I am particularly passionate about defending the rights of women and girls and protecting them from abuse and violence. Because of that, I truly admire the work of UNIFEM and their campaign called “Say NO- End Violence Against Women“. I regularly receive their updates and calls to action and I got one yesterday that was...
Amnesty International is an awesome organization that works to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity.
One of the coolest things they do is fight for the rights and release of “Prisoners of Conscience” which is anyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, color, language, sexual orientation, belief, or lifestyle so long as they have not used or advocated violence. It also refers to...
Human trafficking is one of the most horrific human rights issues faced by our world today. The number of people bought and sold in worldwide order to be exploited is estimated to be around 2 million, and nearly half of those are minors (ILO, 2008).The majority of victims are are female and are trafficked in...
It strikes me as a strange juxtaposition to sit here and use my laptop (with my cellphone sitting in front of me) to write about what an injustice it is that people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) being enslaved to make my technology possible.
I would explain it, but an amazing little organization called Emote360...
Every year, more than 200,000 individuals report their rape to the police. Almost all of them are asked to submit to the collection of DNA evidence from their bodies, which is then stored in a small package called a rape kit. This collection of evidence is an invasive and traumatic process that takes four to...
Since I first posted about the issue of child slavery on cocoa farms (and promised not to eat any chocolate that was not fair trade), my eyes have truly been opened to the incredible scope of this issue and the blatant disregard for basic human rights shown by the major chocolate producers around the world.
Here’s...
Monday was National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Therefore, I’m going to take this opportunity to make those of you who are unaware of this issue…more aware! (I would have posted this then, but Gary and I have travelled to South Africa and internet access is currently fairly limited…so forgive my lateness!)
The first step in advocacy...
Today is International Human Rights day. In honor of this day, we are gonna do some advocacy. Advocacy means “speaking or writing in support or defense of a person, cause, etc.” or “pleading for or on behalf of another”. In a nutshell, it is becoming a voice for the voiceless.
I found several opportunities for advocacy...
