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# English debate
###### tags: `english`, `2022`
## India :
country in south asia
capital : New delhi
second most populous country : 1 M 352 million people

### Languages
official language : hindi & english
447 languages :
* Indo-Aryan (74% of pop)
* Dravidian (24% of pop)
    
### Gov :
Constitutional republic & federal parlementary
Executive president : Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister : Narendra Modi

### Politics :
Democrary
Parliamentary republic of eight parts

### Economy :
Milk production
44% of workforce is agriculture
57% of women in agriculture
tea production

### Youth :
Education is a fundamental right to children aged 6 to 14 since 2019
-> reduce illiteracy
In 2011 : 73% of population was lettrate -> change region from region
26% de la population qui a moins 14
reduce gap men/women 

2030, it’s estimated that India’s higher education system will have more than 20 universities among the global top 200 universities. It’s also thought that it will be among the top five countries in the world in terms of research output, with an annual research and development (R&D) spend of US$140 billion.

### Problems faced by the youth of today :
-> constructive debate
-> resolution paper


## Activity 1 
* Country general attitude for debate
* Any position must be researched (not based on stereotypes)
* Search for allies and opponents
* MUN -> peacemaking and compromises



## Activity 2 
* Developed / developing nations
* What charasteristics define a developed country
    * developed nations : low infant mortality, high level of child and obesity
    * developing natios : higher infant mortality, high level of malnutrition
* low gdp, unequal level of industrilisation, income based on agriculture


## Activity 3
* Short document of succinct notes summarize position and research on the topic

* Position are the foundation of the oral performance : keywords, improvise
* Ambassador and advisor work together to produce the position paper PRIOR to the debate :
    * brief intro to the country relate to the topic
    * past or current mesure on national or international level
    * content bg (facts, stat, ref to founding docs)
    * conclusion : sum up and reflect our arguments : present a solution (what our country is ready to do, what the international should do)


## Activity 4 :
* Ambassador gives the position statement
* advisor take part in the debate, ambassadors takes notes
* Both then work on reolution paper

first debate -> 2-3 minutes
second and third debate -> 3-4 minutes
-> Explain country's policy, key sub-issues and submit one or several propositions
-> position statements help to determine who you want to align with/oppose
    (position statement is a guide)
    
Split the work for advisors.



## Preparation for the 1st debate :
-> youth poverty / unemployment
-> youth mental health

### First debate : Problems faced by the youth of today
Ambassador : Yanis
Advisors : Greg and Tom

#### Sub-topics : 
* Youth poverty / unemployment (Yanis)
    * prostitution
        * legal in india
        * over 3 million prostitute : 40% are children
        * leads to child prostituation : 1.2 million childs 
        * 600 000 to 820 000 people traffick (50% children)
        * due to legality in india it's easy to earn money this way
    * child labor
        * 10 million of child
        * in agriculture
        * solution : education

* Youth mental health (Greg)
    * mental disorder : 1-7 adolescent aged 10-19 
    * 50 million children with mental issues
    * 41% indian -> good mental health support (83% others countries)
    * only 0.05 percent in health budget
    * 3 psychiatrist per 100k pers
    * => need presence of psychologist in primary and secondary division school
    * => mental health promotional activities to train the teachers, staff and principals

* Economic development (Tom)
    * Brain drain : leading doctors exporting country (70 000 doctors per years)
    * Study : 3000 to 7000 euros to gov but brain drain 
    * no university in top 100 best univ
    * solution : 
        * departure tax by Ram Deo Bandhary
        * 200 million euros to reinvest in universitary system
    * better univ = engineer = profit
    * resolve unemployment, poverty and brain drain

See [English : Debate 1](/axr7qvoWRdGWZSj-ylY6_w)

### Second debate : Gender inequality
Ambassador : Tom
Advisors : Greg and Yanis

* Discriminations in the workplace
    * 27% gender pay gap
* Domestic violence / sexual harassment
    * 70% of women in India are victims of domestic violence
    * marital rape is legal
    * 70% of rape are unreported

Has the UN ever voted on a resolution before ?
Statistics in india :
- The situtation now
- The evolution in the past 5/10 years ?
- any interesting / progressive laws ?
- are these laws enforced ? / efficient ?
- what do your countries women's groups / demand / recommend

My notes :
- two decade : recognition of violence against women
- report beating women :
    - 75% of lower cast report beating women
    - 22% of higher cast 
- 22% of women physically assault
- Due to urbanization : nature of family becomes private and the family may become more insulated from social control
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 : illegal domestic violence since
    - but likely 30% women experienced violence
- Domestic violence was often not handled as a legitimate crime but more a private matter : besoin de liberer la parole et de prendre en compte le tout
- Need to change mind : 57% of boys and 53% of girls think that it's justified to beat wife

### Third debate : Climate change
Ambassador : Greg
Advisors : Tom and Yanis

Threats to the planet :
* Climate change issue :
    * Face some of highest disaster risk levels in world
    * Exposure to flooding and tropical cyclones
    * Massive issue : drought

* Energy : 
    * 39.8 % in renewable
    * 60.2 % in fossil fuel (51% coal)
    * => 42 % consumed by industry
* Pollution :
    * 9 of top 10 most polluted cities
    * Air qualitty : monitored via monitoring station
    * No enought air quality monitoring stations : can't really have an overview to take decisions

* Decision :
    * National Clean Air Programme :  20-30% reduction of air polution to 2024
    * Need monitoring station
    * Cities are responsible of carbon emission

* Consequenses : 
    * Poverty increase by 3.5% in 2040 due to climate
    * High temperature : 50.6 degrees in 2019
    * Heat waves : Increase by 8 times betwen 2021 and 2050
    * Large migration : Submersion Mumbai and Chennai (if temp increase by 2°)

Solutions to save the planet

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 