I also needed the fathers
Fathers, just like mothers, are crucial for a child. A father should teach his child important life lessons, give advice, and always be there for the child. Of course mothers must aid in all of the preceding things, but without one or the other, a child cannot develop to his/her full potential.
I built a school just for girls so that they can be free from FGM and early marriage.
Kakenya Ntaiya is truly an amazing woman. She was able to open up a school for girls that saved them from arranged early marriages and teenage births. It would be nice if more women like her existed in other countries in which girls suffer the same fate like those in Kenya.
To empower girls, you need to educate them. That was my dream. And so I built a school, and in the process, I learned something much bigger. When you empower a girl, you transform a community. School is just a start.
Educating girls is definitely extremely important. It wasn't until the middle of the 20th century until women really got rights and the ability to get a proper education. I feel like women are underestimated and even neglected and should be treated with more respect, especially if they have achieved and amazing accomplishment.
So a country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to feed the American people.
This comment makes it seem like the US is hoarding all of the food, only to later waste it by throwing it away. This surplus of food should go to third-world countries that are in dire need of food. There are many countries in Africa and Asia that are starving, and this food can be sent to them to help eradicate world hunger.
There will always be waste. I’m not that unrealistic that I think we can live in a waste-free world.
I completely agree with the speaker. Living in a waste-free world is too utopian and too good to be true, but we could at least make an attempt to greatly decrease the amount of food wasted everyday. By doing so, inevitable food shortages can be prevented and those that are hungry can be assisted with the surplus of food that will be created.
we were hemorrhaging out food
The speaker does a good job with having a subtle introduction, and then "slapping" the audience in the face with such a bold and disturbing comment. This is a huge problem in our society. Grocery stores and super markets throw good away simply because it does not look good, even though it is usually completely fine for human consumption. It is unfortunate that supermarkets think it is acceptable to throw so much food away.
We exceeded it. This year, global poverty is going to fall to 12 percent.
I find this statistic extremely impressive and optimistic. Despite my doubts, maybe it really is possible to make the world a better place in the next decade. It's very reassuring that we exceeded the target, and hopefully we can completely eradicate poverty in the next decade, alongside other things as well.
Watch the news every day and the world seems to be going backwards, not forwards
The news today are always depressing, as we are living in a pandemic. It seems like the more humanity does to try and stop covid, whether it be the development of new vaccines or extensive quarantines, it is as though we are taking "two steps forward and one step back". Nevertheless, maybe taking a few steps back is the best way to evaluate what must be done in order to take five or six more steps forward.
Do you think the world is going to be a better place next year? In the next decade? Can we end hunger, achieve gender equality, halt climate change, all in the next 15 years?
The world is constantly changing, sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse. Making the world a better place is definitely an attainable goal, but I seriously doubt that this goal will be achieved in the next year, decade, or even century. Our world today has a colossal amount of things that need to be changed in order to improve it. Some goals are a little easier, like ending world hunger, but completely halting climate change or attaining world peace are tasks that sound much easier than they really are. In addition, I believe that as soon as one of the problems are solved, like stopping world hunger, then a new problem will arise, like food shortages or wars over which countries need food more. I may be a pessimist, but there are too many problems that need to be fixed and not enough time to do so.
We, therefore, pledge to do all that we can, knowing we’ll fail on occasion
Accepting failure is only going to encourage growth. If one is scared to fail, how can one learn from his/her mistakes and work on themselves. As painful as failure can be, it is a necessary factor for growth.
To act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism, or self-interest, to impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by denigrating others—even our enemies—is a denial of our common humanity
This is unfortunately a common occurrence in today's society. Even though one may not mean to cause pain, an individual can misinterpret their intentions and feel obligated to "hate" them or "speak out of spite" against them. We, as a society, should acknowledge our humanity and always respect each other.
It is also necessary in both public and private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain
As much as people attempt to "refrain...from inflicting pain", I believe that it is impossible to do so. As much as we try, we can still cause pain without meaning to do so, like making a joke that may cause offense to a different individual.