target
- reduce death by 2/3
Progress
- UN pledged over 40 billion dollars child health resources
Statistics
- Mortality rate dropped 28 percent
Obstacles
- Malnutrition more that 1/3 of children deaths
- poverty and rural areas
Success stories (Vietnam)
- eliminated neonatal and maternal deaths (Unborn children)
- support from UNICEF (united nations children fund) and WHO (world health organization)
Success stories asia
- reaching every district nation wide diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccines
Conclusion
- On the right track
- a lot of word to do
- worldwide support
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