Poverty Matters: Sustainable development goals and Haiti five years after the earthquake

Sustainable development goals and Haiti five years after the earthquake We help you navigate the sustainable development goals and visit Haiti to measure progress since the 2010 earthquake Carla Kweifio-Okai theguardian.com, Tuesday 20 January 2015 09.40 EST Searching for survivors in the rubble of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince after the earthquake in 2010. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images This year is a crucial one for development, as world leaders prepare to endorse a new set of development goals. But what are the sustainable development goals, and how do they relate to the current millennium development goals, which expire at the end of the year? To help you navigate, browse our interactive showing how the MDGs will transform into the SDGs in 2016. You can also read our brief explainer for more information on the SDG process. We’re also asking for your opinions on how the SDGs should be promotingwomen’s rights, and reporting on the new global campaign to secure political commitment for each of the targets. Meanwhile, Haiti marked five years since the devastating earthquake that killed up to 316,000 people and displaced more than 1.5 million. Global development correspondent Sam Jones visited Haiti to see the progress the country has made amid an ongoing cholera crisis and recent political protests. Elsewhere on the site Mauritania activists jailed as police quash resurgent anti-slavery protests UN Barbershop conference aims to get men talking about women’s rights Condoms and contraceptive pills reach rural Laos Ebola takes mental health toll where ‘life has frozen’ in Sierra Leone Peru labour law sparks backlash from enraged youth amid calls for repeal On the blog As Nigeria prepares to head to the polls next month, Comfort Ero shared his take on the contest ahead. Students shared their views on whether faith-based NGOs have a place in the 21st century, while Arancha González asked, “can countries still trade their way out of poverty?” Multimedia Gallery: Syrian refugees caught in winter’s grip – in pictures Gallery: Land rights in Burma – in pictures Video: Sara’s story: ‘Shooting, fighting, dying: Syria is horrible’ – video Coming up As the MDGs draw to a close, we’ll take a look at how each of the goals has progressed. First up is MDG one - to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. We’ll look at which countries have achieved this goal and where it has not been successful, and we’ll look back at the anti-poverty movements that inspired action. What you said: top reader comment On our open thread – What will shape women’s rights over the next 15 yearsannemariegoetz wrote: First of all, none of the targets should be hedged with the words: ‘as nationally appropriate’. That obviously reverses the intention of the target on recognising the value of unpaid and care work. Second, the target on unpaid care work has to seek much more explicitly to increase male engagement in this work and REDUCE female responsibilities for unpaid and care work. Women’s near-exclusive responsibility for the care of the young and the elderly, as well as their over-involvement in unpaid work on farms and family businesses, is a huge factor in their subordination. It means they get no rest, and have little leisure time. And one of the most important things people do with spare time is engage in civil or political mobilisation. How can women have political voice if they are too busy or too exhausted to organise? Highlight from the blogosphere From Poverty to Power: Every key stat you could possibly want about humanitarianism, emergencies etc – please steal And finally … Poverty matters will return in two weeks with another roundup of the latest news and comment. In the meantime, keep up to date on the Global development website. Follow @gdndevelopment and the team – @swajones,@LizFordGuardian, @MarkC_Anderson and @CarlaOkai – on Twitter, and joinGuardian Global development on Facebook.