Rights-Based Indicators Validation for Millennium Development Goals Localization in the Selected Municipalities of Ilocos Sur

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
FATIMA F. ROCAMORA
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Officers ◽  
Region I ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Mdg 4

This study dealt with the validation of rights-based indicators for MillenniumDevelopment Goals localization in the municipalities of Narvacan, Sinait, Sta.Catalina, and Bantay in Ilocos Sur. It is in response to the call of institutionalizingrights-based approach for MDG development planning and governance. Itlooked into the indicators’ availability, relevance, measurability, and feasibility andthe extent of availability of data in the LGUs. The respondents were the MunicipalSocial Welfare and Development officers, rural health officers, Municipal Planningand Development coordinators and the Municipal Local Government officers. Indeveloping the data gathering instrument, educators, researchers, statisticians,human rights advocates, stakeholders and the Commission on Human Rightsof Region I were involved. Results show that only a few of the indicators werehighly available; almost all were relevant and had good level of measurability.Only MDG 3 was highly feasible. Most had no sufficient data available exceptfor MDG 2- Achieve Universal Primary Education, MDG 3- Promote GenderEquality, and MDG 4- Reduce Child Mortality. These findings can be used inthe mainstreaming of human rights in the development of plans, projects andprograms especially in the monitoring and evaluation of development.Keywords: Social Science, rights-based indicators, Millennium Development Goals,localization, descriptive design, Philippines

Needs and Capabilities

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 229-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Alkire
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
International Level ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Local Perspective ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sustained Responses

How should actions to redress absolute human deprivation be framed?1 Current international coordinated actions on absolute poverty are framed by human rights or by goals such as the Millennium Development Goals. But appropriate, effective and sustained responses to needs require localized participation in the definition of those rights/goals/needs and in measures taken to redress them. Human rights or the MDGs do not seem necessarily to require such processes. For this reason some argue that no universal framework can describe economic, social, or cultural rights. Yet to address absolute poverty purely from the local perspective still requires the identification and prioritization of capabilities or needs, and often requires actions by greater-thanlocal institutions, so in practical terms a framework is not rejected without cost. This paper argues that the identification and prioritisation of rights or MDGs can and should be done at an international level, but that they might be framed as capabilities, and that far greater attention need be given to the iterative specification of these rights, and to the ongoing protection of certain agency freedoms. The paper explores how Wiggins' account of need can fruitfully inform the specification of needs claims. It also draws significantly on Sen's work to identify the intrinsic importance of process and opportunity freedoms, and to identify how these can relate to universal priorities.

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

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.]

scholarly journals Assessing the sustainable development goals from a human rights perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Pogge ◽  
Mitu Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Rich ◽  
What Matters

Though they improve upon the millennium development goals (MDGs), the new sustainable development goals (SDGs) have important draw-backs. First, in assessing present deprivations, they draw our attention to historical comparisons. Yet, that things were even worse before is morally irrelevant; what matters is how much better things could be now. Second, like the MDGs, the SDGs fail to specify any division of labor to ensure success. Therefore, should progress stall, we won't know who is responsible to get us back on track. We won't “end poverty in all its forms everywhere” without an agreement on who is to do what. Third, although the SDGs contain a goal calling for inequality reduction, this goal is specified so that the reduction need not start till 2029. Such delay would cause enormous death and suffering among the poor and enable the rich to shape national and supranational design in their own favor.

Needs and Capabilities

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 229-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Alkire
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
International Level ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Local Perspective ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sustained Responses

How should actions to redress absolute human deprivation be framed? Current international coordinated actions on absolute poverty are framed by human rights or by goals such as the Millennium Development Goals. But appropriate, effective and sustained responses to needs require localized participation in the definition of those rights/goals/needs and in measures taken to redress them. Human rights or the MDGs do not seem necessarily to require such processes.  For this reason some argue that no universal framework can describe economic, social, or cultural rights. Yet to address absolute poverty purely from the local perspective still requires the identification and prioritization of capabilities or needs, and often requires actions by greater-than-local institutions, so in practical terms a framework is not rejected without cost. This paper argues that the identification and prioritisation of rights or MDGs can and should be done at an international level, but that they might be framed as capabilities, and that far greater attention need be given to the iterative specification of these rights, and to the ongoing protection of certain agency freedoms. The paper explores how Wiggins’ account of need can fruitfully inform the specification of needs claims. It also draws significantly on Sen’s work to identify the intrinsic importance of process and opportunity freedoms, and to identify how these can relate to universal priorities.

scholarly journals Development and use of the generic WHO/CDC logic model for vitamin and mineral interventions in public health programmes

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 634-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Maria De-Regil ◽  
Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas ◽  
Rafael Flores-Ayala ◽  
Maria Elena del Socorro Jefferds
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Logic Model ◽  
Nutrition Interventions ◽  
Programme Theory ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Public Health Programmes ◽  
Health Programmes

AbstractObjectiveNutrition interventions are critical to achieve the Millennium Development Goals; among them, micronutrient interventions are considered cost-effective and programmatically feasible to scale up, but there are limited tools to communicate the programme components and their relationships. The WHO/CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) logic model for micronutrient interventions in public health programmes is a useful resource for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of these interventions, which depicts the programme theory and expected relationships between inputs and expected Millennium Development Goals.DesignThe model was developed by applying principles of programme evaluation, public health nutrition theory and programmatic expertise. The multifaceted and iterative structure validation included feedback from potential users and adaptation by national stakeholders involved in public health programmes’ design and implementation.ResultsIn addition to the inputs, main activity domains identified as essential for programme development, implementation and performance include: (i) policy; (ii) products and supply; (iii) delivery systems; (iv) quality control; and (v) behaviour change communication. Outputs encompass the access to and coverage of interventions. Outcomes include knowledge and appropriate use of the intervention, as well as effects on micronutrient intake, nutritional status and health of target populations, for ultimate achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.ConclusionsThe WHO/CDC logic model simplifies the process of developing a logic model by providing a tool that has identified high-priority areas and concepts that apply to virtually all public health micronutrient interventions. Countries can adapt it to their context in order to support programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation for the successful scale-up of nutrition interventions in public health.

School Libraries in South Africa and the Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Libri ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Fombad ◽  
Glenrose V. Jiyane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
School Library ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractAlthough 2015 marks the target year for attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations member states are in the process of defining a global development framework to succeed these goals, the MDGs nevertheless remain a development tool for countries’ wider development planning frameworks. In South Africa, various sectors, institutions and organisations are making efforts to attain these goals. Accordingly, the library and information sector is well placed to contribute towards the realisation of the MDGs, as libraries provide a critical support structure for education, economic development and poverty eradication. As time runs out in terms of meeting the 2015 deadline, this paper seeks to demonstrate that school libraries may be instrumental in influencing the pace and extent of progress needed to realise the MDGs beyond 2015. The research on which this article is based adds to the body of knowledge advocating the importance of libraries in realising the MDGs. It will also generate insights for policymakers on the important role of school library in development.

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