Human rights issues

Vaccine distribution

  • Creation of COVAX
  • Allows 92 low and middle income countries to have access
  • 650 Billion emergency world bank funding used for vaccines
  • 1.6 Billion doses donated to low and middle income as of July 2022
  • Wealthy countries struck deals early, leaving poorer countries without

Education

  • 1/5 children don’t have access to basic 12 years education

    • 2/5 live in subsaharan Africa

  • Class and financial stability proves to be an issue

    • Those from lower classes complete 5 years less education on average
    • In Latin America, 74 million live on less than 2 dollars a day, half of those children
    • Ethopia
    • Average education rate of 2.6 years
    • 44% live below the poverty line
    • 47% of population under 15

  • Worldwide 750 illiterate adults

    • 1/2 in south-east asia

  • Education cycle

    • Don’t go to school, so they don’t get high paying jobs, they marry younger, have more children, won’t send them to school because they need income and it continues

  • SDG 4 - quality education

    • everyone pledged, but everyone doesn’t have the financial capability to fulfil it
    • Correlation between education improvements in states with more money
    • Germany invested 131 Billion last year, average years of schooling is 14
    • Nigeria invested under a Billion for 100 million people, 2 years on average
    • Singapore - average person makes 60,000 USD, 600 learning score
    • Togo - average person makes $1,000 USD, average learning score 250

  • Affects of war and instability

    • 250 million children live in conflict affected areas
    • 1 in 4 aren’t in school
    • Displacement affects ability to go to school
    • Ukraine, 90,000 children internally displaced, starting school at a new school
    • This causes schools to become more crowded, and quality of schooling decreases
    • 4 million students had their education affected by Russia Ukraine war
    • Many are doing online learning

  • Quality of schooling

    • In countries in sub-saharan Africa, there are less schools an overall lower quality, and a larger teacher-student ratio