How do the following videos and articles demonstrate the importance of women’s and girls’ well-being as a prerequisite for economic development and saving the planet?

1. When Women Thrive, Society and Nature Thrive. How do the following videos and articles demonstrate the importance of women’s and girls’ well-being as a prerequisite for economic development and saving the planet?

Too Young to Wed:

Feeding the World with Agroecology:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/partner-content-empowering-female-farmers

Opinion: Agroecology for gender equality

Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2bBzw2m84

2. Refer to the videos and readings in answering the question(s) directed to you. After examining the readings and articles below, answer these prompts as thoughtfully as you can?

~ In what ways has a reliance on export-oriented monoculture (an example of commodity dependence) and other “economic solutions” to climate change led to a parallel disaster similar to that of the Aral Sea?
~How is agroecology (remember your third assignment!) an example of an unorthodox economic solution that is almost the opposite of the neoliberal (laissez-faire and returns to exports as the generator of the economy) approaches?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/12/palm-oil-products-borneo-africa-environment-impact/ (Readings attached)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/12/palm-oil-destroying-rainforests-household-items/ (Readings attached)

https://www.conservation.org/docs/default-source/publication-pdfs/ci_palmoil_2019.pdf?Status=Master&sfvrsn=42065e0_5