Global citizenship is the ideology of where a person’s identity could exceed any

geographical or political border around the world. The reason behind this was derived

from a much greater scale, and it is humanity. According to BUILD abroad, “A global

citizen can broadly be defined as some who identifies as being part of an emerging

world community and seeks to contribute to the values and practices it upholds. They

recognize that our world is made up of complex connections and interdependencies,

and the choices we make on a local scale can have global ramifications.” In this simple

statement, it could be said that every human being around the world is to be considered

as a global citizen ever since their time of birth. But contributing to the improvement of

global citizenship is the decision that each of us has to make in our life. Now, here in the

Philippines, the idea of global citizenship has brought the country many advantages.

Some of those advantages are the following: The Philippines and its people could freely

participate in the global economy; Our country can learn and adapt to new knowledge

from other countries; The Philippines and many various countries are currently under

the International Human Rights Law that brought equality and just system to many

countries; Just like other countries, the Philippines also gain the opportunity to make

connections to other countries and freely learn more about their culture; It could also

lead Filipinos to have a greater understanding to different events that are happening

around the world; Lastly it enables the Philippines and the Filipinos to participate in

understanding and resolving the current global issues. These are some of the

advantages that global citizenship has brought to the Philippines, and these advantages

enable the Philippines to be more active and willing to participate in the events outside

the country. Moreover, global citizenship is a bold ideology that states the connection of
different people from different countries, and how they could affect and bring change to

the whole world.

Reference:

Build Abroad Organization. (n.d.). The rise of the global citizen and why that’s so

important for humanity. BUILD abroad.

https://buildabroad.org/2017/02/17/global- citizen/