Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)<br />
MDG Performance How vulnerability<br />
affects achieving MDGs<br />
1. Eradicate extreme<br />
poverty and hunger<br />
2. Achieve Universal<br />
Primary Education<br />
3. Promote gender equality<br />
and empower women<br />
• Population living below the<br />
poverty line reduced from<br />
56% to 31% between 1992<br />
and 2006<br />
• Between 1995 and 2006,<br />
the proportion <strong>of</strong> underweight<br />
children reduced from 25.5%<br />
to 20.4%<br />
• Food calorific intake<br />
deficiency increased from<br />
58.7% in 1999 to 68.5% in<br />
2006<br />
• The introduction <strong>of</strong> UPE<br />
in 1997 led to a substantial<br />
increase by 132% in gross<br />
enrollment from the pre-UPE<br />
total <strong>of</strong> 3.1 million in 1996 to<br />
7.2 million children in 2006<br />
• The affirmative action policy<br />
led to an increase in the<br />
proportion <strong>of</strong> females to the<br />
total student enrollment by<br />
31% in 1993/94 to 40% in<br />
2002 and up to 42% in 2004<br />
• In the current Parliament,<br />
89 <strong>of</strong> the 310 members are<br />
women, representing 28.7%<br />
<strong>of</strong> the legislative body. This is<br />
an improvement from the 18%<br />
registered in 1995<br />
4. Reduce child mortality • Over the period 1995-2000,<br />
maternal mortality stagnated<br />
at about 505 deaths per<br />
100,000 live births<br />
• To meet the MDG target,<br />
<strong>Uganda</strong> will need to reduce its<br />
mortality rate from 505 to 131<br />
deaths per 100,000 live births<br />
by 2015<br />
5. Improve maternal health • Over the period 1995-2000,<br />
maternal mortality stagnated<br />
at about 505 deaths per<br />
100,000 live births<br />
158<br />
• To meet the MDG target,<br />
<strong>Uganda</strong> will need to reduce its<br />
mortality rate from 505 to 131<br />
deaths per 100,000 live births<br />
by 2015<br />
• The impairment <strong>of</strong><br />
ecosystem functions inevitably<br />
leads to a narrowing <strong>of</strong><br />
livelihood choices especially<br />
for poor people<br />
• Disasters like floods affect<br />
food security and general<br />
human well being like it was<br />
with north eastern parts <strong>of</strong> the<br />
country<br />
• Dwindling forests and<br />
woodland cover leads to<br />
scarcity <strong>of</strong> wood. This means<br />
children have to spend<br />
more time looking for fuel,<br />
which can reduce time and<br />
concentration at school<br />
• Gender issues like<br />
conflicts in land resources<br />
management, unequal<br />
access to land and resources<br />
disempower women<br />
• Violence and sexual abuse<br />
against women especially<br />
in the northern war region<br />
makes women vulnerable to<br />
diseases, etc.<br />
• Indoor air pollution affects<br />
women’s health and can<br />
make women less fit for<br />
childbirth and at greater risk <strong>of</strong><br />
complications<br />
• Indoor air pollution affects<br />
women’s health and can<br />
make women less fit for<br />
childbirth and at greater risk <strong>of</strong><br />
complications<br />
Strategies for reducing<br />
vulnerability to support<br />
achieving MDGs<br />
• Ensure sound and equitable<br />
management <strong>of</strong> natural<br />
resources.<br />
• Robust food security<br />
programmes especially in<br />
northern <strong>Uganda</strong><br />
• Building the capacity <strong>of</strong><br />
disaster preparedness and<br />
refugees department to deal<br />
with the challenges <strong>of</strong> disaster<br />
• Restore and maintain<br />
ecosystem health and<br />
services<br />
• Promote renewable energy<br />
technologies that are energy<br />
efficient<br />
• Ensure equitable access to<br />
natural resources by all<br />
• Develop policies that<br />
alleviate violence and sexual<br />
abuse against women<br />
• Improve access to efficient<br />
energy technologies<br />
• Improve air quality and limit<br />
exposure to toxic chemicals<br />
• Improve access to efficient<br />
energy technologies<br />
• Improve air quality and limit<br />
exposure to toxic chemicals