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PUT HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER AT THE HEART OF THE GLOBAL EFFORT FOR THE
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS & THE
FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
Fatimata N, 20 years old proudly holds her first born child in Kiembara, Burkina Fasso, where she gave birth a few days before. © Anna Kari
23 July 2010 - Millions of people continue
to face a daily struggle to live in dignity. In 2000, countries around the
world agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a global
initiative to eradicate poverty by 2015.
Ten years on - five years from the deadline - these goals are still not a
reality. Progress has been made, but it has been unequal. Goal five on
improving maternal health, for instance, is the most off-track of all of the
MDGs. Hundreds of thousands of women and girls continue to die in
pregnancy and childbirth each year, and most of them live in the poorest
countries and communities.
No solution to poverty will have any long-term impact without human rights at
its core. At the United Nations MDG Summit in September, world leaders
will decided on a plan of action to step up their fight against poverty.
Join Amnesty
International to make sure that human rights are at the heart of the MDGs and
the global fight against poverty
Dear MDG Summit Presidents,
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the most prominent global
initiative to address poverty. But 10 years on, progress on the MDGs has
left many behind.
MDG 5 to reduce maternal mortality is a key example. Women and girls
continue to face discrimination and inequality that increase their risk of
maternal mortality.
As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recommended, to make real progress, all
efforts to meet the MDGs must put human rights at the centre.
This includes reaching the most excluded, empowering women, ensuring the
participation of people in poverty and holding governments to account.
Protecting the rights of people living in poverty is an essential piece of any
solution. I urge you to ensure that human rights are at the heart of the
global fight to end poverty. The world cannot wait any longer for action.
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