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Human Rights: the means and the end for HIV/AIDS
“The goal of realizing human rights is fundamental to the global fight against AIDS. And in a world facing a terrible epidemic – one that has already spread further, faster and to more devastating effect than any other in human history – winning the fight against AIDS is a precondition for achieving rights worth... »
Walking to Work: The Test of Uganda’s Democracy and Human Rights Resolve
“When things go fine and everything is routinely good, this role of democracy may not be badly missed. But it comes into its own when things get fouled up, for one reason or another. The political incentives provided by democratic governance acquire great practical value at that time.” – Amartya Sen In recent weeks,... »
India’s Child Prostitution from a Woman’s Perspective
Globalization has turned children’s bodies into a commodity through sex trafficking for someone else to make money. The propensity toward prostitution is on the increase in such global locations as India because while several programs exist to prevent the presence of sex trafficking, it may as well be the Prohibition Era all again with... »
The Romani Culture vs. Human Rights
Regardless of being one of the largest minority groups in Europe with approximately 10 to 12 million individuals, the lifestyle of the Romani people, Roma or “gypsies” as they are pejoratively known, remain quite unknown to the outside world. This ethnic group not only has been migrating to regions such as Southern and Eastern... »
A Behavioral Economic Framework for Fighting Poverty and Promoting Freedom & Development
Introduction Institutional solutions towards addressing human rights and developmental problems are often grounded in empirical analyses, with a predominant focus on macroeconomic indicators with socio-political dimensions. While economics is the study of choices and incentives, purely analytical approaches often tend to ignore the human dimension and the human basis for those choices. Policies that... »
Can Multiculturalism co-exist with Individual Human Rights?
Multiculturalism is considered one of the basic markers of a liberal democracy. The promotion of diversity as a primary component of liberty has existed since conception of the U.S. constitution. Liberalism as it is understood, within the framework of liberal democracies, has evolved and can be assessed as having nuanced and differing definitions. However,... »
Botswana: A Policy of Persecution for the Bushmen
The appalling treatment of Botswana’s Bushmen by the government should not be overlooked when considering the human rights record of the nation (‘Botswana: the power of stable institutions at work’, March 29). Botswana’s government may indeed be stable, but for the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Games Reserve, stability is a privilege they have... »
A Capitalist’s Apology: Free Markets, Freedom, and Development
“Capitalism: A system of economic organization, based on market competition, under which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are privately owned by individuals or corporations.” (Oxford World Encyclopedia, 2007) The Devil and his Capitalist Much has been written on the symbiotic natures of freedom and development. While development in itself is touted as... »
Microfinance and the Human Condition: A Bottom-Up Approach towards Promoting Freedom and Development
“…poverty may be defined as a human condition characterized by sustained or chronic deprivation of the resources, capabilities, choices, security and power necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights” (United Nations Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights, 2001) Introduction One of... »