- SDG 14 is ‘Life Below Water :Plastic pollution. Increasing levels of debris in the world’s oceans are having a major environmental and economic impact. Marine debris impacts biodiversity through entanglement or ingestion
- SDG 14 is ‘Life Below Water :Coastal waters are deteriorating due to pollution and eutrophication. Without concerted efforts, coastal eutrophication is expected to increase in 20 percent of large marine ecosystems by 2050.
- SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Ocean acidification has increased significantly in recent decades. Open Ocean sites show current levels of acidity have increased by 26 per cent since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
- SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Oceans absorb about 30 per cent of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming.
- SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Oceans provide key natural resources including food, medicines, biofuels and other products. They help with the breakdown and removal of waste and pollution, and their coastal ecosystems act as buf
Who Is Mx?
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How many times have you filled up a form and had a look at the Mr/ Ms./Mrs. Selection and wondered what the transgender mark in there? Definitely not, but they do. The people facing this dilemma did so and raised their voice to get things changed.
In a revolutionary step, Tata Institute of Social Sciences has decided to provide a notation “Mx” where M comes from the standard titles and x is the universal unknown. This was the result of acceptance of the appeal of a second year student in the institute. From the 2018 convocation, the institute has decided to keep that option in the degrees so that no one feels the need to disclose their sexual orientation.
The step is applauded and gives us an inspiration to accord the same change in other institutions. Not just that, it needs to be present in all other forms as well. We are moving towards a time when we respect each other and do not make anyone feel inferior.
Some forms have had the option of ‘prefer not to say’ but this hasn’t been there everywhere. Introduction of Mx will provide them with a new identity and give them a sense of respect.
The Mx salutation is already recognised by the British government and this progressive step by TISS is just a start in our nation.
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Arushi Singla