Sustainable Development

Goals
(SDGs 4, 5, 6 & 7)

Lecture By:
Dr.Afzaal
 GOAL 4: QUALITY EDUCATION

 Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all.
 This goal supports the reduction of disparities and inequities in education, both in terms of
access and quality. It recognizes the need to provide quality education for all, and most
especially vulnerable populations, including poor children, children living in rural areas,
persons with disabilities, indigenous people and refugee children.
 This goal is of critical importance because of its transformative effects on the other SDGs.
Sustainable development hinges on every child receiving a quality education. When children
are offered the tools to develop to their full potential, they become productive adults ready to
give back to their communities and break the cycle of poverty. Education enables upward
socioeconomic mobility.
 Goal 4: Targets
4.1: Free primary and secondary education.
4.2: Equal access to quality pre-primary education.
4.3: Equal access to affordable technical, vocational and higher education.
4.4: Increase the number of people with relevant skills for financial success.
4.5: Eliminate all discrimination in education.
4.6: Universal literacy and numeracy.
4.7: Education for sustainable development and global citizenship.
4.8: Build and upgrade inclusive and safe schools.
4.9: Expand higher education scholarships for developing countries.
4.A: Increase the supply of qualiies teachers in developing countries.
 Goal 4: Facts and Figures

 Before the coronavirus crisis, projections showed that more than 200 million children
would be out of school, and only 60 per cent of young people would be completing
upper secondary education in 2030.
 Before the coronavirus crisis, the proportion of children and youth out of primary and
secondary school had declined from 26 per cent in 2000 to 19 per cent in 2010 ND 17
per cent in 2018.
 More than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa,
and more than 85 per cent of children in sub-Saharan Africa are not learning the
minimum
 617 million youth worldwide lack basic mathematics and literacy skills.
 Goal 4: Facts and Figures

 Some 750 million adults – two thirds of them women – remained illiterate in
2016. Half of the global illiterate population lives in South Asia, and a quarter live
in sub-Saharan Africa.
 In 10 low- and middle-income countries, children with disabilities were 19 per
cent less likely to achieve minimum proficiency in reading than those without
disabilities.
 4 million refugee children were out of school in 2017.
Goal 4: Facts and Figures
 GOAL 5: GENDER EQUALITY

 Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
 Women and girls, everywhere, must have equal rights and opportunity, and be able to live free of
violence and discrimination. Women’s equality and empowerment is one of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals, but also integral to all dimensions of inclusive and sustainable development. In
short, all the SDGs depend on the achievement of Goal 5.
 The unequal division of unpaid care and domestic work, and discrimination in public office all
remain huge barriers. Climate change and disasters continue to have a disproportionate effect on
women and children, as do conflict and migration. It is vital to give women equal rights land and
property, reproductive health, and to technology and the internet.
 UNDP has made gender equality central to its work and we’ve seen remarkable progress in the past
20 years. There are more girls in school now compared to 15 years ago, and most regions have
reached gender parity in primary education.
 GOAL 5: TARGETS

5.1: End discrimination against women and girls.

5.2: End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls.
5.3: Eliminate forced marriages.
5.4: Value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities.
5.5: Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making.
5.6: Universal access to reproductive health and rights.
5.7: Equal rights to economic resources, property ownership and financial services.
5.8: Promote empowerment of women through technology.
5.9: Adopt and strenghthen policies and enforceable legislation for gender equality.
 GOAL 5: FACTS AND FIGURES

 In 18 countries, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working; in 39 countries,
daughters and sons do not have equal inheritance rights; and 49 countries lack laws
protecting women from domestic violence.
 One in five women and girls, including 19 per cent of women and girls aged 15 to 49, have
experienced physical and/or domestic violence within the last 12 months. Yet, 49 countries
have no laws that specifically protect women from such violence.
 While women have made important inroads into political office across the world, their
representation in national parliaments at 23.7 per cent is still far from parity.
 In 46 countries, women now hold more than 30 per cent of seats in national
parliament in at least one chamber.
 GOAL 5: FACTS AND FIGURES

 Globally, women are just 13 per cent of agricultural land holders.

 Women in Northern Africa hold less than one in five paid jobs in the non-agricultural sector. The
proportion of women in paid employment outside the agriculture sector has increased from 35 per cent
in 1990 to 41 per cent in 2015.
 More than 100 countries have taken action to track budget allocations for gender equality.
 In Southern Asia, a girl’s risk of marrying in childhood has dropped by over 40 per cent since 2000
GOAL 5: FACTS AND FIGURES
GOAL 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION

 Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

 Goal 6 aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Water
and sanitation are critical to the health of people and the planet. Goal 6 not only addresses the issues
relating to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), but also the quality and sustainability of
water resources worldwide. Improvements in drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are essential for
progress in other areas of development too, such as nutrition, education, health and gender equality.
 Millions of people die every year from diseases associated with unsafe drinking water, sanitation
and hygiene. Young children are particularly vulnerable – WASH-related diseases remain among the
leading causes of death in children under 5, and they contribute to malnutrition and stunting. Each
year, 300,000 children under 5 die due to diarrhoea linked to inadequate WASH. Despite significant
progress, 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have safely managed drinking water services. Over
half the global population, 4.2 billion people, lack safely managed sanitation services.
 GOAL 6: TARGETS

6.1: Safe and affordable drinking water

6.2: End open defecation and provide access to sanitation and hygiene
6.3: Improve water quality, wastewater treatment and safe reuse
6.4: Increase water-use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies
6.5: Implement integrated water resources management
6.6: Protect and restore water-related ecosystems
6.A: Expand water and sanitation support to developing countries
6.B: Support local engagement in water and sanitation management
 GOAL 6: FACTS AND FIGURES

 1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services

 3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 6 in 10 people lack
access to safely managed sanitation facilities.
 At least 892 million people continue to practice open defecation.
 Women and girls are responsible for water collection in 80 per cent of households without
access to water on premises.
 Between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of the global population using an improved drinking
water source has increased from 76 per cent to 90 per cent
 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines
 GOAL 6: FACTS AND FIGURES

 Water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the global population and is projected to
rise. Over 1.7 billion people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds
recharge.
 More than 80 per cent of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or
sea without any pollution removal
 Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related
diarrheal diseases
 Approximately 70 per cent of all water abstracted from rivers, lakes and aquifers is used for
irrigation
 Floods and other water-related disasters account for 70 per cent of all deaths related to natural
disasters
GOAL 6: FACTS AND FIGURES
GOAL 7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

 Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
 Sustainable energy is a critical enabler and dramatically improves the quality, accessibility and
reliability of services that children rely on for their survival, development and well-being.
 The world continues to advance towards sustainable energy targets – but not fast enough. At the
current pace, about 660 million people will still lack access to electricity and close to 2 billion people
will still rely on polluting fuels and technologies for cooking by 2030.
 Our everyday life depends on reliable and affordable energy. And yet the consumption of energy is the
dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around 60 percent of total global greenhouse
gas emissions.
 Renewable energy solutions are becoming cheaper, more reliable and more efficient every day. Our
current reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable and harmful to the planet, which is why we have to
change the way we produce and consume energy.
 GOAL 7: TARGETS

7.1: Universal access to modern energy

7.2: Increase global percentage of renewable energy
7.3: Double the improvement in energy efficiency
7.A: Promote access to research, technology and investments in clean energy
7.B: Expand and upgrade energy services for developing countries
 GOAL 7: FACTS AND FIGURES

 13 per cent of the global population still lacks access to modern electricity.
 3 billion people rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating
 Energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around 60 per cent of
total global greenhouse gas emissions.
 Indoor air pollution from using combustible fuels for household energy caused 4.3 million
deaths in 2012, with women and girls accounting for 6 out of every 10 of these.
 In 2016, the share of renewables increased at the fastest rate since 2012, up 0.24 percentage
points, and reached almost 17.5 per cent owing to rapid growth in hydropower, wind, and solar.
GOAL 7: FACTS AND FIGURES