I generally refrain from discussing controversial topics. In fact, this platform concerns human rights rather than politics, so there has never been a need to merge the two. I find myself here, though, where the line between human rights and political polarization has been blurred. I find myself here, in 2022, where the foundation of women’s rights are in jeopardy.
Category Archive: Human Rights
Experts say it will take 40 years for the divide between women and men’s rights to close, specifically the gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is the typical difference between the compensation for working men and women.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines reproductive healthcare as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system.”
Fast fashion also refers to a type of mass production but of clothes that are a replica of trendy, stylish clothes sold at a lower cost; thus, the quality is quite poor.
Approximately four in 10 people hold “unfavorable views about Muslims,” according to the United Nations. Anti-Muslim, by definition, is any form of discrimination or violence against the Islamic faith or the people following the religion.
Anti-Semitism is rooted in international history. While we look back on history to prevent the past from repeating itself, high numbers of Jewish people continue to face oppression today.
There is an evident increase in the violence targeted towards the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Hit hard from xenophobia over the course of 2020, Asian Americans are experiencing discrimination at paralyzing rates.
500 million women and young girls worldwide experience some degree of period poverty, according to UN Women. Period poverty is the inadequate access to menstrual hygiene tools and education, which includes access to sanitary products, washing facilities, and waste management.
Steering away from our last article, this week’s piece focuses on an issue that is not prevalent in the media. It is an issue that plagues children’s lives and hinders their emotional and physical growth; it is the issue of child soldiers.
The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is the execution of an offender who is on death row by trial. Since 1976, 1,491 people have been executed in the United States by means of the death penalty.
Due to COVID-19’s toll on all of our lives, access to healthcare is emphasized throughout the world. Setting the pandemic aside, a 2017 World Health Organization and World Bank report states that at least half of the global population cannot obtain healthcare.
In honor of Veterans Day, an annual national holiday on November 11, we saw it best fit to shed light on deported veterans. Throughout the past decade, there have been more than 760,000 non-citizens enlisted in the military.
Young women everywhere are robbed of a proper and secure education. Their communities have failed them as they do not have a solid basis of understanding that is necessary to thrive in the world.
Refugees live a life of eternal vulnerability and uncertainty. Although their journeys provide hope for an abundant future, their lives will encompass danger, discrimination, and fear.
A man beheads a young girl with a farming sickle. Another runs a girl over and kills her in a parking lot. A taxi driver murders two teenage sisters by shooting them 11 times in the back of his cab.
Child marriage exists among generations of young girls. One girl in particular, Maryam Zarrinpar, married when she was eleven years old. At such a young age, she was forced to live the traditional life of an Iranian wife.
Human trafficking affects every country in the world and accounts for 20 to 40 million people in modern slavery today. Although this issue is pressing and prevalent, it goes unspoken in news outlets, political debates, and leaders’ agendas.
Take a moment to look back on your childhood; do you remember attending school, establishing new relationships, and learning how to ride a bicycle? You are given the most valuable privilege of being oblivious to the world outside your neighborhood.