Human Rights
True or False: Malala Yousafzai campaigns for human rights.
Define Global Issues
An issue that has the potential to affect everyone, globally.
What is poverty?
Lacking basic needs for living including food and shelter.
What does the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child protect?
- right to name and citizenship
- right to food, housing, medical care
- right to group up healthy and free
- right to go to school and play
- right to be protected from abuse
- right to be free from work below a minimum age
What program was sponsored together between the Chinese and Canadian governments?
The program aimed to increase equality in China between women and men, and between girls and boys.
Human rights protect what?
Rights that are "basic to life" including food, shelter, education, safety and freedom.
What are the 4 types of issues?
Political, economical, social and environmental.
What is disaster?
A sudden even that disrupts the functioning of a community and causes severe damages or loss of life.
What is the greatest cause of child labour?
Poverty
What is gender discrimination and how is it different from disability discrimination?
Gender discrimination limits opportunities for people based on gender. Disability discrimination limits opportunities for people based on mental and physical disabilities.
What is the United Nations?
International Organization for 193 countries. They discuss worldwide problems and work to fix those issues.
In Bolivia, one in four children under the age of 5 suffers from malnutrition. What kind of global issue is this?
Social
What is United Nations?
International organization that discusses worldwide problems and works to solve those problems.
What is the ILO and what does it do?
The International Labour Organization runs projects to stop harmful child labour.
What is a non-governmental organization that helps end disability discrimination?
L'Arche Canada.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights states what?
- all people are born free and equal regardless of country
- gives the right to life, personal safety, marriage, education, own property, fair pay... etc
In Somalia, both the government and the rebels use child soldiers. Which kind of global and human rights issue is this?
Political + violation of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
What is discrimination?
The unfair treatment of a group of people because of their race, gender, religion, ethnicity, disability, age, etc.
Why don't all children have a right to education?
They do! However, some countries, even where education is guaranteed by law, do not have education available for children.
International development refers to the state of countries around the world. What are the two types of countries?
Developed and Developing
The UN sends what kind of troops to countries who experience strife or disaster? What do they do?
UN Peacekeepers. They de-escalate conflicts and protect civilians while advocating for peace.
In 2011, Typhoon Nanmadol brought heavy rains and strong winds to several countries in the North Pacific Ocean. What kind of issue is this?
Environmental + Social
What is the difference between child labour and child soldiers?
Child labour is work done by children who are under a certain age while child soldiers are children in the military who participate in armed conflict.
Who is Shannen Koostachin and what did she do?
She is a First Nations woman from Ontario who advocated for equal funding in First Nations schools.
What are MDGs?
Millennium Development Goals were agreed by all members of the UN, including reducing poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, children's health and ensure environmental sustainability.