Efforts of censorship albeit masked as regulation. This has been a defining strategy the more conservative member states of the SDC have adopted by educating the female population with the goal of sustainable development. A decision that the remaining delegates of the house, specifically the Delegates of Germany, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, swiftly demolished, stripping the resolution down to what Germany firmly believed was at its core: “A blatant infringement of human rights.”
Though the resolution proposed by the delegate of Côte d’Ivoire was framed as not merely a step toward “safe, secure, and constructive learning environments for women”, they boldly asserted that it was the only way to shape a generation of women who “tolerate and respect existing gender roles”, whilst still being educated.
The delegate of the United Kingdom was the first to question:
“Is the delegate of Côte d’Ivoire suggesting a mass segregation of the educational curriculum between males and females?”
The United Kingdom’s inquiry shed a spotlight on how the system of education would cripple a culture of gender equality, several countries were already barely hanging on to. The manifestation of this disparity is more complex than Côte d’Ivoire’s bloc would like to believe. But since the knowledge half the population is permitted to receive is limited to maintaining the household, this resolution will bear fatal blows to the premature progress toward sustainable development.
The demand for hefty amendments has arisen, but supply has not faltered in the forms of Germany, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. Most recently, the balance between preserving cultural norms and age-appropriate access to education is returning. However slow and steady this change may be, a source of solace lies in the truth that good things do take time.
