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SDG 1 NO POVERTY
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the first rise in extreme poverty in a generation
Since the Asian financial crisis at the end of 90s, the world has not seen a rise in the global extreme poverty. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an additional 119-124 million people globally were pushed back under the extreme poverty line in 2020. Even before the pandemic, the progress was not on track to achieve the SDG 1 by 2030 and now because of the pandemic, the situation has even worsened. Based on the current projections, the global poverty rate is expected to be 7% (around) 600 million people) in 2030, missing the target of eradication poverty.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Since the Asian financial crisis at the end of 90s, the world has not seen a rise in the global extreme poverty. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an additional 119-124 million people globally were pushed back under the extreme poverty line in 2020. Even before the pandemic, the progress was not on track to achieve the SDG 1 by 2030 and now because of the pandemic, the situation has even worsened. Based on the current projections, the global poverty rate is expected to be 7% (around) 600 million people) in 2030, missing the target of eradication poverty.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 1 NO POVERTY
The pandemic shed a light on the importance of the social protection as well. It is deeply sad that only 46.9% of the global population were covered by at least one social protection in 2020. This leaves around 4 billion people without a safety net. Due to the pandemic, governments of 209 countries announced more than 1,600 social safety measures in response to the crisis but almost all of them (94.7%) are short in nature.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 1 NO POVERTY
The global community is faced with important choices as we continue to move through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The governments must make reforms in their social protection mechanisms to make them more inclusive and fairer for all society and come up with strategies and create jobs to pull people pull people out of poverty if we would not like to take the extreme poverty challenge beyond 2030.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 2 ZERO HUNGER
Prior to the pandemic, around 650 million people were suffering from hunger and 2 billion people were exposed to food insecurity. The # of people undernourished has risen from 607 million in 2014 to 650 million in 2019. Due to the COVID-19, this number raised to 720-810 million people in 2020. Disrupted food supply chains and economic slowdowns have affected food systems worldwide and threatened people’s access to food, making the target of ending hunger even more distant.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 2 ZERO HUNGER
COVID‐19 is expected to exacerbate all forms of malnutrition, particularly in children, due to a loss of household income, a lack of available and affordable nutritious food, reduced physical activity and disruptions in essential nutrition services.
The prevalence of undernourishment increased from 8.4 per cent in 2019 to 9.9 per cent in 2020. Hunger affects 21% of the population in Africa, compared with 9% in Asia and 9.1% in Latin America and the Caribbean. More than half of the world’s undernourished are found in Asia (418 million) and more than one-third in Africa (282 million).
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
The prevalence of undernourishment increased from 8.4 per cent in 2019 to 9.9 per cent in 2020. Hunger affects 21% of the population in Africa, compared with 9% in Asia and 9.1% in Latin America and the Caribbean. More than half of the world’s undernourished are found in Asia (418 million) and more than one-third in Africa (282 million).
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 2 ZERO HUNGER
Children are considered stunted, or chronically malnourished, when they are too short for their age. In 2020, 22% of children under age 5 worldwide (149.2 million) suffered from stunting.
Wasting is a life‐threatening form of malnutrition, measured by low weight for height. In 2020,1 wasting affected an estimated 45.4 million children under age 5. Overweight affected 38.9 million children in the same age group. Deterioration in household income, disruptions in the availability and affordability of nutritious food are main causes of rising wasting levels. Overweight in children is also a huge risk in countries where unhealthy food replaced fresh, nutritious food, and movement restrictions limited opportunities for physical activity for long periods of time.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Wasting is a life‐threatening form of malnutrition, measured by low weight for height. In 2020,1 wasting affected an estimated 45.4 million children under age 5. Overweight affected 38.9 million children in the same age group. Deterioration in household income, disruptions in the availability and affordability of nutritious food are main causes of rising wasting levels. Overweight in children is also a huge risk in countries where unhealthy food replaced fresh, nutritious food, and movement restrictions limited opportunities for physical activity for long periods of time.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 3 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Many health indicators were moving in the right direction before the COVID-19 pandemic, although not fast enough to meet the 2030 goals. Maternal and child health had improved, communicable diseases had been reduced. The pandemic has halted or reversed progress in health and poses major threats beyond the disease itself. About 90 per cent of countries are still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services, and available data from a few countries show that the pandemic has shortened life expectancy.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 3 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Suicide is among the leading causes of mortality among people aged 15 to 29, constituting around 8% of all deaths in this age group. WHO survey showed that 90% of countries in early 2021 reported that mental health and psychosocial support were included in their COVID-19 response plans. More than 700,000 suicides were reported globally in 2019, with men nearly twice as likely as women to kill themselves.
Increases in alcohol consumption during the pandemic could have an adverse impact on both physical and mental health. In 2019, an average of 5.8 litres of pure alcohol per person was consumed by people aged 15 and older. Europe has the highest per capita alcohol consumption in the world, at 11.0 litres per year.
Road injuries killed about 1.3 million people worldwide in 2019. During COVID-19 lockdowns, road traffic volume declined tremendously. Nevertheless, road injuries are the leading killer of men aged 15 to 29, contributing to 18% of all deaths in this age group.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Increases in alcohol consumption during the pandemic could have an adverse impact on both physical and mental health. In 2019, an average of 5.8 litres of pure alcohol per person was consumed by people aged 15 and older. Europe has the highest per capita alcohol consumption in the world, at 11.0 litres per year.
Road injuries killed about 1.3 million people worldwide in 2019. During COVID-19 lockdowns, road traffic volume declined tremendously. Nevertheless, road injuries are the leading killer of men aged 15 to 29, contributing to 18% of all deaths in this age group.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 3 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING
COVID-19 disproportionately affects the elderly, the poor, refugees and migrants, and a broad range of vulnerable groups due to their specific health and socioeconomic circumstances, poor living conditions and lack of access to high-quality public health care. For example, according to survey results, around 5% of refugee and migrant respondents did not even seek health care even when they had COVID-19 symptoms. The main reasons cited were inadequate financial resources, fear of deportation, and lack of health care or no entitlement to such care.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 4 QUALITY EDUCATION
The COVID-19 wiped out the progress achieved in education over the past 20 years. In 2019, only 59% of children in grade three were proficient in reading. The pandemic is projected to cause an additional 101 million children to fall below the minimum reading proficiency threshold.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 4 QUALITY EDUCATION
Improving basic school infrastructure is critical for school reopening and it is one of the first steps on the road to recovery from COVID-19. Data from 2016 to 2019 show that, globally, more than a fifth of primary schools lacked access to basic drinking water or single-sex toilets, more than a third lacked basic handwashing facilities, and one in four did not have electricity. Internet service and computers in schools are even more scarce. The biggest challenge is faced by the schools in the least developed countries (LDCs). Almost half of primary schools in LDCs lack single-sex toilets – an important factor in girls’ attendance – and more than two thirds are without electricity.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 4 QUALITY EDUCATION
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc worldwide on children’s learning and well-being. Before the pandemic, the progress was already too slow to achieve the SDG 4. Due to the lockdowns, many children could not go to school. In the most vulnerable areas, many risked never returning to school and some were forced into child marriage or child labour.
Special efforts are required to recover the learning losses caused by the COVID-19. However, an estimated 65% of governments in low- and lower-middle-income countries, and 35% in upper-middle- and high-income countries have reduced funding for education since the onset of the pandemic.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Special efforts are required to recover the learning losses caused by the COVID-19. However, an estimated 65% of governments in low- and lower-middle-income countries, and 35% in upper-middle- and high-income countries have reduced funding for education since the onset of the pandemic.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 5 GENDER EQUALITY
According to the study UN Women,
%45 percent of women reported that they or a woman they know has experienced a form of violence since the beginning of pandemic
4 in 10 Women feel more unsafe in public spaces
1 in 4 women say that household conflicts have become more frequent and feel more unsafe at home
7 in 10 women said they think that verbal or physical abuse by a partner has become more common
Note: The recent research of UN Women entitled as “Measuring the Shadow Pandemic: Violence against Women during COVID-19” is based on the rapid gender assessment surveys on the impact on the pandemic on violence against women in 13 countries. Countries were selected based on regional diversity, with priority given to low-middle income countries implementing related UN Women programme
Source: UN Women
https://data.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/documents/Publications/Measuring-shadow-pandemic.pdf
%45 percent of women reported that they or a woman they know has experienced a form of violence since the beginning of pandemic
4 in 10 Women feel more unsafe in public spaces
1 in 4 women say that household conflicts have become more frequent and feel more unsafe at home
7 in 10 women said they think that verbal or physical abuse by a partner has become more common
Note: The recent research of UN Women entitled as “Measuring the Shadow Pandemic: Violence against Women during COVID-19” is based on the rapid gender assessment surveys on the impact on the pandemic on violence against women in 13 countries. Countries were selected based on regional diversity, with priority given to low-middle income countries implementing related UN Women programme
Source: UN Women
https://data.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/documents/Publications/Measuring-shadow-pandemic.pdf
SDG 5 GENDER EQUALITY
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated gender inequalities and threatens to undermine progress on women’s empowerment. More than ever, women are needed as equal partners in crafting gender-responsive laws, policies, and budgets to build back better and ensure a gender transformative agenda in both private and public spheres. However, as of 1 January 2021, women’s representation was far from parity: the global average of women in single or lower chambers of national parliaments was only 25.6%, and 36.3% in local deliberative bodies. At the current rate, it will take more than 40 years to achieve gender parity in national parliaments.
Source: SDG Progress Report 2021
Source: SDG Progress Report 2021
SDG 5 GENDER EQUALITY
On an average day, women spend about 2.5 times as many hours on unpaid domestic work and care work as men according to data from 90 countries collected between 2001 and 2019. Both women and men have increased their unpaid workloads during the pandemic, but women are doing a disproportionate share. Moreover, more women than men are leaving the workforce to provide childcare.
Source: SDG Progress Report 2021
Source: SDG Progress Report 2021
SDG 6 CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
“Let’s make invisible visible”
The theme of World Water Day 2022 is groundwater. Even though the groundwater is not visible, its impacts are visible to our daily lives. Almost all the freshwater in the world is groundwater, supporting drinking water supplies, sanitation systems, agriculture, industry and ecosystems. Therefore, it is vital to protect and preserve the groundwater resources and maintain a balance between the needs of the people and the planet.
On this day, as ESDER Turkey, we are reminding all the relevant organizations and individuals as well as ourselves that water is a finite resource that needs to be utilized in an efficient way. We should increase collaborations and knowledge sharing to generate solutions to protect our water and water ecosystems and promote SDG 6.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
The theme of World Water Day 2022 is groundwater. Even though the groundwater is not visible, its impacts are visible to our daily lives. Almost all the freshwater in the world is groundwater, supporting drinking water supplies, sanitation systems, agriculture, industry and ecosystems. Therefore, it is vital to protect and preserve the groundwater resources and maintain a balance between the needs of the people and the planet.
On this day, as ESDER Turkey, we are reminding all the relevant organizations and individuals as well as ourselves that water is a finite resource that needs to be utilized in an efficient way. We should increase collaborations and knowledge sharing to generate solutions to protect our water and water ecosystems and promote SDG 6.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 6 CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
129 countries are not track to have sustainably managed water resources by 2030. Current rate progress needs to double.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021
SDG 6 CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
“Waste2Fashion”
On World Water Day, we were once again reminded of the importance of our water resources in sustaining our lives and the need for solutions. We would like to introduce you to a brand that helps the preservation of the water resources in its unique way.
MAIRA is an eco-conscious, sustainable swim and activewear brand with the motto of “From Waste to Fashion” The company is using the recycled materials of Econyl out of fishing nets and other discarded nylons in the oceans.
Sources: MAIRA/ WWF
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/ghost-fishing-gear
https://www.mairaswimwear.com
On World Water Day, we were once again reminded of the importance of our water resources in sustaining our lives and the need for solutions. We would like to introduce you to a brand that helps the preservation of the water resources in its unique way.
MAIRA is an eco-conscious, sustainable swim and activewear brand with the motto of “From Waste to Fashion” The company is using the recycled materials of Econyl out of fishing nets and other discarded nylons in the oceans.
Sources: MAIRA/ WWF
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/ghost-fishing-gear
https://www.mairaswimwear.com
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