Domestic Violence Against Women: A Human Rights Issue
Human rights are the basic and fundamental rights to which all humans are entitled by virtue of being born in a family. The fundamental rationale behind the concept of human…
Human Rights and Sexual Violence
Ending Sexual Assault and Rape Rape, sexual assault and violence against women are severe human rights violations, yet they remain widespread around the globe. Although men and boys experience gender-based…
Origins of infanticide
Infanticide occurs in most cases as a way of restricting poverty and population. Throughout history infanticide has been regarded as a productive and efficient way to control starvation and poor…
Where does female infanticide occur?
Female infanticide is a significant problem in parts of Asia - infanticide does occur in the West, but usually as isolated family tragedies with no underlying pattern or gender bias.…
Female infanticide
What is infanticide? Infanticide is the unlawful killing of very young children. It is found in both indigenous and sophisticated cultures around the world. Female infanticide Female infanticide is the…
Women’s and Children’s Rights
In a compartmentalized world, the rights of women and those of children have often been promoted in isolation from one another. The purpose of this advocacy booklet is to explore…
Social and Cultural rights?
Economic, social, and cultural rights include the human right to work, the right to an adequate standard of living, including food, clothing, and housing, the right to physical and mental…
Human Rights and Slavery
What are Human Rights? Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of gender, nationality, place of residency, sex, ethnicity, religion, color or and other categorization. Thus, human…
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Poverty can have a severely negative impact on a child’s development. Their health and education can suffer, as can their ability to fulfill their potential and participate in society, both…
Cultural Rights
Everyone has cultural rights, a right to science, and a right to protection of authorship interests. These guarantee the right to participate in and enjoy the benefits of culture and…
