The African Population Explosion we are too scared to talk about

The thing is - they are.

How hard is it to read 1 5 page UNICEF report?

Or watch a 10 minute talk by melinda gates, the leading philantrophist in the world?

I've repeated myself on every page, so little impatient at people still refusing to acknowledge the misogyny , manipulation coupled with fanatics like ipaman and the whole ... well , its Africa, and doesnt affect me.

Everything is global.

 

Birth Control.

not forced, giving women the option, providing a mandatory education, stocking supplies as part of a health agenda.

Currently less than 10% have access to it, less have the option.

This was addressed in Europe, Us , China, India etc and it's people, economy, poverty etc benefited from it. But it hasn't been a priority in Africa because of the colonial overtones. Rashmon demonstrated this as many in bureaucracy are so insecure they cannot be pragmatic in this situation.

 

@amaru

So now that you know the facts - this population explosion that cannot be sustained is a result of misogyny, what are your thoughts about it?

 

You keep trying to act profound, but are totally missing the mark. The growth rate in every part of Africa is unsustainable, whether it's places like Niger where women are having 8 babies or Nigeria where it's 5. This problem stems from a lack of education and birth control due to misogynistic mentalities.

This isn't some radical individual viewpoint, it's science.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-population-reaches-seven-billion/

So why does it make you uncomfortable when women have a say in how many babies they should have?

 

I don't - it's a swing and miss.

Feel free to read the scientific American article and acquaint yourself with science, not philosophy taken from the same page as flat earthers.

Limited resources, in order to manipulate them to achieve higher yields, you put chemicals and GMO's and unhealthy substances into what was once natural while destroying forests, natural habitats, animals and ecosystems. Americans and Europeans, when given the choice of birth control, reduced the number of children women had. Women in Africa want to do the same, but don't have this choice. Corporations will be limited in their abilities to manipulate if every human was allowed to make this choice willingly, instead of forced into being a baby making factory with no resources whatsoever.

 

He's nothing special , you're just throwing out "accredited" names to deflect from the fact you support misogyny and manipulation of the poor. His "philosophy" has absolutely nothing to do with giving women a choice to say how many babies they have. The population explosion would correct itself if women could do so.

 

You're not bringing any new information to the table. There's always been conventional knowledge of what's right and then there's been what a culture or society makes up to circumvent that knowledge. Here we have a cultural issue of masculine worth being in the number of kids you have and females not having a say in it. I'm not interested in proposed measures but the actual implementation of it. Why aren't women being given a choice when they've implicitly said they want? Less than 10% of women in Nigeria use birth control, compared to 70%+ in developed countries.

Information is power. In general, when women have the chance to be educated and have jobs, fertility rates go down.

We've been talking about climate change for decades and carbon emissions are still going up thanks to the whole world adopting endless consumer culture.

It's important to strike off warnings as to the "real problem" instead of going around it so you can feel like something is being done about it.

 

5% in Zaria, the number is much lower than relative progressive cities like Abuja. Push needs to be stronger and quite frankly, part of the mainstream conversation in all WHO meetings in addition to malaria, ebola etc. Best way to combat diseases and poverty is prevention. I'm not happy with the current rate and bottom line - you can't keep growing at an unsustainable rate then predictably becoming a victim.

From page 1:

In many ways it's similar to the catholic priest abuse. People don't want to say things when religion is involved and the problem spirals way out of control as a result.

There is obviously nuance, but there is also a common narrative throughout all of the African countries. By highlighting the lack of urgency, you have a better chance of waking up those like Amaru who don't really want to "impose" and demonize me for suggesting it.