In my last post I considered the fact that investments in family planning equal a big economy in CO2 emission (7$ = 1 ton of CO2).

Looking further, at the numbers of women´s fecondity per continent we can see that Africa (4,45 children per woman) and Asia (2,3) are ahead of Latin America (2,17), North America (2,02) and Europe (1,52). (Source: INED).

Secondly, 75% of the population of the planet live in those two continents.

Obviously the investments - family planning, education, contraception - should be directed first in benefice of the female population of Asia and Africa.

Some facts:

- 7 $ of investment in family planning equal 1 tonne of CO2 emission;
- in year 2009, 78 million more births than deaths; and 80 millions unintended pregnancies.
- the morning-after pill, in Brazil is out of reach of a large proportion of the population;
- the medicalisation of contraception denies access to those who need it most: the women living in developing countries;
- the developing countries will be the worst affected by the inevitable consequences of global warming;
- the biggest carbon footprint you can leave is a child, so

                               MAKE EVERY BIRTH A WANTED BIRTH!

However how can we expect the people of the developing world to learn from the mistakes of the developped countries, if they don´t demonstrate the lessons learnt?

Fonte: Excerpts of a text written by Jane Goodall.

Looking at the map of global human fecondity, one can see that it is roughly the map of countries of muslim religion.

Therefore, islamic´s women are at the core of this gigantic battle against oppression.

I don´t mean having babies is a disgrace, but making children without wanted them, certainly is.

In France or in Brazil, statistics show that women are increasingly assaulted; a topic high on the agenda of the politics.

 

However physical violences represent only the visible part of the iceberg.

Psychological violences, after being identificated, described, then denouced, will give way to a reflexion so profound that the social landscape will change dramatically.

Faith, beliefs or illusions, could we live without?

I dream of a religion based on Tolerance defined as the respect of other´s faith/belief/illusion symetrical to the principle of "non-ingerence" in a country internal affairs.