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Education; The Key To National Development
Education is a human right. A primary cause of poverty is ignorance. Many third world citizens are uneducated and unskilled. Impoverished people must be informed regarding the steps needed to break the poverty cycle. There needs to be a development strategy for impoverished nations, which focuses upon training citizens for a technical skill, informing... »
President Evo Morales on Bolivia’s Human Rights and Development Issues
Evo Morales Ayma is a man who wears many titles – coca grower, labor leader, and president of Bolivia. Presiding over a country wherein 64 percent of citizens live in poverty conditions, this President possesses insights into their situation that his predecessors have lacked. Born in the Andes Highlands in the colonial mining city... »
Freedom of Religion: A crucial pillar of holistic development.
On a spring day in 1648, the great powers of the West gathered in a small town in northwestern Germany to sign the Peace of Westphalia, effectively ending three decades of religiously motivated warfare that had decimated central Europe. Historians now cite the conclusion of the Thirty Years’ War as the genesis of the... »
Wealth through Development
It is normal for human beings to demand their rights, no matter what the cost. There is no pleasure in living if one’s rights have been deprived. A good lifestyle does not rely only on material survival alone. A decent life requires human rights that the individuals should enjoy without interference from the government.... »
Who Owns the Soil? The Promise of Civic Agriculture and Human Rights Education
The ability to access healthy food in a developed country likely attracts less attention than developing nations struggling to feed their own growing populations. And yet, debates over eco farming practices, GMOs, and other issues connected to land ownership and resource availability are global in scope. Because food insecurities everywhere undermine the right to... »
Can the relief effort in Haiti contribute to the promotion of human rights?
In this article I argue that participatory efforts in the current Haiti relief initiative open up the possibility of the country moving towards a society that is more respectful of human rights. By drawing parallels between shifts from early to later paradigms of international development and highlighting novel current relief program, I hope to... »
Rights Based Approach Critical to Haiti’s Recovery
As news reports and video continue to reveal the extent of devastation Haiti suffered during the massive earthquake on January 12th, people from around the world are opening their purses to help the impoverished survivors of the 150,000 Haitians killed. At the onset of most natural disasters, fundraising is high and effective, but this... »
Analyzing the speeches at the 65th & 66th meetings of the General Assembly- December 2008
Introduction On the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations held meetings in December 2008 in commemoration of the achievement. As part of the ceremony, statements were given by fourteen member countries representing different regions of the world. The aim... »
A New Approach is Needed to Ensure the Survival of the Tibetan People
Chinese occupation of Tibet has been ongoing for sixty years as of this year. This marks the anniversary of the forceful incorporation of Tibet into the People’s Republic of China when the People’s Liberation Army invaded and asserted China’s control over Tibet. This has evolved into the destruction and oppression of a culture and... »
Development to Fulfill Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Development is a noble goal. Theoretically, all people are equal and have the same rights. The founder of the U.N. Human Development Report Mahub Al Haq declared, “The basic purpose of development is to enlarge people’s choices… to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy and creative lives” (qtd. in... »