UN MDGs Rephrases
I reread UN MDG recently, and it occured to me that, the first 4 MDG might need re-phrasing to more reflect the appropriate goals to be achieved and simultaneously propose a more reasonable solutions within it. Ofcourse, I'm no professional in any field, but, who knows...
The origional phrasing are :
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
The thoughts that occured to me are :
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger along with the eradication of extreme wealth and obesity.
2. Achieve universal primary education and realize a "primary" universal education.
3. Promote gender synergy by balanced resharing of roles between man and women.
4. Reduce child mortality and child birth rate by encouraging orphan adoptions.
The first rephrasing occured to me after watching a show or news and an advertisement in CNN. Both contrast the two extremes in a very direct yet somehow... subtle, to me atleast. It occured to me that both extreme pose the same vices to others, including other species and the environment as a whole. They show of the eco-socio-cultural devastation possibilities and realities mankind is seeing before its very eyes. The wealthier and fatter we get, the greater our ecological footprint, the less our social emphaty is, and the lower our cultural sensitivity it seems. We take more than we should, we eat more than we should, we care less than we should, thus, greed by the spirit of acquiring more, greed by stuffing more to our stomach than we should, greed by refusing to share the more things and food that we have to the first extreme, eventually visualize the old age wisdom, "the earth provide enough for our need, not our greed".
The second rephrasing occured to me after a brief observation of education problems, apart from the apparent lack of opportunity to get education around the globe. It occured to me that, with the same curriculum, the same paradigm of education for economic well being and if we're lucky, also eco-socio-cultural well being, could substantially be upgraded to promote a more wholistic approach. I wonder, we have enough education experts around the globe, but has anyone or any group of people formulate such wholistic "primary" education curriculum which is geared for the masses... a universal erudition system for kids at their most important stage in lifelong learning and contribution ? Dont know yet, but there should be some attempt. I'll have to find out then.
As for the third MDG, I somehow can't take it to heart the usage of the word "equality" after gender. Open any book on man and women, talk to any grandma or grandpa, ask any child... and you can be sure, equality in the description of Wordnet : "The quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status" leads to a misleading objective in achieving a better world for women and all of us. Equality... somehow seems to incorporate jealousy, competition and maybe, ambition. The way Jane Goodall express it, it is believed that every individual (man, women, human or other species) is unique, each matters and have a role to play, and ultimately, each can make a difference. We each have a role to play in making the world a better place for all. Hence the word "role". Its about a calling, a job suited just for each of us, and not of those might-be better ones which is not for us, however small and unimportant our role might be. So, in my oppinion, the word "synergy" seems to be the more appropriate word to use after "gender", as it incorporate understanding, cooperation, and the acceptance of our unique abilities and opportunities. And thus, the balanced resharing of the role of man and women would be the logical step to take afterwards. Man should find the need to acquire skills previously owned only by women, and vice versa. It's quite evident around the world in the more gender-conscious societies to find man cooks and nurse babies, and women provide the main bread for the family, while maintaining the character and leadership of the father and the loving caring mother in the household.
As for child mortality and high birth rate in poor and developing countries, it seems to be naturally balanced by the dropping birth rate in advanced countries, and could be bridged further by the "adoption" of those poor children and often orphan-ed by war or disease, by the wealthier global citizen in the more advanced countries. Efforts can be seen by different charities and NGOs around the world. We may just need to take it to the next level.
In the end, its all seems to simple to be true, for me particularly, but who knows, we often complicate things more than that is necessary, and simply pure children, not rarely holds more truth in them than complexly educated adults.
posted by Hanamichi @ 6:59 AM
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