LA ONU SE APOYA EN EL DEPORTE PARA LOGRAR LOS OBJETIVOS DEL MILENIO
CONTRIBUTION OF SPORT TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS |
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1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger · Participants, volunteers and coaches acquire transferable life skills which increase their employability · Vulnerable individuals are connected to community services and supports through sport-based outreach programs · Sport programs and sport equipment production provide jobs and skills development · Sport can help prevent diseases that impede people from working and impose health care costs on individuals and communities · Sport can help reduce stigma and increase self-esteem, self-confidence and social skills, leading to increased employability |
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2. Achieve universal primary education · School sport programs motivate children to enroll in and attend school and can help improve academic achievement · Sport-based community education programs provide alternative education opportunities for children who cannot attend school · Sport can help erode stigma preventing children with disabilities from attending school |
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3. Promote gender equality and empower women · Sport helps improve female physical and mental health and offers opportunities for social interaction and friendship · Sport participation leads to increased self-esteem, self-confidence, and enhanced sense of control over one’s body · Girls and women access leadership opportunities and experience · Sport can cause positive shifts in gender norms that afford girls and women greater safety and control over their lives · Women and girls with disabilities are empowered by sport-based opportunities to acquire health information, skills, social networks, and leadership experience |
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4. Reduce child mortality · Sport can be used to educate and deliver health information to young mothers, resulting in healthier children · Increased physical fitness improves children’s resistance to some diseases · Sport can help reduce the rate of higher-risk adolescent pregnancies · Sport-based vaccination and prevention campaigns help reduce child deaths and disability from measles, malaria and polio · Inclusive sport programs help lower the likelihood of infanticide by promoting greater acceptance of children with disabilities |
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5. Improve maternal health · Sport for health programs offer girls and women greater access to reproductive health information and services · Increased fitness levels help speed post-natal recovery |
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6. Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria, and other diseases · Sport programs can be used to reduce stigma and increase social and economic integration of people living with HIV and AIDS · Sport programs are associated with lower rates of health risk behaviour that contributes to HIV infection · Programs providing HIV prevention education and empowerment can further reduce HIV infection rates · Sport can be used to increase measles, polio and other vaccination rates · Involvement of celebrity athletes and use of mass sport events can increase reach and impact of malaria, tuberculosis and other education and prevention campaigns |
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7. Ensure environmental sustainability · Sport-based public education campaigns can raise awareness of importance of environmental protection and sustainability · Sport-based social mobilization initiatives can enhance participation in community action to improve local environment |
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8. Develop a global partnership for development · Sport for Development and Peace efforts catalyze global partnerships and increase networking among governments, donors, NGOs and sport organizations worldwide |