Celebrating Global Non-Profits that Advance Sustainability
Here’s a post that I just put on RenewableEnergyWorld.com, in which I congratulate Meg Cichon, Associate Editor, for her wonderful article on global sustainability.
In my piece, I took the opportunity to point out that, in addition to all the other good things that stem from bringing clean energy to the people of rural Africa and other developing parts of the world, electrification facilitates education, by providing reading light and Internet access.
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of this. It’s really the world’s failure to educate the BoP (“bottom of the pyramid”) that perpetuates poverty, and perhaps even worse, expands the population. Educated women do not have 12 children.
Again, great going, Meg.
This is somewhat off my usual style, but I heard this on a show on broadcast television.
“It is a Birth Canal, not a Soul Train.”
Like I said I would not have said it this way but the statement has a certain SHOCK value.
I have heard many times the Education of females reduces the likely-hood of large number of children. Does that imply the ignorant have nothing else to occupy their time as an alternative to copulation?
“I have heard many times the Education of females reduces the likely-hood of large number of children. Does that imply the ignorant have nothing else to occupy their time as an alternative to copulation?”
Think what you like about what it may imply, but it’s a statistically demonstrated fact. The higher level of education in women, the fewer children they have. I’m certain ten minutes on Google will find you a credible study or three.
I’m more inclined to suspect that the more they have opportunities to educate themselves, the more empowered they are and the greater control; they take over their bodies and their fates… and the more they learn about their bodies and about contraceptive methods.