Gender Equity
This category is intended for gender issues such as reproductive rights and social/economic equality.
Human Trafficking: What a Perfected Business!
A lot of us think that success had come in the beginning of the 1800’s with the demise of the transatlantic slave trade, but pretty tragically, the incidence of slavery is more pervasive now, than ever before. There are an estimated 27 mm. slaves in the world today, more than at any other time... »
Children in the Lord’s Resistance Army
According to a 2008 publication written by Khristopher Carlson & Dyan Mazurana the number of forced marriages within the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda had reached a number of over 60,000 Ugandan children. According to the documentary Invisible Children, within the LRA it is believed that 90% of troops are abducted children. Since... »
Dear Directors and Presidents-Don’t admit you’re female!
Treating Women’s rights as separate from human rights makes women inferior to men and thus creates an inequality between men and women. By having women’s rights separate from human rights, women’s rights become based on societal assignments of gender characteristics as opposed to biological differences of the two sexes that make up human rights.... »
Will Women’s Rights Take a Backseat to the Economic After-Shocks of Chilean Quake?
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that hit the coast of Chile on February 27th left more than 700 people dead and hundreds of thousands more without homes, food, and water. With an estimated $30 billion in economic damage, Chilean President-elect Sebastian Piñera will have his hands full as he tries to lead... »
The Urgency of Human Rights and Development in Yemen
In order to ensure Yemen’s security and, in this sense, the security of the rest of the world, Yemen needs action from the inside to strengthen it to protect itself and alleviate its impoverishment. »
LGBT in ESC: How the Persecution of Homosexuality in Uganda Will Go Unnoticed in the Global Community
An article written by Celia Saroya in York University’s Excalibur discusses a bill recently proposed in Uganda that severely limits homosexual rights. In a country that already punishes homosexual acts with imprisonment of up to 14 years, it is the additions in David Bahati’s bill that target the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT)... »
IMF Says Extreme Poverty to Increase Due to Global Downturn
According to the IMF/World Bank, we will likely stay at over 1 billion people who are in extreme poverty, as defined by less than $1.25 of income per day – the absolute minimum required to feed one person. In addition, many tens of millions more will likely be added to this number. There is... »