Millennium Development Goals

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

Women are exposed to a disproportionately higher share of indoor air pollution through burning traditional biomass fuels for cooking. A more accessible source of fuel can reduce these health risks and allow more time for childcare or work outside the home. In addition, modern energy helps improve health for women by powering water pumps and providing essential energy to run medical centres and hospitals.

What is Shell doing?

1. Core business activities

Producing and delivering modern energy for development, see Millennium Development Goal 1. 

Providing employment and economic empowerment for women and promoting flexible working: see Millennium Development Goal 2. 

Improving women’s health indirectly via other goals – economic opportunities, reduced pollution, HIV/AIDS prevention, see Millennium Development Goals 1, 6, and  7.

2. Social investment

Tackling indoor air pollution,see  Millennium Development Goal 3

Supporting women’s groups, see  Millennium Development Goal 3 

Providing support for health projects, see Millennium Development Goal 4

3. Partnerships, policy dialogue and advocacy

Supporting efforts to combat indoor air pollution, see  Millennium Development Goal 3