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Bangladesh also has a fertility rate of 2.04, allowing women to focus on investing resources into just a few children, and working themselves, instead of just b
by ArkanExplorer 5y ago
Bangladesh also has a fertility rate of 2.04, allowing women to focus on investing resources into just a few children, and working themselves, instead of just being 'baby-making machines'.
And this is mostly due to women having widespread access to education, contraception, and (to an extent) abortion.
If we want to help other countries develop, we should cease all food aid, and instead replace it with a goal for universal access for women to education, contraception, abortion.
- axiosgunnar 5y agoI assume that 2.04 will be falling quickly, since women there have access to education now? Also 2.04 is below the reproduction rate of 2.1