Community Project by Rhea Chawla https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6 Problmes suffered by people around the world en-us 2017-05-09 17:11:11 UTC 2017-05-28 19:28:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Gender issues faced by women rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170834032 Women make half of the worlds population yet suffer inequality in many factors of their lives.
Some of those factors are:-
Lack of Access to Education
-  A quarter of girls aged 15-24 (116 million) in developing countries have never completed primary school. Of the 774 million illiterate people in the world, two-thirds are female.
Equal Pay

-Women experience a pay gap compared to men's wages for the same work. In America, a woman earns 81 cents to a man's dollar. For African-American and Latin American women, the difference is greater.
Genocide

-Women make up 80% of all refugees and displaced people. Instruments of genocide, such as sexual violence and rape, are often directed at women and girls.

Early Marriage
-More than 64 million girls worldwide are child brides. 46% of women aged 20–24 in South Asia and 41% of women in West and Central Africa report that they married before the age of 18.

Early Pregnancy
-Each year, 1 in 5 girls under 18 in developing countries give birth. In these countries, pregnancy-related complications result in 70,000 deaths each year.
Poverty

-Women account for 70% of the population living in absolute poverty (on less than $1.00 a day).]]> 2017-05-09 17:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170834032 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170834186 I dont' own majority of the information/ pictures here.]]> 2017-05-09 17:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170834186 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170840202 2017-05-09 17:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170840202 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170840497 2017-05-09 17:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170840497 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170848126 2017-05-09 18:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170848126 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170848687 2017-05-09 18:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170848687 Domestic voilence rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170851616
What is domestic violence?
- Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and emotional abuse. The frequency and severity of domestic violence can vary dramatically; however, the one constant component of domestic violence is one partner’s consistent efforts to maintain power and control over the other.
 
Domestic violence is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community, regardless of age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or nationality. It is often accompanied by emotionally abusive and controlling behavior that is only a fraction of a systematic pattern of dominance and control. Domestic violence can result in physical injury, psychological trauma, and in severe cases, even death. The devastating physical, emotional, and psychological consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and last a lifetime.

For anonymous, confidential help available 24/7, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)  or log onto http://www.thehotline.org/.]]> 2017-05-09 18:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170851616 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170856535 2017-05-09 18:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170856535 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170856771 2017-05-09 18:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170856771 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170857172 2017-05-09 18:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170857172 Domestic Violence story rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170862106 " I had been seeing this guy for just over three months. We both drank a lot. One night, he got really mad at me and he called me a lot of names, and then pushed me against the wall. I got really scared but he said he was sorry and he’d never do it again.

Another night, he wanted to make love and I asked him to put on a condom. He said he didn’t have one. I asked him to stop, and he wouldn’t. And he said that it didn’t matter, not to worry about it. At first, I sort of laughed cause i thought he was joking, but then I realized he was serious and I got scared. I told him to stop but he wouldn’t, and I pushed him away but he pushed me back and pinned me down with his body. He was very strong. He raped me."
 
How I coped

I had been abused as a child, and I had told him about it. I was very depressed already, and I had been cutting myself. Things got really bad after the rape. I tried to kill myself. I think I just wanted to cut myself really bad and I cut too deep, and I ended up nearly dead. They had to rush me to the hospital.
 
How the situation changed

I started to get counselling and had to deal with all the childhood abuse, and also all the alcohol and drugs I had done and all the people I had slept with. And also I talked about how much I’d cut myself, and burn myself. I was going crazy, and all I could think about was killing myself. I hated myself too. But getting counselling and a support group and getting anti-depressants really really helped.

What helped me

My sisters and my friends saved my life and I put them through hell. I didn’t really start to change until one night I felt with my BODY that I wasn’t to blame. I really was screwed up and doing the best I could. I realized that I had to forgive myself for some things, that I wasn’t to blame. And I realised that I would have to continue forgiving myself for my mistakes.

What I would say to others

Abuse doesn’t get better if you don’t do anything; it just keeps getting worse. You have to be your own friend. You have to have compassion for yourself. You have to forgive yourself. You deserve better. You are a precious human being and you deserve to be treated with respect. And you can’t ever give up. Don’t hurt yourself. Hang in there – you are not alone.

To read more stories, you can log onto http://www.dvrcv.org.au/stories/true-stories/stories-women-about-abusive-relationships .]]> 2017-05-09 19:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170862106 Child Abuse rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170959615 What is child abuse?
Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child maltreatment, including neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation and emotional abuse.

Physical abuse of a child is when a parent or caregiver causes any non-accidental physical injury to a child. There are many signs of physical abuse. If you see any of the following signs, please get help right away.

Sexual abuse occurs when an adult uses a child for sexual purposes or involves a child in sexual acts. It also includes when a child who is older or more powerful uses another child for sexual gratification or excitement.

When a parent or caregiver harms a child’s mental and social development, or causes severe emotional harm, it is considered emotional abuse. While a single incident may be abuse, most often emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior that causes damage over time.

Child neglect is when a parent or caregiver does not give the care, supervision, affection and support needed for a child’s health, safety and well-being. Child neglect includes:
Physical neglect and inadequate supervision
Emotional neglect
Medical neglect
Educational neglect]]> 2017-05-10 09:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170959615 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960160 2017-05-10 09:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960160 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960369 2017-05-10 09:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960369 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960523 2017-05-10 09:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960523 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960632 2017-05-10 09:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170960632 child abuse story rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170961177 “I was very young when I was sexually abused by someone known to my family. It took me 10 years to tell anyone what I’d been through. I was scared about what had happened and didn’t know who to turn to.
“Looking back, it feels like I lost my childhood. As I grew older, I started isolating myself from my family and friends and had problems sleeping with night terrors. I used to find it difficult to concentrate in school and had problems remembering stuff. To cope I used to self-harm.
“I told my family what had happened to me when I was teenager. I had to have an interview with the police and social services after I’d told them. The police were nice but I was scared to answer the questions – I was worried that no-one would believe me.

“The police told me that they wanted to take the case to court. I got worried as it got closer to the time. My mum got in touch with NSPCC and I was linked with the Young Witness Service.

“Anne*, my key worker, came out to my house to meet me which was good. She was really cheerful when I met her. I’d been nervous about another new face – a new person coming to meet me. She went through what was going to happen during court and said that she was trying to see if I could give evidence through a live link.

“On the first day of the trial, I went through the front doors of the court as my abuser was going in the back. It was all very formal and different. People using terms like “Your Honour” and it was hard to take the wigs seriously. I tried not to giggle at the wigs but then I remembered why I was there.

“It was really good to have Anne and Colleen*, my Young Witness Service volunteer, in the court waiting room to distract me. They’re the reason why I felt supported, they were really important. Colleen wouldn’t let me sit on my phone and made me do something productive so we ended up playing cards. I’d have just been playing on my phone, looking through pics, making myself look occupied. Colleen was able to sit in the corner of the live link room while I was giving evidence. It was good to have another person in the room, even though I couldn’t talk to her.

“I knew I was going to be questioned on my video evidence in court but didn’t know I would have to watch it over again. I felt really uncomfortable watching the interview in court and it felt weird watching it again.

“I was told I wouldn’t have to see the ABE (Achieving Best Evidence) interview or be questioned about the incident but then I was. One official person told me I’d get some questions but another said I wouldn’t have to talk about the sexual assault. I felt like walking out as soon as questions started about the assault. I did not realise that I would have to give such detailed answers – I thought it would just be “yes” or “no”.”

“The whole process in court took 3 days – 2 days of evidence and 1 day for the decision. I had to give evidence for 4 hours on day one without a break. As soon as I got out of court I burst into tears. I wasn’t allowed to talk about it – my brothers were going to be at home when I got back and I just couldn’t deal with them asking me: “How did you get on?”

“The defence barrister had no sympathy whatsoever. He was intimidating and I was very angry at him. He called me a liar and said “I was making it up as I went.” I couldn’t believe what he’d said, and thought: what 6 year old imagines that? You don’t even know about stuff like that when you’re 6.

“I’d kept this to myself for so long before I told anyone. My memory went blank as soon as I walked into the room. I normally express myself through art – I don’t usually speak about it, so it was really difficult for me.

“Going to court and being questioned about my evidence brought all of my memories of the abuse straight back. I felt like my recovery was set straight back at the beginning again. My night terrors when I wake up screaming happened a lot more frequently after my court experience. I get really paranoid a lot of the time. I wouldn’t be happy to give evidence again.”

To read more child abuse stories, you can log onto, https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-we-do/childrens-stories-about-abuse/
or to report child abuse, you can log onto https://www.childhelp.org/hotline/.  ]]> 2017-05-10 09:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170961177 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170961963 2017-05-10 09:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170961963 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170962159 2017-05-10 09:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170962159 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170962773 2017-05-10 09:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170962773 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170963131 2017-05-10 09:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170963131 Racism rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170963983 Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another — or the belief that another person is less than human — because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes.
During the past 500-1000 years, racism on the part of Western powers toward non-Westerners has had a far more significant impact on history than any other form of racism (such as racism among Western groups or among Easterners, such as Asians, Africans, and others). The most notorious example of racism by the West has been slavery, particularly the enslavement of Africans in the New World (slavery itself dates back thousands of years). This enslavement was accomplished because of the racist belief that Black Africans were less fully human than white Europeans and their descendants.
This belief was not "automatic": that is, Africans were not originally considered inferior. When Portuguese sailors first explored Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries, they came upon empires and cities as advanced as their own, and they considered Africans to be serious rivals. Over time, though, as African civilizations failed to match the technological advances of Europe, and the major European powers began to plunder the continent and forcibly remove its inhabitants to work as slave laborers in new colonies across the Atlantic, Africans came to be seen as a deficient "species," as "savages." To an important extent, this view was necessary to justify the slave trade at a time when Western culture had begun to promote individual rights and human equality. The willingness of some Africans to sell other Africans to European slave traders also led to claims of savagery, based on the false belief that the "dark people" were all kinsmen, all part of one society — as opposed to many different, sometimes warring nations.
One important feature of racism, especially toward Blacks and immigrant groups, is clear in attitudes regarding slaves and slavery. Jews are usually seen by anti-Semites as subhuman but also superhuman: devilishly cunning, skilled, and powerful. Blacks and others are seen by racists as merely subhuman, more like beasts than men. If the focus of anti-Semitism is evil, the focus of racism is inferiority — directed toward those who have sometimes been considered to lack even the ability to be evil (though in the 20th century, especially, victims of racism are often considered morally degraded).
In the second half of the 19th century, Darwinism, the decline of Christian belief, and growing immigration were all perceived by many white Westerners as a threat to their cultural control. European and, to a lesser degree, American scientists and philosophers devised a false racial "science" to "prove" the supremacy of non-Jewish whites. While the Nazi annihilation of Jews discredited most of these supposedly scientific efforts to elevate one race over another, small numbers of scientists and social scientists have continued throughout the 20th century to argue the inborn shortcomings of certain races, especially Blacks. At the same time, some public figures in the American Black community have championed the supremacy of their own race and the inferiority of whites - using nearly the identical language of white racists.
All of these arguments are based on a false understanding of race; in fact, contemporary scientists are not agreed on whether race is a valid way to classify people. What may seem to be significant "racial" differences to some people — skin color, hair, facial shape — are not of much scientific significance. In fact, genetic differences within a so-called race may be greater than those between races. One philosopher writes: "There are few genetic characteristics to be found in the population of England that are not found in similar proportions in Zaire or in China….those differences that most deeply affect us in our dealings with each other are not to any significant degree biologically determined."]]> 2017-05-10 10:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170963983 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170964529 2017-05-10 10:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170964529 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170964716 2017-05-10 10:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170964716 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170964901 2017-05-10 10:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170964901 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170965087 2017-05-10 10:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170965087 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170965464 2017-05-10 10:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170965464 Racism story rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170966482 A Major League Baseball player has said he was taunted with racial slurs and had peanuts thrown at him during a match in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday night.

Baltimore Orioles centre fielder Adam Jones, who is black, said that he was repeatedly called the N-word and that someone in the crowd threw a bag of peanuts at him, in a match against the Red Sox.

Jones, who is a five-time MLB All-Star and four-time Gold Glove Award winner, said after the match that this was one of the worst cases of racism he had experienced in his 12-year career.....

To continue reading this story, log onto http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/adam-jones-racism-n-word-peanuts-major-league-baseball-orioles-red-sox-a7713286.html .

]]> 2017-05-10 10:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/170966482 Hate-fueled Baltimore man saw first victim as 'practice' to 'kill additional black men' in Times Square rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172808943 A hate-fueled white supremacist told cops his killing of a random black man was merely a practice run for a racist mass murder spree.

Suspect James Jackson, who came from Baltimore to unleash his homicidal bile, said his unprovoked sword attack Monday night on an unarmed black man was the first of many plotted executions.

“His intention was to kill as many black men here in New York as he could,” said Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi at the suspect’s Thursday arraignment. “New York was selected because he believed he’d get the most media attention

Jackson, 28, stalked several other potential victims, including an interracial couple, before repeatedly plunging the 18-inch blade of the sword into an unsuspecting Timothy Caughman, authorities said.
“Mr. Jackson regarded the killing as practice prior to going to Times Square to kill additional black men,” according to court documents.
The accused killer appeared agitated and restless, scowling in the direction of court workers at one point, as he appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on a new count of murder as a hate crime. Prosecutors said the murder was “most likely an act of terrorism.”

Article published on March 23, 2017]]> 2017-05-19 14:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172808943 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172813292 James Jackson]]> 2017-05-19 14:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172813292 Disabled/ Physically challenged people rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172814091 Key facts
1. Over a billion people, about 15% of the world's population, have some form of disability
2. Between 110 million and 190 million adults have significant difficulties in functioning.
3.Rates of disability are increasing due to population ageing and increases in chronic health conditions, among other causes.
4.People with disabilities have less access to health care services and therefore experience unmet health care needs.

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) defines disability as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. Disability is the interaction between individuals with a health condition (e.g. cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and depression) and personal and environmental factors (e.g. negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, and limited social supports).

Over a billion people are estimated to live with some form of disability. This corresponds to about 15% of the world's population. Between 110 million (2.2%) and 190 million (3.8%) people 15 years and older have significant difficulties in functioning. Furthermore, the rates of disability are increasing in part due to ageing populations and an increase in chronic health conditions.

Disability is extremely diverse. While some health conditions associated with disability result in poor health and extensive health care needs, others do not. However all people with disabilities have the same general health care needs as everyone else, and therefore need access to mainstream health care services. Article 25 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) reinforces the right of persons with disabilities to attain the highest standard of health care, without discrimination.]]> 2017-05-19 14:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172814091 rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172816713 2017-05-19 14:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/172816713 best places to live/visits if physically disabled in the USA rheac https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/174153140 Denver
Berkeley, Calif.
Seattle
Raleigh, N.C.
Salt Lake City
Madison, Wis.
Albuquerque, N.M.]]> 2017-05-28 19:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rheac/a6ul61rjvkn6/wish/174153140