Post on 25-Dec-2015
transcript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgjN0h-N7WM
“Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right” – Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai
What kind of rights did the Taliban take away from Malala and other women and female children?
What is Malala fighting for?
In your groups…
What are the rights that everyone in the world should be entitled? Make a list of 5 in your table groups.
Who should determine these rights?
Who should be the ‘enforcer’ of these rights?
So from Malala’s story, we learn the importance of Human Rights
Class contribution
Who should have been the ‘enforcer’ of Malala’s rights?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Human Rights: Universal rights, based on what we generally believe to be right or wrong, which apply to all people, in all countries, at all times
Adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10th, 1948
Created as a result of the experience Second World War
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (continued)
Represents the universal recognition that basic human rights and fundamental freedoms should be applicable to all human beings
The rights outlined in the UDHR are further expressed and guaranteed when it is translated into law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36CUlaqmFi4
In groups, define the following:
Pressure groups
Lobby groups
NGOs
Pressure Groups
Organized group of people with common interests and concerns who attempt to influence decision makers
Goal: To change government policy as they see fit
Key Question: How can Canadian citizens voice their opinions and influence the government?
Types of issues pressure groups are concerned with…
Pressure groups include organizations whose interests are: Economic Medical and health related Environmental Religious Concerned with issues of equality
Lobby Groups
When pressure groups become highly organized, they are sometimes called lobby groups
Lobbyist: a person who is affiliated with a pressure group who attempts to influence decision makers through direct persuasion, discussion, or persistent attention
Success: move airports and industries, establish parks and wildlife reserves, control pollution etc.
Key Question: How can Canadian citizens voice their opinions and influence the government?
NGO
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any non-profit, voluntary citizens’ group which is organized on a local, national, or international level
NGOs perform a variety of service and humanitarian functions, and bring citizen concerns to governments
Some are organized around specific issues, such as, human rights, environment or health
Key Question: How can Canadian citizens voice their opinions and influence the government?
Check out the following organizations, what do they do? What do they have in common?
OXFAM
Free the Children
Amnesty International
Somaly Mam
Unicef
Check out the following organizations, what do they do? What do they have in common?
OXFAM: Help to fight poverty
Free the Children: Empower children and youth, “freeing” children from poverty
Amnesty International: deal with a wide variety of human rights issues, such as, women’s rights, economic and social rights, refugee and migrants, etc.
Somaly Mam: Prevent human trafficking, and sexual exploitation of girls
Unicef: Focus on children’s rights
What do the organizations have in common?
All of these organizations attempt to provide human rights to those whose rights have been violated