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The readings from today has a lot of themes regarding human and natural rights. “The Freedom Charter” and “Beijing Declaration of Women’s Rights” both explain the importance of emphasizing the empowerment of human rights. The author of “Beijing Declaration of Women’s Rights” states “We are determined to take all necessary measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and the girl child and remove all obstacles to gender equality and the advancement and empowerment of women” (590). This shows the determination of women to fight for their rights and overcoming any obstacles that they encounter. In the Freedom Charter, the South African citizens were determined to be liberated and obtain their freedom that they are rightful entitled to. “These freedoms we will fight for, side by side, throughout our lives, until we have won our liberty” (586). This shows how the people of South Africa will do anything to protect …show more content…

Later, she was found in contempt of court and was arrested. This shows how “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” are not being enforced and are being ignored in today’s world. Article 23 states, “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work, and to protection against unemployment” (579). This relates to today’s society because of the many sweat shops around the world. Citizens from third world countries fall victims to unsafe and unfavorable working conditions because their bosses take advantage of them. They are aware that those people truly need jobs and they do everything they can to over work them. Also they over compensate the workers far less than what the product is actually sold for in America. Basically they are working for free and some of the workers lack the education realize that their human rights are being violated and

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Having traveled to Guatemala and seeing how most people live in third world countries the fact that well know American companies treat their oversees employees so poorly makes me angry. While in Guatemala many of the people there would work multiple jobs and still don’t make enough to be able to support their families. Their working conditions that I saw were terrible and their living conditions were not favorable just like the ones that were showed in the Nike sweatshop video. Although many people are looking for work in these third world countries to support their families, companies need to respect them and give the workers what is deserved. I believe that sweatshops still exist today, it’s changed from over time and they all have moved overseas because there are not many global laws that prevent against the harsh working conditions for these

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A fire started in a rag bin on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory building in Manhattan, New York on Saturday, March 25, 1911. There were six hundred people working in the factory at the time of the fire, and almost all of them were poor, immigrant, teenage women. A total of one hundred forty-five people died as a result of the unsafe building: the fire extinguishers had hoses that were rusted shut, the doors at the bottom of the stairwell were locked, the stairwell was not fireproof, and the workers panicked and had no idea what to do because there had never been any fire drills. Fire trucks responded quickly, but their equipment was inadequate: their ladders were too short and their safety nets ripped easily. The fire was

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Most workers are forced to stay silent because of their social, economic and class status. In most cases, immigrants without any documentations suffers the worst kind of working conditions because they are powerlessness in the hands of corporate

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“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” was written by Martin Luther King in 1963. He claims that real civil disobedience doesn’t mean succumbing to the forces of evil, but encouraging people to use the power of love to confront evil. He believes in the power of conscience which is implicit in everyone’s mind. He wants to awaken the conscience of more people, and he wants to use moral force to expose the unjust law. He also indicates that law-abiding protests and moralizing can not simply abolish apartheid.

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After viewing the horrors of sweatshop abuse, Clara Lemlich was simply enraged. Her rights and the rights of other working women in sweatshops were being denied, whether it was being overworked, not receiving pay, or suffering from excruciating injuries. It was not right, but what could a small russian girl do? On page 179, it says “ There is no reason for them to work us so hard, to strip our dignity from us. In this country where all are free to speak their minds, it is becoming difficult to say nothing.”

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Although Mandela was a South African CIvil Rights pacifist, he would agree with King in the sense of prosperity. Mandela states, “We trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace, prosperity, nonsexism, non-racialism and democracy” (Mandela 1). As few changes are being made, both King and Mandela hold on to the hope and prosperity that one day they can all be united as

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In the protection of human rights, one of the most significant advancements in Canada is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter was entrenched in the Canadian Constitution under the leadership of the Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau and it was a part of a larger reform that patriated our Constitution in 1982. A constitution is a set of fundamental rules creating, regulating, and limiting the basic powers of the government and Canada’s charter guarantees the rights and freedoms that are essential in a free and democratic society. Most importantly, the term entrenchment means that the Charter can only be revised through a series of steps that requires substantial agreement from both federal and provincial governments. In this paper,

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In 1982, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was established into Canada acting as the written part of Canada’s constitution. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms describes and guarantees the basic rights and freedoms of all Canadians and also ensures equality for every single Canadian. There are many important sections throughout the entire charter but in my opinion, I believe that section 2 is the most important section of the charter. Section 2 is also known as the Fundamental Freedoms. Section 2 includes freedoms for Canadians such as freedom of: conscience, religion,thought, belief, opinion, expression, press and other media of communication, peaceful assembly and freedom of association.

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The issue of women’s rights and how different societies and cultures deal with it had been on the table for many centuries. In the United States of America during the 1800s, women began to move toward and demand getting equal rights as men, they decided to speak up and fight for their stolen rights. In the 1960s, continued working toward their goal, women broadened their activities through the women’s rights movement which aimed to help them in gaining their right to receive education, occupy the same jobs that were once titled only for men, and get an access to leadership positions. The women’s rights movement has a great impact on women today, although it started a long time ago, but it did not stop and women are reaping their fruit today,

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