MDG"Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women"In September 2000, the leaders of 189 countries
came together at the United Nations Millennium
Summit in New York to sign the Millennium
Declaration, which reaf rmed their collective
commitment to achieving the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The MDGs
outline tangible measures for gauging
improvement in human development
outcomes through a set of
interrelated commitments, goals and
targets on development, governance, peace,
security and human rights.
Eliminating gender
disparity in education is
an essential
component in promoting
gender equality and
women's empowerment
and as such,
positive advances
are expected in the
achievement of MDG 3
- 2005 Palestinian MDG Progress ReportGoal 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less
than one dollar a day, and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.Goal 2. Achieve universal primary education.Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to
complete a full course of primary schooling.
