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The focus of the Second Plan is therefore to make WAY a pivotal player in global development issues, and to play an active role in MDG-related programmes at all levels. WAY seeks to contribute significantly to the development process, at the same time revitalising national youth councils by providing them with productive opportunities to engage in projects and activities.

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day

Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

In our world today:

1.2 billion people live on less than $1 per day.
800 million people go to bed hungry every day.
28,000 children die from poverty-related causes everyday

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling

In our world today:

115 million school-aged children are not in school-56 percent of them girls and 94 percent of them in developing countries.
133 million young people cannot read or write.
Only 37 of 155 developing countries have achieved universal primary school completion.

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015


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