Rising food costs affect people around the world, not just us here in the U.S. For most of us here in the U.S. it means shelling out a couple more dollars each time we shop or go and eat. For those who live on less than $2 a day, it means a whole lot more. It means hunger for days and dire situations.
And ultimately, those who are young suffer these consequences. NPR has been looking at such consequences - Haiti was today's story. Click here for the whole story.
What can be done? I'm not sure, but I do know that the first step is awareness. So here I am again, blogging as I ponder this situation....
Friday, April 18, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Human Rights and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The human rights movement is a significant movement around the world and there are always snippets of human rights violation news stories we can catch a glimpse of when we watch the news or read the papers. But human rights is more than the snippets we see.
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and I think it behooves us to examine what this declaration of human rights states as to our entitlements as human beings on this earth, regardless of ethnic background, socioeconimic status, gender, age, religious beliefs, or any other "categorization".
View the declaration, and see what exactly it states. This is an overview, listing the preamble and the articles of the declaration.
Not too long ago, I attended Social Work Day at the UN, and the opening remarks were focused on human rights. Human rights permeates every corner of our society, and the human rights movement is not solely, as I thought, the work of lawyers. It is the work of everyone, and as someone studying social welfare, the remarks made that day reminded me of that.
Just because we live in the U.S. does not mean that there are no human rights violations here. There are human rights issues with virtually every country. We are not exempt from what goes on in other places nor do we live in a society where those violations do not affect us. So let us be cognizant of that and be involved in the human rights movement that belongs to us, not just lawyers or activists or "them".
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and I think it behooves us to examine what this declaration of human rights states as to our entitlements as human beings on this earth, regardless of ethnic background, socioeconimic status, gender, age, religious beliefs, or any other "categorization".
View the declaration, and see what exactly it states. This is an overview, listing the preamble and the articles of the declaration.
Not too long ago, I attended Social Work Day at the UN, and the opening remarks were focused on human rights. Human rights permeates every corner of our society, and the human rights movement is not solely, as I thought, the work of lawyers. It is the work of everyone, and as someone studying social welfare, the remarks made that day reminded me of that.
Just because we live in the U.S. does not mean that there are no human rights violations here. There are human rights issues with virtually every country. We are not exempt from what goes on in other places nor do we live in a society where those violations do not affect us. So let us be cognizant of that and be involved in the human rights movement that belongs to us, not just lawyers or activists or "them".
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