Women’s Inequality Linked to Soaring Population
The world's population now stands at about seven billion, and by 2050, this figure will hit a whopping nine billion.
In his new book, "State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity" , Robert Engelman, president of the Worldwatch Institute, outlines nine population strategies that he argues will effectively halt population expansion just short of that figure.
Engelman's policies call for a massive restructuring of political and social policies, especially towards women. Universal access to contraception, secondary education for all women, eradication of gender bias that limits women's economic opportunity and growth, as well as higher taxes are some of Engelman's strategies to nip the baby boom in the bud.
"There is a definite link between growing population, poverty levels, and women's inequality. If all women could use their right of choice and only have children when they wanted to, the population rate would stabilise. Right now 75 million to 80 million babies are born every year," said Engelman.
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