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thesis: Globally, it is not possible for the world to get better for…

- - - - educating girls in india, is leading to improved life outcomes
      - Kerala is the best state in India for girls' education
      - the attendance rate for year 11 & 12s is 99.5%
      - exceeds the national average of 32.1%
      - causes of lack of education
        
        women get married off
        
        forced to drop out bc of their family
      - benefits of educating girls
        
        the education given to girls will increase women's participation in the labour force, rates and earnings
        
        reports show that an extra year of schooling reduces fertility rates from 5-10%
        
        reports show children raised by an educated mother, have more chances of surviving
        
        "the infant mortality rate of babies whose mothers have received primary education is half that of children whose mothers are illiterate"
- - - - more and more people are committing suicide during the global pandemic
      - the country recently appointed a "minister of loneliness" due to the rapid increase in suicide rates
      - half a million people of the Japanese population are hikikomori
        
        hikikomori are people who avoid/withdraw from all social contact & don't leave their houses for years at a time
      - reportedly people become hikikomori because of the large pressure they are facing in the education/work place
      - in 2020, Japan faced an decrease of 25, 917 births from the previous year [2019 = 898600 births, 2020 = 872683 births]
      - in 2019, the Japanese birth rates dropped below 900,000 for the first time
      - in 2020, the Japanese population decreased by 420,000 people
      - in 2021, Japan is expected to have a drop in birth rates
      - causes of declining birth rates
        
        women are more interested in the work force, than starting a family or getting married
        
        lack of good jobs for men & raising children are expensive
        
        "lack of good jobs may be creating a class of men who don’t marry and have children because they—and their potential partners—know they can’t afford to"
        
        out of 1,134 Japanese surveyed, 49% were not interested in sexual intercourse or sexual relationships
        
        other countries used immigration to help their declining birth rates but Japan is slow to immigration (only allowed 42 out of 10,000)
  - - - 40% of the North Korean population are undernourished
      - 1 in 5 North Korean children are stunted because of chronic malnutrition
      - causes of the food crisis
        
        climate [drought, erosion, floods ]
        
        medical outbreaks
        
        conflicts and corruption within the country
      - major drop in rice + corn production during natural disasters such as floods and droughts
      - the country is not willing to always accept help from other countries
      - june 2019, North Korea faced one of their worst harvests that affected more than 40% of their country
      - distribution [grams per day]
        
        privileged industrial worker = 900 grams
        
        ordinary worker = 700 grams
        
        toddler = 200 grams
        
        retired citizen = 300 grams
      - most North Korean families live off of rice & kimchi, which is not enough protein for their health
      - 2 in 5 North Koreans are undernourished