• norsk
    • English
  • English 
    • norsk
    • English
  • Login
View Item 
  •   Home
  • Chr. Michelsens Institutt
  • Publications
  • View Item
  •   Home
  • Chr. Michelsens Institutt
  • Publications
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Political determinants of sustainable development goals

Gianella, Camila; Gloppen, Siri; Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis
Journal article
Thumbnail
View/Open
Political determinants of sustainable development goals (129.6Kb)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2491565
Date
2017-12-01
Metadata
Show full item record
Collections
  • Publications [1169]
Original version
in The Lancet vol. 390 no. 10112 pp. 2545-2546  
Abstract
We read with interest the article by the GBD 2016 SDG Collaborators 1 (Sept 16, p 1423), which presents a comprehensive analysis of the potential gaps and gains in the health-related Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Among the issues that caught our attention when reading the Article was the fact that, if current trends continue, Latin American countries will not fulfill the sustainable development goal for teenage pregnancy. Remarkably, data show that underperformance on adolescent pregnancy in Latin America happened despite positive developments towards meeting family planning needs and universal health coverage goals. This projection for adolescent pregnancy concurs with other reports showing Latin America as the only region globally where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing, 2 and provides strong evidence for the need for in-depth analysis of political determinants of health.

Over the past two decades, a massive wave of pro-family mobilisation has swept Latin America. An example of this new wave of conservative mobilisation is the campaign against so-called gender ideology in school curriculums. Ministers of Education from Brazil (2015), Colombia (2016), and Peru (2017) faced strong disapproval, including rallies from conservative groups, who opposed the inclusion of gender and sexual education in school curriculums. In Colombia, the Minister of Education (Gina Parody) lost her job. In Peru, Jaime Saavedra and his successor, Marilú Martens, were censored by the majoritarian conservative parliament. In Brazil, school material prepared by the Ministry of Education, which addressed diversity and homophobia in schools, was recalled after strong pressure from conservative and evangelical congressmen. Since then, the fight to eliminate gender and sexual education from national plans of education has intensified. In September, 2017, the Brazilian Supreme Court authorised religious teaching in public schools. 3 In man
Series
The Lancet vol. 390 no. 10112

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit
 

 

Browse

ArchiveCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournalsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournals

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit