The 8 MDG's

1) The persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women.

2) Unequal access to and inadequate educational opportunities.

3) Inequalities in health status, and unequal access to and inadequate health-care services.

4) Violence against women.

5) Effects of armed or other kinds of conflict on women

6) Inequality in women's access to and participation in the definition of economic structures and policies and the production process itself.

7) Inequality between men and women in the sharing of power and decision-making at all levels.

8) Insufficient mechanisms at all levels to promote the advancement of women.

9) Lack of awareness of and commitment to internationally and nationally recognized women's human rights.

10) Insufficient mobilization of mass media to promote women's positive contribution to society.

11) Lack of adequate recognition and support for women's contribution to managing natural resources and safeguarding the environment.

12) The girl-child.

Sophia' Womens World Conference
(5 Objectives)

Sophia WWC will create the connections among the civic, political and spiritual will needed to implement critical "living documents" of the UN through the following WWC objectives:

• Actualizing the UN Platform for Action
• Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
• Attending the Environment
• Affirming Men
• Advancing the Young People

The SophiaWWC will promote awareness, advocacy and action for women's equality and empowerment, social development, environmental preservation and world peace.

The application of advanced technologies will connect millions of people to this Women's World Conference on the Journey to Bulgaria and Beyond.

The SophiaWWC organizers honor that Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is historically at the heart, as a meeting place, of multiple civilizations and cultures. Bulgaria also offers a perfect paradigm of social, ethnic and religious tolerance, and hospitality is a hallmark of the Bulgarian people.

We welcome the participation of civil society, the United Nations and governments.