World's Biggest Problems

Here are a few examples of what I consider to be some of the world's biggest tragic problems. Just to mention they're aren't in any kind of order as I feel all are equally troubling.

1. Racism
    
        This problem is something that has existed since the beginning of time and today continues to surround us. The world is filled with hate, anger and even resent across cultures and religions going beyond the differences in skin color. It's absolutely disheartening to think that even now in the 21st century, racism is something so prevalent and seen in our everyday lives all over the media. I like to believe that future generations will do a better job at embracing each other's differences without segregation in the background. Fully respecting a human being for their human life rather than their skin color is the solution to this awful issue.


2. Rape Culture

      I'm a sociology major and the current sociology course I'm taking is sexual violence. On a side note I would definitely recommend it to everyone, it's so incredibly interesting and truly eye-opening. Anyways rape culture as defined in my class is "cultural practices that influence, encourage, promote and tolerate rape". I have now learned that sexual violence is something that as a global society we haven't even begun to surface what it truly is, means and the social implications it carries. I'm not sure that there will ever be a solution to stop rape culture but the way we educate our children about sex and sexual violence is definitely a start. Also we need to accept that anything that isn't consensual sex is rape. No doesn't mean yes and a victim is a victim.

3. Poverty

        So many countries live in impoverished conditions with a lack of basic needs such as shelter, food or even water. In third world countries and in certain places of Africa contains a plethora of children that never even see the age of 3 due to malnutrition. Poverty is a world problem that as a global community we must be urgent about in fixing. Absolutely every human has the basic human right of living a life with the most basic needs. A good start would be getting involved with NGO's such as un Techo Para Mi Pais which is a community service club I was a part of in my high school in Lima, Peru. Every year we would fundraise for an annual build where a group of 4-6 students and one group leader would build a house for a lucky family. Little by little TECHO is aiming at mitigating poverty in places all over the world and is a perfect example of a starting point.


4. Gender Inequality

       Again, as a sociology major, gender inequality and the roots of it are something that truly strike out to me. In a sociology course we even analyzed the subject of "ambivalent sexism" and the potential role of chivalry in something as tragic as rape. Aside from that gender inequality is prevalent in many of the world's societies today where women are still denied their basic human rights to living full happy lives from female genital mutilation to forbidding women from attending schools. As a global community we have to accept the progression we've made as a species and allow each and every person, man or woman the right to shapes their lives through all forms of education and equal opportunities.

5. Human trafficking

      Human trafficking is a tragic world problem. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime human trafficking website, it is defined as, "Trafficking in Persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs".
   A solution to this would be of the utmost value as it truly is something so difficult to control. I would say it all starts with the education of the future generations in respecting human life and understanding ethics and moral obligation. As the philosopher Kantian believed, a person should always be treated as an end and never as a means.

6. Global warming Climate change

       Global warming and climate change is a really big problem that the entire world's population is facing and also experiencing almost everyday. It involves the rise in temperature of the Earth's average climate causing radical changes in climate to both extremes of weather's spectrum. As a global community we truly need to begin to promote and genuinely live an Eco-friendly & Green life from all our tools we use cross-culturally and industrially.

7. War & Terrorism

        War and Terrorism has become such a prevalent theme in our daily lives and local newscasts. It is the saddest "solution" to any problem and involves the stripping of freedom, right to safety our comfort and even from our homes (for soldiers). Murder, brutality, bombing, suicide bombing are all examples of awful things that war and terrorism bring to the world. As a global community we all need to learn to value and respect human life and understand that through education and communication equally strong and timeless messages can be expressed just as powerfully. 

8. Lack of Healthcare in Third World Countries

       As a person who has lived in Quito, Ecuador and Lima, Peru; I have seen some pretty low quality health facilities that I personally would be absolutely horrified to ever walk into. I don't know if the lack of organization and quality was even the worst part or if the thought that people who live in poverty had no other option other than what was offered when it came to healthcare. So many fatal diseases and infections are all over third world countries and a solution to this would be to have some of the best medical education systems to branch off into third world countries to aide and teach people giving hem the equal opportunities of learning about modern medicine. 

9. Economic collapse

        Economic collapse and instability is a major panic that the global community faces. With the lack of stability in such an essential pillar of social movement, the world will never feel at peace or even economically safe. In order for everyone to enjoy their lives from a baby to the elder age everyone must try to get an education of some sort. People should follow their dreams and create beginning with entrepreneurial thinking to be able to create something that requires hiring people which in turn provides more jobs for people of the world. Entrepreneurship should be something that should be implemented in education and curriculum's worldwide.

10. Global water crisis

        With the world's population rapidly increasing, industrial and agricultural needs have had to increase the use of water thus decreasing our water supply on Earth. I personally drink up to 8 bottles of water a day and my first word was even "agua" which is spanish for water. Similarly to global warming and climate change, we must all begin to truly live Eco-friendly lives and conserve what we have now for future generations.