scholarly journals Using the ‘shit’ of the current COVID-19 crisis as fertiliser for the soil to lay the foundations of a new and sustainable era: lessons from past crises to improve the future

2020 ◽  
pp. bmjnph-2020-000122
Author(s):  
Tessa Roseboom
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
World Population ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
Future Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Intergenerational Cycle

Studies of past crises have demonstrated that adverse experiences during critical periods of human development hamper the individual’s ability to reach its full potential and leaves lasting marks on health, behaviour, productivity and society as a whole. The COVID-19 crisis has severely worsened the environment in which we live and in which our future generations are being shaped, and will lead to loss of future human potential and capital. It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic does not only harm the current world population, but also affects our future, as well as that of future generations. The science of transgenerational plasticity demonstrates that investments in early life hold the promise of having beneficial effects across multiple generations. As governments are reopening societies and prioritising policies, their overarching goal should be to improve the environment in which future generations grow and develop, learn and live. This will change the lifetime trajectories of children for the better and affect future health, school success, behaviour, productivity and well-being. This prioritisation will prove to be the most effective intervention to build sustainable futures but will also yield returns many times the original investment. It is a promising way to break the intergenerational cycle of adversity and accelerate progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Why achieving gender equality is of fundamental importance to improve the health and well-being of future generations: a DOHaD perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-104
Author(s):  
Tessa J. Roseboom
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Health And Well Being

AbstractDespite progress in gender equality, women continue to be disadvantaged compared with men. Worldwide, women are more often confronted with poverty, violence, and mental health problems, and they have less access to food and education. All these factors do not only affect women themselves, but also have a negative impact on the child’s early environment and impair its early development, thereby reducing the health and well-being of future generations. Framing gender equality as a women’s issue fails to highlight the importance of gender equality for the health and well-being of the next generation. As a scientific community investigating early human development and health, we have failed to fully recognize and underscore the importance of gender equality in achieving the best possible start for every child. If women and men had equal rights and opportunities, their children would be more likely to reach their full potential which would improve the health and well-being of future generations. Our studies and interventions have not fully taken into account the complexity of gender inequality and women’s disadvantaged positions in society. We need better insight into the complex adaptive interactions between various societal and human factors contributing to gender inequality and find approaches that take this complexity into account. If we want DOHaD science to have societal impact, we should strive beyond gender equality for gender equity and help women achieve equal rights and opportunities. We need to work with public health professionals, human rights activists, and policymakers to gauge the importance of gender equality. After all, gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also a necessary foundation for healthier future generations.

scholarly journals Factoring Future Generations Into Universities' Strategic Intent: Could a Law Help?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Legal Mechanism

Wales is the first country in the world to have put into law the protection of future generations through its Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015; the first country to have a legal mechanism through the Act to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals and the first country to have put the Brundtland definition of sustainable development into law. What does this mean for the values taught in Welsh universities, and how can the university role be repurposed in the interests of future generations? Building on her research for the book #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country which was published this year, Jane Davidson, who, in her previous role as Minister in Welsh Government, proposed what is now the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, will explore the opportunities from this new values framework to transform the university sector, in particular, the student experience in Wales, and whether there are further lessons that would be valuable elsewhere.

scholarly journals Financial citizenship as a broader democratic context of financial literacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 204717342094841
Author(s):  
Medhat Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Modern World ◽  
World Population ◽  
Financial Socialization ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Financial Decisions

Financial citizenship is crucial in our modern world. Financial citizenship is underpinned by the education of future generations so that they can understand both their local and global economies to make the best financial decisions concerning their lives. This paper discusses financial literacy, how it relates to individual citizens, and how it correlates with social, political and business spheres. According to current financial capability models, every individual’s financial well-being can be boosted by developing their financial knowledge and competency, which will improve their motivations and confidence. Societal constructs significantly create financial socialization, which increases our accessibility and engagements with institutions, businesses, political systems and society as a whole. Being educated about the details required for financial literacy is every human being’s right. Citizens have been characterized as being personally responsible, participatory or justice oriented; each person’s specific perspective can impact their financial lives, which supports the importance of the current concept of financial citizenship. Boosting global education about economic citizenship will help to reduce poverty, create more sustainable economic environments, and improve social outcomes and the life satisfaction of the world population. These concepts will be explored and discussed in this paper.

Sexual and Reproductive Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-117
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Current Health

Around 1.2 billion people, or one out of every six persons of the world's population, are adolescents, aged 10 to 19 years. Most of them are presumed to be healthy, but there is still substantial premature death, illness, and injury among adolescents. Illnesses hinder the ability of adolescents to grow and develop to their full potential. Early pregnancy and child birth, unprotected sex, and/or exposure to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections can jeopardize not only their current health but also their future health as adults and even the health of their future generations. Promoting healthy behaviors during adolescence and taking steps to better protect young people from health risks are critical for the prevention of health problems in adulthood and for the future health of coming generations as well as their ability to develop and thrive.

Sustainable Development Policies in the Context of Globalization

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-237
Author(s):  
Mircea-Sebastian Mancia ◽  
Aurora Mancia ◽  
Gabriela A. Popoviciu ◽  
Liliana Paina
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Policies

AbstractThe EU, founded about 70 years ago (1957), to ensure the peace of Europe and the entire world; today, another mission of the European Union is “the well-being and survival of our citizens” (Fr. Timmermans - European Commission COM22 30.01.2019). Sustainable development aims to improve the life of citizens of Europe through lasting economic growth while setting the priorities related to this desire. In 2015, the UN General Meeting adopted the 2030 Agenda and in 2017 the “Declaration from Rome of the leaders of the European states that are members of the European Union” was signed. Through these documents, the necessary and obligatory steps have been established to protect the planet and to ensure the needs of future generations. The objectives set are for the long-term modification of economic development, respecting, and protecting the resources and the environment in the context of future sustainable development. Being UN and EU member and being signed by the Romanian government of the “2030 Agenda”, it launched in November 2018 “The National Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Romania 2030”, which takes into account the present needs and those of future generations, focusing on the respect for the citizen.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT AND IMPLICATIONS OF SDGs: A CASE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (SI-1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Geetanjali Sageena ◽  
Suneel Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Population ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Crucial Part

The world population is tremendously growing and is putting a lot of pressure on our finite resources. Sustainable development is a crucial part of each new worldwide plan; the world has been attempting to set up a more sustainable way and different objectives and targets have been set to accomplish this. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set norms not only for emerging and agricultural nations, yet additionally for the industrialized countries. Therefore, it is essential to strengthen SDG synergies and reduce compromises across boundaries to achieve the SDGs everywhere. Sustainable development pursues human well-being without expanding ecological limits. It is assumed that the purpose for which sustainable development is enthusiastically defined at the global level must be within the limits of the earth. The research into the causal relationship between human development and SDGs and is achieved in an unsustainable way. There is a need to reorient existing patterns of human development within the capabilities of the Earth's ecosystem, as the SDGs achieved cannot be ecologically justified.

scholarly journals A sustentabilidade e o desenvolvimento sustentável na educação em engenharia

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solange Maria Loureiro ◽  
Vera Lúcia Duarte do Valle Pereira ◽  
Waldemar Pacheco Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
New Professionals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The People ◽  
Sustainable Societies ◽  
Social Environmental

One of the challenges of this century is related to the perspective that the societies become socially, environmentally and economically sustainable in order to satisfy the needs of present generations without reducing the chances of the future generations to achieve theirs. It is through higher education that new professionals start acting, thus, influence how current and future generations deal with the social, environmental and economic issues, i.e., with the sustainability and the Sustainable Development (SD). So, it is responsibility of higher education to provide to the people competencies to enable them to deal with the technical and environmental challenges through solutions that minimize environmental impacts and social inequalities. As the engineers have direct relationship to the production of knowledge and technologies that directly impact society and the environment is essential that the engineering background allows them to design technologies and economic activities to sustain rather than degrade the natural environment and improve health and human well-being. In this context, this paper aims to reflect about the vision of sustainability/DS required for engineering education so that it may contribute to make sustainable societies.

scholarly journals The Sex–Gender Effects in the Road to Tailored Botanicals

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Campesi ◽  
Romani ◽  
Franconi
Keyword(s):  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Gender Effects ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
The Road ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
On The Road

Phenols are a wide family of phytochemicals that are characterized by large chemical diversity and are considered to bioactive molecules of foods, beverages, and botanicals. Although they have a multitude of biological actions, their beneficial effects are rarely evidenced in clinical practice. This may occur due to the presence of numerous confounders, such as the modulation of phenol bioavailability, which can be regulated by microbiota, age, sex-gender. Sex-gender is an important determinant of health and well-being, and has an impact on environmental and occupational risks, access to health care, disease prevalence, and treatment outcomes. In addition, xenobiotic responses may be strongly influenced by sex-gender. This review describes how sex–gender differentially influences the activities of phenols also in some critical periods of women life such as pregnancy and lactation, considering also the sex of fetuses and infants. Thus, sex–gender is a variable that must be carefully considered and should be used to propose directions for future research on the road to tailored medicine and nutrition.

Beyond GDP: The Quest for a Measure of Social Welfare. Part I

2012 ◽  
pp. 67-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Fleurbaey
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
National Product ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Aggregate Wealth ◽  
Net National Product ◽  
Sustainability Policy ◽  
Beyond Gdp

The first part of the paper is devoted to the monetary indicators of social welfare. It is shown which methods of quantitative estimating the aggregate wealth and well-being are available in the modern economic theory apart from the traditional GDP measure. The limitations of the methods are also discussed. The author shows which measures of welfare are adequate in the dynamic context: he considers the problems of intertemporal welfare analysis using the Net National Product (NNP) for the sustainability policy and in the context of concern for well-being of the future generations.

Living on a low income as a systemic impediment to socio-economic development of Ukraine

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-109
Author(s):  
NATALIIA TOLSTYKH
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Subsistence Level ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Government

The article sheds light on various approaches that seek to determine how widespread poverty and life on a low income are in Ukraine nowadays. As a social phenomenon, poverty has traditionally been associated with destitution and living below the subsistence level set by the government. However, the author holds the view that life on a low income not only means living near or below the poverty line. There is another part of Ukraine’s population that should also be considered needy — those whose income is less than twice as the subsistence level, and most of them are also subject to socio-economic deprivation. Drawing upon the findings of a social survey conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine in 2019, the paper analyses the standard of living among different income groups. Particular attention is given to consumption patterns and social well-being of respondents in the lower income brackets. From the data, it can be inferred that living conditions of many Ukrainians are inadequate to sustain and develop human potential; furthermore, the low-income households have literally to struggle every day to make ends meet. The author brings into focus the main macroeconomic factors contributing to this situation and its adverse effect on the nation’s social potential. Some of the most common social consequences of living on a low income have been identified, such as limited consumption, a person’s dissatisfaction with life and his/her position in society. The above-mentioned survey also provides the estimates of how much the current subsistence level (with regard to Ukraine) should be. Having been made by different socio-demographic and occupational groups of Ukraine’s population, these estimates are a useful source of information — given that subsistence level is considered the basic social standard. According to the survey, all these figures are at variance with the official subsistence level, which is noticeably lower, and this indicates that the current subsistence level needs an upward revision. Today, the overall socio-economic situation in Ukraine is unfavourable for neoliberal economic reforms initiated by the government. Since these policies are primarily designed to reduce the role of state in managing the economy and implementing social welfare programmes, following this path will inevitably result in the entrenchment of mass poverty and in a major loss of Ukraine’s human potential, as well as labour force. The author argues that tackling the country’s chronic low income problem is only possible if a new strategy for socio-economic development is adopted, where social welfare is prioritised.

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