Esther Afolaranmi is an attorney, humanitarian, researcher, and writer. She is co-executive director of the Fair Start Movement.
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Birth equity is essential for ecological security.
By Esther Afolaranmi and Carter Dillard in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and Fair Start Movement | English
We must ensure ecocentric standards to reverse environmental and social injustices.
By Esther Afolaranmi, Carter Dillard, Beatrix Homler and Mwesigye Robert in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English
Esther Afolaranmi is an attorney, humanitarian, researcher, and writer. She is co-executive director of the Fair Start Movement and founder and executive of Golden Love and Hands of Hope Foundation, a registered NGO in Nigeria that targets the needs of the vulnerable and underprivileged.
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Climate Regulation and Reparations Should Focus on Fair Conditions for Pregnant People and Children
Co-authors: Carter Dillard and Mwesigye Robert | Ms. | July | 2024
The climate crisis is already quietly killing millions. It, along with other ecological crises, is set to potentially kill a billion humans and countless nonhumans—those least responsible for causing it. But here is a truth you will rarely hear: The death count predictions are premised on the current reproductive rights models, the ones that caused the crisis to begin with.
Those models treat the act of having children as based on parental autonomy rather than child equity—or the concept of all children having fair, prosperous living conditions. That means expectant mothers are not entitled to particular planning resources, the ones that would ensure birth and development conditions consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
