From LGBTQIA+ to SOGIESC: Reframing sexuality, gender, and …
Jun 9, 2023 · The use of the LGBTQIA+ abbreviation can actually end up reinforcing the idea of otherness by setting up a proliferation of small, discrete groups perceived as separated from the general population. The alternative framing of SOGIESC offers an antidote to many of these dilemmas. “The term SOGIESC is more expansive because everyone has a ...
Digital activism: empowering women, creating change and …
Sep 22, 2020 · The power of digital activism is profound, providing an avenue for women and girls to come together, connect, expand, and share their vision. Digital networks allow for low cost, swift, inclusive, and far-reaching campaigns that span the globe. There have been a whole host of digital campaigns led by trailblazing feminists, leading to an array ...
Open Global Rights
The pioneering ruling in Ecuador has laid the groundwork for protecting nonhumans as legal persons. To ensure that more-than-human rights are enforced, the rights community must act. By Melina De Bona & César Rodríguez-Garavito. Español.
Putting to rest the Three Generations Theory of human rights
Nov 15, 2017 · This version of the three generations theory was based on a post-1945 framing. Two years later, Vasak modified the theory by linking the three generations to the French Revolution’s three concepts of Liberté, Egalité and Fraternité, thus backdating it another 150 years. This re-cooking of the theory should have rung alarm bells.
The failures of the UN in the Israel-Palestine conflict
Jan 22, 2024 · From the time Israel’s bombardment began to January 18, 2024, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported at least 24,620 Gazans killed and 61,830 Palestinians injured in Gaza. Some 70 percent of the fatalities have been women and children, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health; the World Health Organization ...
When human rights go backwards: four lessons - OpenGlobalRights
Feb 8, 2023 · Shaharzad Akbar (Twitter @ShaharzadAkbar) is an Afghan human rights activist in exile. She is currently the executive director of Rawadari and an academy associate with Chatham House.. David Griffiths (Twitter @dlgriffiths) is a consultant on human rights strategy and futures, including with Chatham House. He was previously director of the Office of the Secretary General at Amnesty International.
Human Rights: What are the questions that really matter?
Oct 22, 2020 · There is reason to believe that the human rights movement is needed more than ever, but what if the movement has lost its way and is no longer fit for purpose, not through lack of effort, but through outdated perception?
How inequality threatens all human rights - OpenGlobalRights
Oct 29, 2015 · Inequality is not only a threat to economic and social rights—it threatens the realization of all forms of rights everywhere. At the global level, economic crises, armed conflict, public health emergencies, food insecurity and climate change have all threatened the realization of human rights. Within this constellation of factors, the ...
Workers’ rights really are human rights - OpenGlobalRights
Oct 21, 2014 · Still, classification of workers’ rights as human rights is controversial. Consider, for example, debates between proponents of rights of workers on solidarity and human rights, or on rights and workers’ power.Many of these debates focus on trade union rights, which are important because of the unequal bargaining power between employers and workers.
The Future of Human Rights Blog - OpenGlobalRights
Jan 22, 2021 · From Barbuda to the World: Love (and Peace and Happiness) in the Time of Climate Emergency. By: César Rodriguez-Garavito & Elizabeth Donger 12/11/2020 “The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet,” the sci-fi writer William Gibson has famously said.For a peek into the future of human rights in a warming planet, there are few better places than the small Caribbean ...