Importance of SDG

Question 1

1. No Poverty

Answer 1

• Lack of income leads to a lack of resources and infrastructure including health care, food, water and shelter.
• Lack of income reduces the capacity for a country to develop its economy which reduces levels of human development experienced.
• Poverty contributes to undernutrition which reduces immune function and increases mortality rates from preventable diseases particularly infectious diseases.

Question 2

2. Zero Hunger

Answer 2

• Around 13% of the world’s population are undernourished and hunger and malnutrition are the biggest contributors to child mortality, causing 45 per cent of the 6.3 million preventable deaths in children under five.
• Eliminating hunger will reduce the risk of premature death and illness which can promote productive populations as people are more able to work or attend school. This in turn can assist in increasing incomes and reducing poverty.

Question 3

Good Health and Well- Being

Answer 3

• In developing regions only half of all pregnant women receive the recommended minimum of four antenatal care visits.
• Hundreds of women are still dying during pregnancy or from childbirth-related complications, most of which are preventable. Most of these deaths occur in developing countries, where the maternal mortality ratio is about 14 times higher than in the developed regions.
• If health improves, people can be more productive by working or attending school. Parents are more able to look after their children which assists in breaking the poverty cycle.

Question 4

4. Quality Education

Answer 4

• Education promotes literacy, which leads to greater employment prospects and increased income. At an individual level an income provides the capacity to purchase nutritious food, shelter, clean water and healthcare. Those who are educated are also more likely to ensure their own children are educated.
• 124 million children and youth are not enrolled in school and 757 million adults, two thirds of whom are women, cannot read or write therefore limiting their employment prospects.

Question 5

5. Gender Equality

Answer 5

• Educating women and girls is the single most effective measure to raise overall economic productivity, lower infant and maternal mortality, educate the next generation, improve nutrition, and promote health.
• Educated girls marry later, are less likely to experience sexual violence, and are more likely to be able to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
• Educated mothers have fewer and healthier children, they are 50 per cent more likely to immunise their children than uneducated mothers, and their children have a 40 per cent higher survival rate.

Question 6

6. Clean, Water and Sanitation

Answer 6

• Every day almost 1000 children are dying from diarrhoea cause by contaminated water and poor sanitation.
• Lack of access to clean water and sanitation is also a major contributor to malnutrition and poverty. (crops)

Question 7

8. Decent work and economic growth

Answer 7

• Decent work and full and productive employment means people are able to earn an income, which allows them to improve their standard of living
• 1 million people, many of them children, are in forced to labour long hours in environments that are not regulated to ensure their safety.

Question 8

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Answer 8

• As well as causing death, injury and displacement, armed conflict destroys communities and infrastructure, disrupts markets and diverts resources away from development. Money is used to buy arms at the expense of education, health and social welfare.
• When people are not protected by the law they can be forced to leave their land, and denied access to healthcare and education.