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MDGs TO SDGs WHAT IS THE

DIFFERENCE?

Ngonidzaishe Marimo
BACKGROUND
 In 2015 MGDs expired and new framework was
required
 In 2015 192 Heads of States met and agreed on the
development framework.
 MDGs and SDGs
MDGs SDGs

Origin Millennium summit, 2000 Rio+20- 2012

Goals 8 17

Targets 18 169

Period applicable 2001-2015 2016-2030

Differences between MDGs and SDGs

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Peace
Universal
Equity

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vs
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Inclusive
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Difference between MDGs and SDGs: GEWE

More comprehensive GEWE targets

and indicators

Better integration of gender AND

EQUITY,SOCIAL JUSTICE across ---
SDGs
SDG – a Transformational shift in development
thinking and Approach

 Principle of social equality – “No one Left behind”

 Broad-based and inclusive stakeholder engagement for all people
 Developed through a participatory process
 Strong call for leaving no one behind (Goals 5 and 10) focus on gender equality
and equity but mainstreamed in all 17 goals
 Comprehensive and interconnected –
 5 P’s (People, Planet (sustainable development), Prosperity (elimination of
poverty), Peace (peace required for development), Partnerships (development is
complex and requires multi-stakeholder approaches – 17 goals and 169 targets)
 Strong global buy-in - 192 states strong review and participatory
mechanisms based on evaluations.
 Strong focus on evaluations and utilisation of results to inform decisions on
reaching the most vulnerable
 SDGs’ shifting on data needs - leading to a data revolution – implications
for data providers are immense – collecting and providing data differently
SGD Targets
 Goal I. End poverty in  Goal 4. Ensure
all its forms everywhere. inclusive and equitable
 Goal 2. End hunger, quality education and
achieve food security promote lifelong
and improved nutrition learning opportunities
and promote sustainable for all.
agriculture.
 GoalS. Achieve gender
 Goal 3. Ensure healthy
equality and empower
lives and promote well-
being for all at all ages all women and girls
SGD Targets
 Goal 6. Ensure  Goal 8. Promote
availability and sustained, inclusive and
sustainable sustainable economic
growth, full and
management of water
productive employment
and sanitation for all. and decent work for all.
 Goal 7. Ensure access  Goal 9. Build resilient
to affordable, reliable, infrastructure, promote
sustainable and inclusive and sustainable
modern energy for all industrialization and
foster innovation
SGD Targets
 Goal 10. Reduce  Goal 13. Take urgent
inequality within and action to combat
among countries. climate change and its
 Goal 11. Make cities impacts*
and human settlements  Goal 14. Conserve and
inclusive, safe, resilient sustainably use the
and sustainable.
oceans, seas and
 Goal 12. Ensure marine resources for
sustainable consumption sustainable
and production patterns
development.
SGD Targets
 Goal 15. Protect,  Goal 16. Promote peaceful
restore and promote and inclusive societies for
sustainable development,
sustainable use of provide access to justice for
terrestrial ecosystems, all and build effective,
sustainably manage accountable and inclusive
forests, combat institutions at all levels
desertification, and  Goal 17. Strengthen the
means of implementation
halt and reverse land and revitalize the global
degradation and halt partnership for sustainable
biodiversity loss development
Targets and Indicators critique
 Targets ambitious
 Too many goals e.g. the UK’s position
 Some vague
 Some not there (e.g. sex ratio at birth)
 Few indicators of process
 Some indicators data or methodology is not
there/frequent enough (Tier 2, Tier 3)
SDG 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Monitoring SDG-5

Communi
District National
ty
By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live
births

1 2 3 4 5 6
MMR 2015 Target Reduction Per year Per five year
Required reduction Reduction
(column 2- (column (column
3) 4/15) 4/3)

Afghanistan 386 70 316 21

Bangladesh 176 70 106 7
India 174 70 104 7
Indonesia 126 70 56 4
Nepal 258 70 188 13
Nigeria 814 70 744 50
Zimbabwe 443 70 373 25
Checklist- no one left behind!

Modify to add variables,

analyse- gender and equity

Quality, decentralized data

equity and gender

National data
SDG monitoring

MDG Monitor
from a Look
Look back
gender and Beyond
Monitorin equity lens
g
Gender and equity monitoring: SDG 5

Prioritization
of targets/
indicators by Participatory
most visual
marginalised baselines and
women monitoring

Monitoring
committee Validating
and training aggreg,
analysing
and
lobbying
 Group work: Discussion
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 In the context of Zimbabwe what implications does

implementing SDGs bring?
 What changes are required in (a) development
approach; (b) monitoring and evaluation?
 What would be the role of (a) parliament that’s is
different from the current status quo; (b) government
that is different from the current status quo; (c)
monitoring and evaluation experts; and (d) donors and
civil society?
End all forms of discrimination against all women
and girls everywhere
(Target 5.1)

Story telling
5.2.1 Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older
subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former
intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
Child marriage
 5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who
were married or in a union before age 15 and
before age 18

FGD with children

Discussion with teachers,
Child Help Lines
Registrar’s office
Discussion with parents
Discussion with local NGO
5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid
domestic and care work, by sex, age and
location, add other axioms of equity
5.5.1 Proportion of seats held by women
in …. local government

Water users’,
watershed,
school, health,
peace committee

Representation,
Attendance,
Influence,
decision making
5.6.1 Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed
decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health
care
5.7.1 (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership

Gender and diveristy aware social map

5.7 (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure