Personal Statement/Reflection
Implementing the MDGs is no easy task. Each individual goal is unique and has its own requirements to be fulfilled. However the majority of the issues are intertwined with one another. For example poverty can be connected with maternal health. Due to living in poverty, women may not be able to receive the necessary medical attention. The fact that these issues are intertwined makes it all the more difficult to solve just one without effecting another in some way. This could be an advantage but it can also be a disadvantage. In order to solve an issue there has to be resources to assist progress. Most places that are struggling to implement these MDG lack the money to do so. Thus some issues are disregarded because there is not enough money to go around. This is why strategizing and prioritizing are extremely important in implementing the MDGs. Money has to be distributed in order to improve and maintain each goal. Each area needs help so it hard to decide how much money and resources should go to each goal.
Ecuador currently struggles with a corrupt government which hinders the progress of each MDGs. Since the core of Ecuador is corrupt it is expected that the community is struggling. The government is responsible for providing fund and resources in areas of need. In the case of Ecuador the governments concern is in the wrong place. As a result Ecuador as a whole suffers in some way with all of the issues addressed by the MDGs. The probability of Ecuador achieving any of the goals by 2015 are slim.
The most pressing issues or challenges that Ecuador is facing are child health and poverty. Essentially children are living as adults meaning they are doing things that are expected from adults. Children are legally allowed to get married at 12 (girls) and 15(boys). About 22% of girls are married before they reach legal adulthood, the age 18. Children have to work in order to provide for their families. If the work conditions for adults is less than favorable then no doubt the working conditions for children are bad. Children working in very dangerous environments risking their health. Some children in Ecuador are not even documented. Many in Ecuador live in poverty or are in danger of poverty. The cause of poverty is different for indigenous and non-indigenous people. The indigenous people suffer because of lack of education while the non-indigenous lack an efficient water system.
Ecuador has made the most progress with Maternal health and Gender equality. The Constitution of Ecuador guarantees sexual and reproductive health rights for all citizens. Women have the legal right to chose whether to have their children. Giving women this legal right is a safety against things like self abortions which increase the maternal mortality rate.Other recent laws implemented have complete transformed maternal health. The constitution also establishes the equality of all citizens. Women who are often viewed as inferior in other places have seats in Ecuador's congress. Girls and boy have the equal access to education. These are some major things that would be frowned upon in other countries.
Ecuador currently struggles with a corrupt government which hinders the progress of each MDGs. Since the core of Ecuador is corrupt it is expected that the community is struggling. The government is responsible for providing fund and resources in areas of need. In the case of Ecuador the governments concern is in the wrong place. As a result Ecuador as a whole suffers in some way with all of the issues addressed by the MDGs. The probability of Ecuador achieving any of the goals by 2015 are slim.
The most pressing issues or challenges that Ecuador is facing are child health and poverty. Essentially children are living as adults meaning they are doing things that are expected from adults. Children are legally allowed to get married at 12 (girls) and 15(boys). About 22% of girls are married before they reach legal adulthood, the age 18. Children have to work in order to provide for their families. If the work conditions for adults is less than favorable then no doubt the working conditions for children are bad. Children working in very dangerous environments risking their health. Some children in Ecuador are not even documented. Many in Ecuador live in poverty or are in danger of poverty. The cause of poverty is different for indigenous and non-indigenous people. The indigenous people suffer because of lack of education while the non-indigenous lack an efficient water system.
Ecuador has made the most progress with Maternal health and Gender equality. The Constitution of Ecuador guarantees sexual and reproductive health rights for all citizens. Women have the legal right to chose whether to have their children. Giving women this legal right is a safety against things like self abortions which increase the maternal mortality rate.Other recent laws implemented have complete transformed maternal health. The constitution also establishes the equality of all citizens. Women who are often viewed as inferior in other places have seats in Ecuador's congress. Girls and boy have the equal access to education. These are some major things that would be frowned upon in other countries.