The Negative Consequences Of Globalization

I believe without a doubt that globalization brings more negative consequences than positive benefits to the world. Poverty is a glaring result of globalization. The real cause of poverty is inequality and injustice (A World Apart, 2007). The American Dictionary of the English Language defines inequality and injustice: inequality: The condition of being unequal. Lack of equality, as of opportunity, treatment, or status. Social or economic disparity: the growing inequality between rich and poor (Inequality, n.d.). injustice: Violation of another 's rights or of what is right; lack of justice. A specific unjust act; a wrong (Injustice, n.d.).

Global inequality is caused by the corporate-driven practices and policies of economic globalization

For example, Africa has two thirds of the world’s mineral deposits and the possession and control of these incredibly rich resources has been the cause of devastating and bloody civil wars in many African countries (A World, 2007). Another area of global injustice centers on women and children. 5.9 million children under the age of 5 years died in 2015; more than half of these deaths are due to conditions that could be prevented or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions (Children, 2016). Seventy percent of the world’s poor are women and half of them are illiterate (A World, 2007). Women provide valuable services to their families and communities, but these services are expected of women and thus are not recognized as economically valuable (Power, 2016). This creates gender inequality and keeps women and girls in poverty.

Work is being done to eradicate the disparity that sustains global poverty. In 1948 the UN General Assembly established the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 25 of this declaration states:

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability,