• Think about issues that you feel passionately about and would be willing to sacrifice for:

-Gender Equality

While women make up about half the population, societal obstacles to women’s economic and personal rights have traditionally existed. While much has been done to mitigate this, especially in low- and middle-income populations, there is still still a way to go. Women are disempowered from a young age because, for financial reasons, or because of the belief that their education does not matter, they are held back from attending school. Females also earn less than males internationally, and women with children tend to earn still less. This is a lack of ability and hampers development toward barriers to global growth.

-Habitat and Biodiversity Loss

In certain cases, while the Asian elephant is vulnerable, they are also handled unethically. In an perfect environment, in their natural environments, both animals will be able to survive. We recognize, however, that certain livestock facilities play an significant role in conservation. For this cause, GVI supports an ethical elephant sanctuary in Thailand where it is possible to preserve these animals in their natural environment. But forests are important to the development of the air we breathe, but at a rate of 26 million hectares per year, they are depleted. At what scientists believe to be around 1,000 times the usual rate, extinctions are occurring. We are not only destroying flora and fauna, we are also harming and throwing our ecosystems out of balance-the consequences we can not predict because of the dynamic and complex existence of these processes.

-Ocean Conservation

Much of our world is saturated with water. We depend on the oceans to sustain our rainwater systems, and many people rely on them for food and jobs. Oceans also consume carbon dioxide and create more than half of the oxygen that we breathe. But the ocean is under pressure, considering its value. Overfishing and unhealthy fishing activities are placing many aquatic organisms at risk and extinguishing. Climate warming has contributed to a rise in coral bleaching, where reefs lose essential nutrients and can no longer support communities that rely on them. Commercial fishing activities dominate the industry and hinder the economic growth of small fishermen who are unable to deal with these vessels. And with the success of new fishing methods, there is the issue of by-catch: where marine animals such as dolphins and tortoises are captured in commercial fishing traps and then discarded.

-Discrimination

Discrimination encompasses a wide variety of topics and takes a multitude of types. Recently, more focus has been paid to new social movements. Wage gap questions, income inequality, school pay premiums and other challenges have arisen at the frontline of social movements. Discrimination is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of individuals and classes on the basis of factors such as ethnicity , gender , age or sexual orientation. This is the easy explanation. But it’s more difficult to understand why this happens. The human brain naturally places things in boxes that make sense of the universe. Quite young children , for example, easily learn the distinction between boys and girls. Although the beliefs we put in various groups are taught: from our ancestors, our friends, and the assumptions we make on how the world works. Discrimination also arises from insecurity and confusion.