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School The schools need to contribute significantly to the advancement of boys in education, first and foremost by creating gender awareness among teachers who can be trained to identify and to deal with gender differences in the class room. In this respect, a better guidance of mixed groups in school could ensure that pupils would feel more involved and consequently, could contribute more to group work. In primary school, extra attention should be paid to language skills training for boys; in this respect, lessons can be learned from experiments in other countries. Since it has been shown that the current reading education is not sufficiently fascinating for boys, a new approach in promoting reading, especially geared towards boys, is necessary. Also in this area, several experiments have been conducted elsewhere, which could certainly serve as examples for programs for the promotion of reading in Curacao and Sint Maarten. With regards to the behavioral problems which are mostly brought to school by adolescent boys with problems, consideration should be given to making use of programs which would make young people aware of their own identity development, greater resilience and teaching skills on how to deal with peer pressure. The anti-school attitude of boys in Secondary Education could be countered by offering more challenging learning material at school. Research has shown that social and cultural activities outside the school timetable make education more attractive to young people and have a positive impact on school performance. Equally, a greater student involvement in the happenings at school has a positive impact on the performance of male and female students. Such involvement can be stimulated by establishing student councils and more parent involvement in school activities. Segregated schools In a discussion with local experts, the possibility of establishing hybrid schools has been suggested: within a coeducation system, in the case of some subjects, girls and boys would receive separate instruction for a determined period of time. It is also important not to neglect women with disabilities, to address issues faced by sexual minorities, and to recognize that women’s work, for the most part, remains “under-counted or uncounted.” Reliable data on the situation of disabled women is lacking because most data on women does not explicitly mention the situation of disabled women; and likewise, most research on the Disabled does not provide data on disabled women. Engaging men in the design, implementation and delivery of programs, for instance, is a means as well as the result of culturally sensitive approaches, and will be a requirement of any upcoming development process intended to change behaviors and attitudes, especially of vulnerable young men. The new governments have a chance to articulate the necessary relationship between the promotion of human rights with a specific emphasis on women’s rights, within the overall achievement of the MDGs because of the connectedness between threats, challenges and opportunities. Gender equality and women’s empowerment (economic, political and social) is at the center of the triangle of development, freedom and peace in the home, community, or larger society. Gender-based violence constitutes a major factor in the daily lives of women, worldwide, to the point that any attempts to support their efforts to ‘work their way out of poverty’ with whatever types of government or nongovernment program support, without dealing with violence are not likely to be successful. The interconnectedness of gender, violence, and development need to be further explored extensively. 78 First National Report | Curaçao and Sint Maarten Millennium Development Goals | 2011 Report
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Target 4.1 Child mortality Target 4.2 Infant mortality In Curaçao, the average perinatal mortality ratio was 23.5 per 1,000 newborns during the period of 1990-2000, including 17 per 1,000 stillbirths. Neonatal mortality (between 1 and 4 weeks after birth) was on average 5 per 1,000 births, and infant mortality (between one month and 1 year after birth) was on average 6 per 1,000 births. The mortality ratio for children between one and five is on average 0.5 per 1,000. The most common causes of early death are: hypoxia, asphyxia and other respiratory problems; congenital disorders, slow growth of fetus, malnutrition and other problems during pregnancy; obstetrics complications. First National Report | Curaçao and Sint Maarten Millennium Development Goals | 2011 Report 79
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