Posts Tagged ‘Developing country’

What connection does finishing the food on your plate in New York, saving the water and the energy here, have to children and women in third world countries? Many.

Firstly, we simply cannot exclude such a large group of people, if we are serious in our ambitions to turn the tide. Not tapping into the resource of young people is foolish. Secondly, young people will always be the best experts on youth.

While everyone’s talking about carbon credits and technological solutions to climate change, no one’s talking about the people who are going to be affected most: women.

Around 35 million people are employed through India’s textile industry, the majority of the lower tiers being women. Millions of workers are now facing a dramatic drop in wages forcing them below the poverty line.