The Millennium Development Goals

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  
• Improve maternal health
  
• Achieve universal primary education
  
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
  
• Promote gender equality and empower women
  
• Ensure environmental sustainability
  
• Reduce child mortality
  
• Develop a global partnership for development

The Millennium Development Goals promote human development as the key to sustaining social and economic progress in all countries, and have been commonly accepted as a framework for measuring development progress. The goals come from agreements and resolutions of UN-led world conferences held in the early 90s, which provided an opportunity for the international community to agree on steps needed to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. In 2000, 189 UN member states signed the Millennium Development Declaration, pledging to halve global poverty by 2015.

By supporting Fair Trade, you support sustainable livelihoods for producers all around the world, and bring us closer to achieving the Millenium Development Goals.

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