2.  The MDGs are a list of goals and
commitments that were agreed by 191
UN member states in September 2000.
 They aim to eradicate global poverty by
2015.
 The progress of the goals were reviewed
at a summit meeting of the UN in 2010.

3.  Equalise wages for men and women universally.
 Train women in political campaigning and governance, and
promoting the role of women in politics.
 Set up diesel- run generators to help ease women’s chores.
 Set up a microfinance initiative to teach in women
household budgeting, loans, farming and breeding animals.
 Reduce female genital mutilation and cutting by 40%
between 2008 and 2012.
 The UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women supports
national and local governments in tackling domestic abuse
towards women.

4.  Domestic violence is where one person tries to control and
assert power over their partner in an intimate relationship. It
can be physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse or
financial abuse.
 In the majority of cases it is perpetrated by men and
experienced by women. Any woman can be affected and it
can happen in any home.

5.  Of the 163 million illiterate
people on earth, 63% are
female.
 Factors that lower girls'
school attendance
include tuition fees,
transport, books or
uniforms, cultural biases or
traditions that educate
boys only or keep girls to
work at home; lack of
female teachers; lack of
sanitary napkins; lack of
proper toilet facilities; and
child marriage.

6.  In 2008 there were 96 girls for every 100 boys enrolled in
secondary school in developing regions.
 Gender gaps in access to education have narrowed in
primary education.
 In 2005 in Bangladesh 56% of secondary school students were
girls compared to the previous 33%.
 Also, the UNESCO set up a scheme to support female
teaching and learning materials that help promote gender
equality.
 A legal plan to reduce gender based violence in schools and
supports innovative methods to bring education to hard-to-
reach women.

7.  Women are slowly gaining political
power, mainly due to quotas and special
measures.
 Between the years of 1995 and 2010 the
share of women in politics has increased
from 11% to 19%.

8.  Despite much progress, men outnumber
women in paid employment.
 Women paid in non-agricultural wage
employment raised by 41% in 2008.
 But is still as low as 20% in Southern Asia.
 In western Asia and Northern Africa
women have jobs that are more
vulnerable with inadequate earnings
and terrible working conditions.

9.  However, the UNDP installed hundreds of
diesel run generators in Mali, Faso and
Senegal to help some of the jobs that
women usually have to perform such as
fetching water, grinding and milling.