To what extent do you agree with Antrobus in her assertion tha the Millennuim Development Goals(MDGS)are nothing more than a most distracting gimmick?

On Feminism and Anti-Neo Liberalism : Reactions to Peggy Antrobus Contextualization of MDGs

Dr . Peggy Antrobus- an academic , social worker , consultant and advisor to various local and international women 's organizations including United Nations Development Programme (UNDP , United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM , and Development Action for Women Network (DAWN made a distinctive remark against the recently proclaimed 2009 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs . While the rest of the world consider MDGs as response to development challenges since it adopts a global framework that hopes to end poverty and inequality , Antrobus

labels them as the Most Distracting Gimmik . This statement made by such a respectable individual is explained further in an article from a Women 's International Coalition for Justice publication- whose title is the same as her powerful comment . This essay gives a of Antrobus ' views about MDGs as I see it both as an issue of ideology and relevance . In such a case , I accept her political views with enthusiasm although I would like to suggest alternative areas for analysis of her criticisms to neo-liberalism

Peggy Antrobus contextualized the new MDGs vis a vis women 's struggle for equality and their disadvantaged position in the emergent market economy . My knowledge of Marxism and Feminism leads me to read her elaboration of the matter as a Marxist-Feminist account . I do not contest this ideology . Moreover , I think of her opinion as highly intellectual yet for some reason , her suggestions are incomplete . For someone who criticizes neo-liberalism its subjugation of...