[EQ] Progress for Children: Achieving the MDGs with Equity

Progress for Children: Achieving the MDGs with Equity

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

September 2010

Available online PDF [92p.] at: http://bit.ly/cWanuI

 

“…..The many faces of inequity

Addressing disparities in child survival, development and protection within countries begins with an examination of the available evidence. This report assesses three primary factors – poverty, gender and geographic location of residence that greatly affect a child’s chances of being registered at birth care and attending school.

Poverty and gender exclusion often intersect with protection risks, further undermining children’s rights

The most marginalized children are often deprived of their rights in multiple ways. There is evidence in the pages of this report of disparities within disparities – for example, gender disparities within the poorest communities and in rural areas.

In all developing regions, child mortality is notably higher in the lowest-income households than in wealthier households.

Children in the poorest quintiles of their societies are nearly three times as likely to be underweight, and doubly at risk of stunting, as children from the richest quintiles. They are also much more likely to be excluded from essential health care services, improved drinking water and sanitation facilities, and primary and secondary education.

For girls, poverty exacerbates the discrimination, exclusion and neglect they may already face as a result of their gender. This is especially true when it comes to obtaining an education, so vital to breaking the cycle of poverty. Despite tremendous strides towards gender parity in primary education over the past decade, the data confirm that girls and young women in developing regions remain at a considerable disadvantage in access to education, particularly at the secondary level……..”

Content

Introduction

MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Underweight

Stunting

Breastfeeding and micronutrients

MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education

Primary and secondary education .

MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Gender parity in primary and secondary education

MDG 4: Reduce child mortality

Under-five mortality

Immunization .

MDG 5: Improve maternal health

Interventions related to maternal mortality

Interventions related to reproductive and antenatal health .

MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

HIV prevalence .

Comprehensive, correct knowledge of HIV and AIDS

Condom use during last higher-risk sex

Protection and support for children affected by AIDS

Paediatric HIV treatment .

Malaria prevention through insecticide-treated nets .

Other key malaria interventions .

Malaria: Achieving coverage with equity

MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Improved drinking water sources

Improved sanitation facilities .

Child protection

Birth registration

Child marriage .

Statistical tables

MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger .

MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education

MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

MDG 4: Reduce child mortality .

MDG 5: Improve maternal health .

MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases –HIV and AIDS

MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases – Malaria

MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability – Drinking water

MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability – Basic sanitation

Child protection: Birth registration

Child protection: Child marriage

Data notes

Summary indicators

 

 

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