The Article ' Over Population Is Not The Problem `` New York Times

In the article “Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equality’’ i read about how Women’s rights are the fundamental human rights that were enshrined by the United Nations for every human being on the planet nearly 70 years ago. These rights include to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination; to be educated ; to vote and to earn a fair and equal wage. A famous saying goes “Women’s rights are human rights” meaning, women all around the world are entitled to all of these rights, but yet there are women and girls who are still denied these rights, often simply because of their gender. Winning these rights for women isn’t all, it’s also about changing how countries and communities works and their perspectives on gender equality. Global Fund for Women exists to support the tireless and courageous efforts of women’s groups who work every day to win rights for women and girls. These groups are working to ensure women can own property, vote, run for office, get paid fair wages, and live free from violence – including domestic violence, sexual assault. The Global Fund for Women also stand for other rights that are vital for women’s equality. They stand for a woman’s right to decide if and when she has children, and to have high-quality health

Population Growth is an issue that exists in today’s world that needs to be confronted before it becomes out of hand. The population itself has reached overwhelming numbers making it a problem that could turn to be dangerous. The amount of humans that the earth can support or the carrying capacity is slowly rising but at a much slower rate than the population growth rate. The increasing growth rate has its negative effects environmentally, agriculturally, socially, and economically and also has its positive effects nationally, and economically. The government is brainstorming and trying to come up with ways to decrease

Over population is an extremely serious problem facing the world today. According to an article from Newsweek in Oct. 2009 called “Where do babies come from?”, today’s world population has reached over 6.6 billion people. Also the article mentioned that in 2009 57.4% of all new born babies who were born this year came from Asia alone. This is an issue because over population can lead to hasty consumption of resources. China who has one of the largest population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, has taken a stance against over population.

No matter how many people do claim overpopulation is not a relevant issue, it very much is because of the simple fact that starvation and pollution are very real and existing issues that are ultimately offset by overpopulation. In an article titled “Overpopulation Is Not the Problem,” author Erle C. Ellis uses the analogy “Like bacteria in a petri dish, our exploding numbers are reaching the limits of a finite planet, with dire consequences,” to argue that overpopulation is not a problem by stating the opposing claim. “We are nothing like bacteria in a petri dish,” Mr. Ellis solemnly asserts, “...these claims demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of the ecology of human systems. The conditions that sustain humanity are not natural and never have been. Since prehistory, human populations have used technologies and engineered ecosystems to sustain

I picked a ridiculously silly subject title for this rather serious post (that is one of the best and funniest Mean Girls quote though). On a more serious note now, I believe that contraceptions and empowerment of women will help with slow the continued population growth. Sex is a natural act for people all over the world. Sadly, not all women are not educated about contraceptions, do not have access to contraceptions, not allowed to use contraceptions and some do not support the use of contraceptions (which is their right). The textbook discusses the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) which "focused on individual rights, especially women's rights, including their right to make reproductive decisions" (410). The conference also discusses the important of educating women and educated women typically engage in safe sex and have more access to family-planning methods. Contraceptions and family-planning is still a prominent topic today in the United States; however, women typically in the middle east and third world countries have no real access to these preventions at all. According to a New York Times article on birth control by Nicholas Christof, "women in Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Somalia, East Timor and Ugana all have six or more child each, the U.N. says. In rural Africa, I've come across women who have never heard of birth control. According to estimates from the Guttmacher Institute, a respected

He believed that there would eventually be more people on this Earth than it would be physically possible to feed. Eventually, food would run out and result in a catastrophic mass starvation of the worlds population. The idea makes sense. People seemed grow on an exponential scale, eventually there will be too many people if we continued at that rate. This idea has evolved over the years, but the general idea remains the same. There will eventually be too many people, or will there? Several estimations predict that the human population will eventually level out. This means overpopulation is not the real issue. A new perspective on this topic will allow for an accurate goal post shift away from common misconceptions. This goal post shift will offer a new win-lose relationship for overpopulation in terms of environmental ethics.

Human population growth is becoming a huge issue in our world today. The population is increasing rapidly. The reason that it is becoming a concern is because it has affected the economic, environmental, and social aspects of our world. In the film Frontline: Heat, we can see how there might not be a future for our planet unless we are able to reduce the emissions and make our world a safe place. Not only for the present but also for future generations so that they are able to live long and healthy lives.

By 2050 the population is expected to increase from 7 billion to 9.6 billion. An increased population means we need to accommodate more mouths to feed and more shelter. We can focus our research on how to accommodate more humans, but we will eventually hit our carrying capacity, which will do us no good in the future. We need to focus our attentions on how to stop our population from growing at astronomically high rates. And that starts with women.

The world population is only growing. The U.N. predicts that from today’s 7.5 billion we will reach 9.3 billion by the year 2050. (World Population Prospects n.p) In New York Times author Nicholas Kristof’s article, The Birth Control Solution, Kristof attempts to promote family planning as a solution to many of the world’s problems. He will do this by giving examples that an out of control global population causes poverty, conflict, and environmental damage; and that family planning would be a cost effective solution.

During the 1950s through the 1980s many were concerned with population growth and what it would do to our society and the planet in which we live. The concerns were so heavy that nations such as China, India, and Iran enacted policies during that time to curve over population. Historically human population control had one goal and that was to increase the rate in which we grow. The Roman Catholic Church has always opposed the use of contraceptives, abortion, or sterilization as general practice in regards to population control. This opinion of the church has largely shaped how we live. Because of this influence opinions of rethinking population control have been largely stifled. Harry Harrison’s Make Room! Make Room! Published in 1966, explores New York City in 1999. During this time an approximately 35 million people reside in the City. As natural resources disappear, Harrison explores the consequences of an over fertile society.

I believe that we can achieve equality by defending social movements that aspire to protect others’ rights – reproductive justice, racial justice, and environmental justice. Throughout the world, reproductive rights remain one of the hardest rights to acquire and protect legally. Despite controlling a large part of the world’s wealth, women in the United States still deal with obstacles getting in the way of

Even if our world’s fertility rate is falling, our population will continue to grow from when the fertility rates were high. The populations momentum is tied into the Demographic Transition concept because it is based off of four stages. According to our book, the four stages all rely on the falling and rising rates of fertility and death. Population momentum falls under the third stage of the Demographic Transition because of the fertility rate falling. Even though the fertility rate has lowered, that generation will live longer, so our populations will continue to grow for another twenty years. By that time, the fertility rate could begin to grow again. It is an ever-changing transition. “Urbanization, modernization, and the empowerment of women push fertility rates downward, thus ushering in the final stage of the Demographic Transition. Put another way, the urbanization of society - if also associated with modernization and women’s rights - helps slow the rate of growth” (Smith, 2010, pg.

The world’s population today is around 7.5 billion people, and I don’t think it will stop growing any time soon. Scientist predict that by 2050 there will be around 9 billion people living on earth. A solution to this is contraceptives. We need to make them more affordable and accessible for everyone and everywhere in order to reduce population

There is a new project about the environment and the population, with its main objectives to reduce slowing population growth without coercion or infringing on their Human Rights by means of recognizing the need for reproductive health services for women so that they are able to make their own decision. However; this is not a new idea, some outreach programs provides voluntary contraceptives for poor women, who are still being blamed for the environmental problems, and demand reduction in birth rate in developing countries. It should be highlighted that the Optimum Population Trust, prides itself on “non-coercive policies to control and maintain the growth of the population…empowering women to maintain their fertility”. According to Mazur’s, the OPT states, “All future environmental problems, and especially those arising from climate change, would be easier to address with a

On the other hand, in Hans Rosling’s lecture, he utilizes boxes to demonstrate the same concept of population growth. Each box represents one billion people. As the years past and the boxes pile on, Rosling notices one common trend: Population continues to rise in areas that exhibit poverty and lack of access to basic health services. He proposes that in order to stabilize population growth around the world, we must improve child survival by 90%, ensure that children are educated, and provide tools and resources for families to get out of poverty.