UN Millennium Development Goals - MDG 5; Maternal health
On June 30th the "Schokland agreement" was signed by Dutch ministries, corporations and NGO's. The Center for Human Emergence (CHE-NL) was one of them. Schokland is an initiative by the Dutch government in order to mobilize the Dutch contribution to the Millenium Development Goals that are formulated by the United Nations. The Millennium Development Goals are eight objectives to improve global life conditions, to be achieved before 2015.
The Millennium Development Goals are:
Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty
Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
CHE is involved in the setup of a project concerning Millennium Development Goal 5, Improve Maternal Health. The target is to reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. Indicators to measure this are:
- the maternal mortality ratio (UNICEF-WHO) and
- the proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (UNICEF-WHO)
CHE-NL initiates and supports the project organization and creates a "meshwork" of the participating organizations by facilitating their contribution from an evolutionary perspective. Besides setting up the project organization a U process with the participators leads to consciousness development and from that initiatives that are resilient, interconnected and vitalizing.
We are all a child of a mother, maybe that is a good starting point to build from.
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
http://www.undp.org/mdg/
http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/GMIS/home.do?siteId=2
http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/goals/index.htm
Our participation in Millennium Development Goal 5 - Maternal Health
http://www.mdg5.nl/
http://www.hetakkoordvanschokland.nl/
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