SDGs
A rationale (reason) for the development of the SDGs is?
Millennium development goals had ended, and needed something to replace these
new global challenges had emerged
progress during the MDGs had been uneven - meaning more economic inequality
What is meant by universal health coverage?
All people everywhere having access to quality healthcare without undue financial strain, including access to medications and vaccinations
The type of aid that would be most appropriate immediately following a disaster, with an example of aid given
Emergency or humanitarian aid
example: could include
Plastic sheeting
medical supplies
food and clean water
What is DFAT? (expand abbrieviation)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)
Identify one key features of effective aid programs
Choose from ownership, partnerships and collaboration, transparency and accountability, results focused
What is a target for SDG 3: good health and wellbeing?
Achieve universal health coverage, including affordable access to quality and healthcare services and essential medicines and vaccines
Reduce maternal mortality
End epidemics of communicative diseases including TB and AIDS
End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5
One of the WHOs priorities and the related goal
Achieving universal health coverage: 1 billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage
Addressing health emergencies: 1 billion more people better protected from health emergencies
Promoting healthier populations: 1 billion more people enjoying better health and wellbeing
What is bilateral aid?
Aid given from the government of one country to the government of another country
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) requires that 80 per cent of Australia‘s development aid has a direct impact on women and girls.
State the priority of the Australian Government’s aid program that is reflected in this statement.
Gender equality and empowering women and girls.
One example of social action is...
eg:
purchasing power
donating to an NGO such as World Vision
write a letter to the government to promote change
start or sign a petition to elicit change
share a petition/promotion using social media to spread its message - eg: ending hunger tictoc by WFP
2 objectives of the SDGs?
end extreme poverty
fight inequality and injustice
address climate change
Identify the WHO strategic priority related to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and what function of the WHO this is part of
Promote healthier populations;
Function(work): developing policies to help countries take action to promote HWB
Why governments form partnerships with NGOs in the delivery of aid
example: NGOs are better able to access remote communities than governments, allowing for aid to be delivered where it is most needed
NGOs have experts in different areas such as water and sanitation, meaning governments do not need to train their own experts in areas needed by communities requiring aid.
NGOs are seen as impartial, meaning they are more accepted by communities in need that may not be politically aligned with governments providing aid
The Australian Government funded Labour Mobility Assistance Program (LMAP) assists Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to increase the supply of seasonal workers participating in Australia’s Seasonal WorkerProgram (SWP). Seasonal workers benefit from the opportunity to earn Australian wages and gain valuable on-the-job learning opportunities. Many seasonal workers use the money earned in Australia to pay for their children’s education, start a small business or build a house. For the workers and their families, this is a life changing opportunity.
Using an example, describe how the program could promote the human development of people living in Pacific Island Countries.
This could promote human development for people, as the wages earned by the seasonal workers can be used by families back home to access knowledge and health care. Wages can also be used to set up small businesses in their own communities, which will increase the potential of people to lead productive and creative lives.
Identify and briefly describe an effective aid program that addresses Sustainable Development Goal 4 — Quality Education. In your discussion make sure you identify partnerships involved, how it was implemented and one SDG 4 target it aims to siupport.
eg: School feeding program in Cambodia by WFP
Provides meals for students in participating schools. Sources food from local farmers. provides cash or food parcels for families of students who regularly attend school.
Partnerships between WFP and Cambodia's education and agricultural sectors. Also financial sector for cash bonuses.
SDG 4 - Quality education. Providing school meals has lead to increased attendance by students, with increased ability to focus in lessons following nutritional meals. These have contributed to an achieve increased literacy and numeracy (target)
Identify and describe SDG 5, including one way achieving SDG 5 could contribute to achieving SDG 3
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
By ensuring all women and girls have access to sexual and reproductive health, fewer adolescent girls will become pregnant before their bodies are physically ready, reducing maternal mortality
Example of how the WHO works to address health emergencies
choose from:
building capacity to keep the world safe from epidemics and health emergencies, such as early warning systems, and through monitoring trends in diseases
Ensuring all people have access to essential health services during health emergencies by providing leadership in times of crisis
Multilateral organisations can pool funds from multiple countries to deal with global challenges to large for individual countries to approach
Multilateral organisations can direct aid to where it is most needed, supporting the worlds most vulnerable
Why governments contribute to multilateral organisations such as GAVI
In 2017–18, the Australian government allocated 90.8 per cent of its aid budget to the Indo-Pacific region.
Outline two reasons why the Australian government provided 90.8 per cent of its aid budget to the Indo-Pacific region of the world.
Reasons could include any of the following:
• Some of the poorest people in the world live in the Indo-Pacific region, so it makes sense to provide aid to those who are the most vulnerable.
• To promote Australia’s interests, it makes sense to provide aid to countries in our region. Through aid, economic growth and trade may increase in these countries, which will provide more markets for Australia to trade with.
• To promote stability in our region, it makes sense for aid to be spent in countries who are our closest neighbours. Countries are less likely to experience conflict if action is taken to reduce poverty and promote human development.
UNICEF has revealed that as many as 150 children under five are dying each day in Myanmar, while 30 per cent suffer from moderate or severe malnutrition.
Outline two social actions that could be undertaken to address the concerns raised by UNICEF.
• lobbying the federal government to provide more assistance to Myanmar to address the problem of children suffering and dying as a result of malnutrition
• donating money to a non-government organisation such as World Vision who may be able to work with small communities in Myanmar to help address food security issues.
Explain how SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation, could promote human development globally
By achieving universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water globally, fewer children well becoming unwell with diseases related to contaminated water, such and cholera. This means children globally will be better able to attend school, gaining knowledge, supporting them being better able in the future to get a well paid job so that they can afford healthcare, and develop to their full potential.
By achieving access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and ending open defecation, an environment will be created where all people can live without the humiliation of open defecation, meaning all people will be better respected, and more able to participate in their community and in decisions that affect their lives.
Explain one way the WHO might work to assist communities to reduce deaths from malaria and prevent the spread of the disease
By monitoring HWB and assessing trends, the WHO can identify areas with high rates of malaria, and provide technical support to help countries manage HWB risks, such as training personal to educate communities about the prevention of malaria, and the importance of treatment for those who are infected.
Though its aid program, the Australian government works with organisations such as the World Food Program (branch of the UN) to ensure food security in countries across the Pacific region. The aid program involves working with farmers and small businesses to improve agricultural techniques and improve food production and availability.
Identify and describe this type of aid.
Multilateral aid. Organisations such as the WFP collect funds from multiple countries, combining these to address needs of people across regions such as the Paciifc, helping to address global challenges such as world hunger
Identify one priority of Australia’s aid program with an example of Australia’s work in achieving this priority
• Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness — Australia has provided financial assistance for the building of roads and bridges in Timor Leste.
• Building resilience, humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection — Australia provided humanitarian assistance to Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Winston.
• Agriculture, fisheries and water — Australia has provided grants for the establishment of sustainable farming systems in countries such as Indonesia.
• Education and health — Australia has provided financial assistance for the building of schools and the training of teachers in Laos.
• Gender equality and empowering women and girls — Australia supports the Vanuatu Women’s Centre, a service provider for women and children survivors of violence.
• Effective governance, policies, institutions and functioning economies — Australia continues to support stability in the Solomon Islands through new programs in justice, governance and police development.
The Growing is Learning project is showing farmers in Tanzania how to grow nutrient rich, sustainable food to better feed themselves and their families. As well as providing seeds and tools, farmers are learning better methods to grow and diversify their crops, improve their family’s nutrition and increase their income from accessing new markets.
Describe how the ‘Growing Is Learning’ project promotes human development.
Improved food security promotes human development, as people will experience less malnutrition and hunger. This creates an environment where people can develop to their full potential and lead productive and creative lives according to their needs and interests as they have the energy and improved immunity to do so.