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United Nations Multi-country Sustainable Development Framework

The Multi-country Sustainable Development Framework

The United Nations Multi-country Sustainable Development Framework (UN MSDF) is the business plan for the UN agencies, funds and programmes in the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean for the period January 2017 to December 2021. The UN MSDF supports the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the SAMOA Pathway and...

Priority Area 1 - An Inclusive, Equitable and Prosperous Guyana
The priority area An inclusive, equitable and prosperous Guyana builds on the core SDG concept of equitable development for all “leaving no one behind” as a prerequisite for prosperous and sustainable societies.…
Priority Area 2 - A Healthy Guyana
The priority area A Healthy Guyana responds to the concern that health and nutrition are increasingly affecting the lives of the people in Guyana. It acknowledges that to improve health, a multisectoral…
Priority Area 3 - A Safe, Cohesive and Just Guyana
The priority area A Safe, Cohesive and Just Guyana acknowledges that insufficient citizen security restricts the people of Guyana to live full and productive lives. This has an impact especially on women,…
Priority Area 4 - A Sustainable and Resilient Guyana
The priority area A Sustainable and Resilient Guyana is a call for the UN to support Guyana in addressing the effects of climate change on livelihoods, especially those who are most vulnerable.…

Guyana United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2012 - 2016

United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2012 - 2016

A Document of the Government of Guyana and the United Nations Country Team - August 10 2011 The UNDAF is a knowledge product of the UNCT and the GoG that is intended to guide the joint and individual technical cooperation of the UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes for the period 2012...

Country Implementation Plan (CIP) Guyana

Implementing the UN MSDF in Guyana: Delivering as One The Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana (GCRG) and the UN system will work together on national development priorities towards the SDGs. The UN system will bring its diverse mandates and expertise together to find solutions with government and state institutions, civil...

The Millennium Development Goals in Guyana

Eradicate Extreme Poverty And Hunger

Achievements: Guyana has made outstanding progress in MDG1, particularly in the area of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Guyana is among thirty-eight countries which have met internationally-established targets in the fight against hunger, chalking up successes ahead of the deadline set for 2015. In addition, the country has...

Achieve Universal Primary Education
Achievements: Guyana is on track to achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015, and has achieved gender parity. The average attendance in primary…
Promote Gender Equality And Empower Women
Achievements: Guyana has made good progress in the area of gender equality and has achieved gender parity. Passed the Domestic Violence Act 1996…
Reduce Child Mortality
Target 4.A Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate: Achievements: Good progress has been made towards reducing child…
Improve Maternal Health
Indicators: 5.1 Maternal mortality ratio 5.2 Proportion of birth attended by skilled health personnel. Achievements: Progress towards MDG 5 on maternal health is monitored through…

End Violence Against Women

Violence Against Women - The Issue

1 in 3 women and girls experience violence in their lifetime. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. According to a 2013 WHO global study, 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual violence. However, some national studies show...

Safe and Empowering Public Spaces with and for Women and Girls
‘Safe and Empowering Public Spaces with and for Women and Girls’ is the focus of this month's Orange Day (25 October), the call to wear orange in support of ending…
Facts and Figures: Ending Violence against Women and Girls
Up to 70 per cent of women face physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to available country data. Most violence takes place in intimate relationships. In Australia, Canada, Israel,…