Responding to the gender and education Millennium Development Goals in South Africa and Kenya: reflections on education rights, gender equality, capabilities and global justice1

Background: Despite progress made by other countries worldwide in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4, 5 and 6, South Africa is experiencing a challenge in attaining positive outcomes for these goals.Objective and setting: To describe the challenges experienced by South Africa regarding the successful implementation of MDGs 4, 5 and 6.Methods: An integrative literature review was used to identify and synthesise various streams of literature on the challenges experienced by South Africa in attaining MDGs 4, 5 and 6.Results: The integrative review revealed the following themes: (1) interventions related to child mortality reduction, (2) implementation of maternal mortality reduction strategies, and (3) identified barriers to zero HIV and TB infections and management.Conclusion: It is recommended that poverty relief mechanisms be intensified to improve the socio-economic status of women. There is a need for sectoral planning towards maternal health, and training of healthcare workers should emphasise the reduction of maternal deaths. Programmes addressing the reduction of maternal and child mortality rates, HIV, STIs and TB need to be put in place.Keywords: Millennium Development Goals; maternal and child morbidity and mortality; HIV and AIDS; STI and TB

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Gender equality in politics at home and promotion of gender equality in politics abroad: The role of bilateral official development assistance

International Political Science Review ◽

10.1177/0192512118757127 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 161-180

Author(s):

Mi Yung Yoon ◽

Chungshik Moon

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

Millennium Development Goals ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Development Assistance ◽

Official Development Assistance ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Development Goal ◽

Development Goals ◽

Cross Sectional Design

Does gender equality in politics in donor countries affect the allocation to recipient countries of official development assistance in support of gender equality in politics? Since the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the launch of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2000, gender equality has been underscored as an important development goal for donors. We hypothesize that donors with higher levels of gender equality in politics are likely to allocate more aid to recipients with lower levels of gender equality in politics to promote the equality in politics in those countries. We expect this positive relationship to be even more significant after the launch of the Millennium Development Goals. Using a time-series cross-sectional design covering country dyads for the period, 1990–2012, we find evidence supporting our hypotheses.

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HAK-HAK PEREMPUAN DALAM PENGARUSUTAMAAN RATIFIKASI CEDAW DAN MAQĀṢID ASY-SYARĪ‘AH

Al-Ahwal Jurnal Hukum Keluarga Islam ◽

10.14421/ahwal.2016.09205 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 201

Author(s):

ARIFAH MILLATI AGUSTINA

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Millennium Development Goals ◽

International Community ◽

Special Treatment ◽

Men And Women ◽

Substantive Equality ◽

Millenium Development Goals ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Right

A concern in the elimination of discrimination against women with special treatment is recognized by the international community. This is manifested in the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW), which aims at achieving the equality and justice. The elimination of discrimination acts as the mainstreaming of women towards the gender equality. It is even formulated as a basic need for the promotion of the human rights in the millennium development goals. This article discusses maqāṣid asy-syarī'ah with the principle of substantive equality, the principle of non-discrimination in the fulfillment of basic freedoms and human rights, and the principle of state obligation that has the responsibility to ensure the realization of the right equality of men and women using the approach of al-maṣlaḥah.[Perhatian pada penghapusan diskriminasi terhadap perempuan dengan perlakuan khusus diakui oleh dunia Internasional. Hal ini diwujudkan dalam Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Againts Women (CEDAW) yang bertujuan untuk mencapai persamaan dan keadilan. Penghapusan diskriminasi tersebut berperan sebagai pengarusutamaan perempuan menuju kesetaraan gender. Bahkan hal ini dirumuskan sebagai kebutuhan dasar pemajuan hak asasi manusia dalam millenium development goals. Tulisan ini mendiskusikan maqāṣid asy-syarī'ah dengan prinsip kesetaraan substantif, prinsip non-diskriminasi dalam pemenuhan kebebasan-kebebasan dasar dan hak asasi manusia, serta prinsip kewajiban negara yang memiliki tanggungjawab untuk memastikan terwujudnya persamaan hak laki-laki dan perempuan, dengan menggunakan pendekatan al-maṣlaḥah.]

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The SDGs and the Empowerment of Bangladeshi Women

The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-57938-8_21 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 453-474

Author(s):

Naomi Hossain

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Millennium Development Goals ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Development Process ◽

Early Marriage ◽

Decent Work ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

New Challenges

AbstractThis chapter describes Bangladesh’s successes with advancing gender equality in the period of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), locating their origins in elite commitment to including women in the development process, and in the partnerships and aid that built the state and NGO capacity to reach them. The chapter reflects on the lessons of Bangladesh’s innovative and unexpected advances in the light of the new challenges posed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably those of early marriage and the achievement of decent work. The chapter asks whether contemporary conditions suggest that the elite commitment and state capacity that drove progress on the MDGs are up to meeting the more contentious and complex goals of the SDGs.

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Addressing the Linkages between Gender and Transport in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11174555 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (17) ◽

pp. 4555 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Tanu Priya Uteng ◽

Jeff Turner

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

Millennium Development Goals ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

History Of ◽

Development Goals ◽

And Gender ◽

Research And Policy ◽

Low And Middle Income

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) specifies gender equality and sustainable development as their two central priorities. An area of critical importance for sustainable and gender-fair development is mobility and transport, which has so far been neglected and downplayed in research and policy making both at the national and global levels. Rooted in the history of the topic and the emerging ideas on smart, green and integrated transport, this paper presents a literature review of on gender and transport in the low- and middle-income countries. The paper presents a host of cross-cutting topics with a concentrated focus on spatial and transport planning. The paper further identifies existing research gaps and comments on the new conceptualizations on smart cities and smart mobilities in the Global South. Due attention is paid to intersections and synergies that can be created between different development sectors, emerging transport modes, data and modeling exercises, gender equality and sustainability.

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