My life between global affairs!

Hello :) In this second entry I wanted to talk about a daily situation of society that especially affects women. Guess what it is? Yes, gender equality or even more precise, gender inequality! But why this topic? Because incredibly all the women I know, regardless of their age, social class, country of residence, skin color or religion have been victims of gender inequality, directly or indirectly, but mostly directly. And the true is that this is a global issue, and not only my opinion on the matter can verify this fact, but the statistics worldwide on the participation and role of us women, show alarming results. For example: Discriminatory teaching practices and education materials produce gender gaps in learning and skills development. As a result, nearly 1 in 4 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are neither employed nor in education or training – compared to 1 in 10 boys (UNICEF, 2021). In the first quarter of 1979, median weekly earnings for men age 1...

Last semester, I chose ecology as an elective subject to complete my university's schedule. I started classes a little discouraged despite the good recommendations that some friends had given me about the contents and the teacher, because I had the idea that it was only a "filler" subject. But since the first class, I loved it! So... what made me change my mind? First, the subject was taught in a very didactic way, which I enjoyed a lot, since my teacher gave us examples of real situations that not only happened in Colombia, but how human beings daily actions (regardless of the place of residence) can have a great impact in a global scale. Also, he encouraged us to investigate and share our opinion on controversial issues such as the causes of the environmental crisis. BUT, what really made me fall in love with this subject is that it made me realize that in my home we had been applying actions that, no matter how small I saw them, do have a great effect ...