The document summarizes the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the Dominican Republic across several areas: Gender Inequality - Women face high levels of discrimination and violence, and make up only 20% of parliamentarians. Universal Education - Less than 40% of the population has completed primary education, and poverty prevents many children from succeeding in school. Child Health - Teen pregnancy is a major issue, and most child mortality occurs during the neonatal period. Focus is needed on pre- and post-natal care. Global Partnership - The country has a free trade agreement with the US but also serves as a drug trafficking hub in South America. Ending Poverty

1. Millennium Development
Goals
In the Dominican Republic. . .

2. Gender Inequality
•6.4% of women out of the whole population suffer sexual violence.
•Extreme forms of violence towards women are common in rural areas.
•Women present in 20% of parliamentarians.
•Afro-descendent and indigenous women are considered the lowest,
discriminated more than anyone.
•Women’s basic duties involve shopping, cooking, caring for disabled
persons, laundry and other clothing care, childcare, food preparation and
house cleaning.
•Women receive a smaller portion of collected benefits from retirement or
other pensions than men.
•Education wise, 100% rate of primary-school completion among both girls
and boys, as well as equal access to secondary and tertiary education for
young people of both sexes.

3. Universal Education
•Less than 40% of the population has completed primary education.
•Children from large families do less well in school due to poverty,
econometric issues, etc.
•There is a need to further education to provide the skills required by the
work environment.
•The percentage of young women (15-24) not currently in school who
abandoned their education because of early pregnancy, 5% in the
Dominican Republic (1996).

4. Child Health
• Access to care, maternal child care including nutrition, general hygiene,
and the prevention of STI, including HIV/AIDS.
• Teen pregnancy is a major issue in the Dominican Republic, where 20.6
per cent of teens (15-19) are currently pregnant or already mothers.
• The 2007 DHS indicates that 61 percent of child mortality occurs during
the neonatal period13; therefore, focusing on the critical period before
and after delivery is crucial for the survival of the child.

5. Global Partnership
Free Trade System between the United States & the Dominican
Republic
Major transit hub for drug traffickers in South America

6. End Poverty and Hunger
20% of the Dominican population lives without electricity, (equivalent to
342,000 families)
27% of a total 6,810,000 Dominicans who suffered from malnutrition in
1990
A study found that poverty affects 31.6% of the population.

7. Environmental Sustainability
235,000 slum dwellers face with lack of fresh water.
Provinces and towns with the highest rates of population growth and
other urban zones with slum dwellings.
Towns and smaller population centers linked to strategic sectors:
tourist resorts, free trade zones, or communication infrastructures
including seaports and airports.
Towns linked to farming agriculture—sugar cane, coffee, and rice
producing areas—or sustainable economic and environmental
resources—organic agriculture.
Goal: Safe drinking water and proper sanitations.

8. Maternal Health
Maternal mortality ratio of 150 per 100,000 live births.
The reasons why DR has such a high rate of maternal mortality are
poverty, lack of medical institutions, the increasing illegal haitian
immigrants, lack of advanced technology, and education.
Goal: Promote health care system, improve the education system,
which will also benefit in advancing new technologies etc.

9. Combat HIV/AIDS
The rate of HIV infections in young women are rapidly increasing.
About 20,000 people have died from AIDS in the past decade.
Lack of sufficient medical resources and lack of proper education, play
crucial role in the HIV/AIDS objective.
1.7% of the population, about 88,000 people have been infected.
Goal: Educate the citizens about safe sex & opening more hospitals,
etc.

10. Current News
For each MDGs. . .
For each MDGs. . .
Gender Inequality: News
Universal Education: News
Child Health: News
Global Partnership: News
End Poverty & Hunger: News
Environmental Sustainability: News
Maternal Health: News
Combat HIV/AIDS: News