https://padlet.com/mrogers111/a88j5q4p5a23 May Rogers en-us 2018-12-11 20:23:24 UTC 2018-12-12 21:02:06 UTC hello@padlet.com mrogers111 https://padlet.com/mrogers111/a88j5q4p5a23/wish/313618067 Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more.  Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.]]> 2018-12-11 20:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mrogers111/a88j5q4p5a23/wish/313618067 mrogers111 https://padlet.com/mrogers111/a88j5q4p5a23/wish/313622230

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. Since its adoption in 1948, the UDHR has been translated into more than 501 language – the most translated document in the world - and has inspired the constitutions of many newly independent States and many new democracies. 

Widespread women's suffrage, the end of segregation in the United States, and regulations on working conditions are a few milestones that today's society can credit to the last 100 years.

On the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, where police clashed against members of the LGBT community during a violent raid, gay pride parades were held for the first time in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago.

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The most significant document, Universal Declaration for Human Rights, was adopted by the UN member countries on December 10, 1948 and the UDHR urges member nations to respect, protect and fulfil a number of human, civil, economic and social rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights comprises of thirty articles, asserting these rights are part of the “foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”. Constitution of Pakistan from articles eight to twenty eight are fully in conformity with the UDHR to respect, protect and fulfil the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the country.

As the international feminist movement began to gain momentum during the 1970s, the General Assembly declared 1975 as the International Women’s Year and organized the first World Conference on Women, held in Mexico City.  At the urging of the Conference, it subsequently declared the years 1976-1985 as the UN Decade of Women , and established a Voluntary Fund for Decade.

 In 2015, the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey revealed that 34 percent of LGBT students were bullied on school property. Similarly, Out & Equal reports that one in four LGBT employees face discriminatory treatment in the workplace. There isn’t one magic remedy to LGBT discrimination, but specific initiatives can make a difference. Providing education, reviewing policies and intentionally creating a positive working and learning environment are essential to the inclusion of all.

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Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive violation of human rights in the world today with 603 million women living in countries where domestic violence is not yet considered a crime. 

Claudette Colvin  was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation, 9 months before Rosa Parks, but was not used as a figurehead for the civil rights movement because she was an unmarried, pregnant teenager

 In 2014 more than 1/3 of governments around the world, 62 out of 160 locked up prisoners of conscience – people who were simply exercising their rights and freedoms.

Frank Sinatra was a big activist within the civil rights movement, refusing to stay at hotels that didn’t enable “blacks”. He used his mafia ties to help get labor unions behind John F. Kennedy because he knew they shared similar opinions on equal rights.

Afghanistan has attempted to reintroduce public stoning for adulterers while women are forced to undergo vaginal examinations to prove virginity

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