Human Rights // Current TV

People to Wear Hoodies In Churches Across the United States

CNN... . Lawyer: Federal hate crime charge against Trayvon shooter a... more

EthicalVegan
added this
2 months ago
|
43 comments

15-Year-Old Boy In Coma After Attempting Suicide Because of Bullying After He Came Out

The Advocate... . Posted on Advocate.com March 23, 2012 02:29:46 PM ET... more

EthicalVegan
added this
2 months ago
|
10 comments

Thousands of U.S. Atheists Turn Out for "Reason Rally"

Yahoo!... . Thousands of US atheists turn out for 'Reason Rally'... more

EthicalVegan
added this
2 months ago
|
4 comments

LGBT Activist bloggers/tweeps/journos meeting in Houston today. Follow #haas12

Don't forget that the top LGBT bloggers, editors, and journalists are gathered in... more

LOrion
added this
2 months ago
|
1 comment

Their Tails Between Their Legs

Lately Republican politicians and pundits have tried to insert their dogma between the... more

TomCat1948
added this
2 months ago
|
0 comments

Why Venus and Zeitgeist Don't Have It Quite Right

I might presume that most of You are aware of the Venus Project and the Zeitgeist... more

Amaterasu
added this
2 months ago
|
0 comments

Make room for the rich: Leaked map reveals Ethiopia’s mass evictions plan

survivalinternational - Ethiopian authorities have inadvertently revealed the... more

joeeddy
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Female Longevity Offset by Lethal Gender Gaps

Women live longer than men, yet speakers at a recent conference asserted that the low... more

Womens_eNews
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Women's Human Rights: More than Just a Slogan

Framing women's rights in terms of human rights, as expressed by the phrase "women's rights are human rights," was an idea and a movement whose time had come. It came simultaneously from more than one source, but it began to bubble to the surface in the context of the global feminist movement of the 1980s. This was a formative time for feminists in our development as women's human rights activists.

In a pre-Internet era, the rapid movement of the petition by hand, letter, or--for a privileged few--sparkling new fax machine reflected the emergence of the women's movement as a global political force. However, the petition was not just to be signed. It was an organizing tool for feminists to provoke a discussion of why human rights were not already systematically seen as including women's rights, as well as to mobilize women around the world to make their voices heard.

Major, even revolutionary, advances have been made in awareness, recognition, and standard setting around women's rights as human rights. Yet the revolution is unfinished. UNWomen's 2011-2012 Report on Progress of the World's Women shows clearly that justice--an essential element in the realization of human rights--is still a distant dream for most women. When it comes to violence against women in particular, impunity is still rampant and justice is often denied.

The backlash and violence experienced by women's rights activists is especially worrisome. Women defenders often face gender-specific abuse in addition to the threats all defenders face, especially if they are seen as defying societal norms. This can take many forms: sexual violence and harassment, familial pressures and threats to their children, name calling and sexuality baiting, or other attacks on their reputation in the community or work place. Increasing numbers of women activists from Colombia to Nepal to South Africa and Mexico have been murdered or driven out of their communities for their defense of women's rights.

Despite the daunting challenges they face, women keep showing extraordinary, courage and creativity in demanding their rights and seeking to create a better world. New technologies have spread ideas of change rapidly, and young women have played key roles in the recent revolutions in the Middle East. These women--connected to each other and women in the rest of the world--are poised to be key actors and potential leaders in movements for change as well as governments in the near future.

http://womensenews.org/story/books/120309/womens-human-rights-slogan-global-agendaFraming women's rights in terms of human rights, as expressed by the phrase... more

Womens_eNews
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Kony, Truth, & All of Us

Ryan is President & Founder of Forgotten Voices and an emerging voice in... more

b_reilly
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Electrogravitics - A Description of a Better Overunity ("Free Energy")

Electrogravitics... This technology was being developed and tested in all major... more

Amaterasu
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

NAACP to challenge state voting laws before U.N. panel in Geneva | McClatchy

Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2012 WASHINGTON — Taking a page from its past,... more

figgdimension
added this
3 months ago
|
7 comments

Girls with gear - satirical YouTube about Apple and Foxconn

Great original video about Apple and Foxconn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZ6hbxMN-4

bendalby82
added this
3 months ago
|
2 comments

2012 and the Ascent of Humanity

Millions of people today believe a prophecy the world will end in 2012, according to interpretations of the Mayan calendar. Some expect total destruction, maybe from a reversal of the magnetic poles. Many expect the mass “ascension” or “rapture” of people shifting to a higher dimension, spiritually or physically. Others say the world as we know it will end — a transformation of society worldwide. The skeptics, in contrast, claim the Mayan calendar does not really end in 2012 because the ancients simply ran out of rock.

Until we see what happens in 2012 and beyond, why not address the global social and ecological problems we all face together? Why not be fully enlightened people who change the world by changing ourselves? Why not use the power of our global connectivity?

Because we are globally interactive, everything we think, feel, say and do has a real impact in the world. When we “think globally and act locally,” our daily choices tend be enlightened. A global sensibility affects what foods we eat, what clothes we wear, what cars we drive, what books we read, what jobs we accept, what candidates we elect. “Global sense” affects how we live, love, learn, work, play, pray, and vote. Each enlightened choice, in turn, helps enlighten our world — whether gradually or miraculously. Indeed, we are powerful!

The cause of global awakening is the cause of all humankind. The outcome of our choices in the next few decades will impact all life on earth for hundreds or thousands of years.

When millions of people believe a mistaken idea is true, it’s popularity makes us believe it must be right. Recall the tale about the emperor’s new clothes. Voicing any contrary view, like saying the emperor is naked, raises a outcry by the defenders of tradition. After we pass a tipping point in public opinion, most people voice the new idea as if they’d never thought otherwise.

Today millions of us on earth mistakenly believe we humans are innately evil, that we cannot be trusted with freedom, that we cannot hope for enlightenment. Millions also mistakenly believe we exist separately from the rest of life, that we are powerless, that nothing we do makes any real difference in the world.

Contrary views are arising. A growing number of people say we humans are naturally good, capable of enlightenment, and globally connected in ways that empower each of us to change the world from within ourselves.

Granted, the one percent of humanity now ruling our world resists this global sensibility. To repress protests like the Occupy Wall Street or Arab Spring movements, they’ve declared "endless war" on the demonized advocates of human rights and social responsibility. They distract us with mindless media mayhem while desensitizing us to real human suffering. They promote ignorance by undermining public education as zealots stay busy banning books. Such abuses of natural law must concern everyone who trusts the power of love and reason.

Regardless of our age, gender, race, class, party, or religion, a clarion call of alarm for the future of all life on our homeland earth is long overdue. We are at a “tipping point” when our civilization may rise or fall. To survive and thrive, each of us now needs to ascend to our highest human potential. We cannot afford to remain hopeless and afraid. We cannot afford delays. We need to claim our global power. We need to take action in ways that make global sense.
___________

This essay is adapted from the introduction to my book, GLOBAL SENSE: The 2012 Edition: A spiritual handbook on the nature of society and how to change the world by changing ourselves (Visit http://globalsense.com)Millions of people today believe a prophecy the world will end in 2012, according to... more

judahfreed
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Will SCOTUS Overreach Again?

Most of you will agree that Citizens United is the worst Supreme Court decision since... more

TomCat1948
added this
3 months ago
|
2 comments

Psychologists and Torture, Then and Now

History repeats itself, Marx famously warned, first as tragedy and then as farce. In... more

joeeddy
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Corrupt Supreme Court Scamps Are At It Again: The only worthy human is a “Corporate” human

US Supreme Court Denies Mesothelioma Victims’ Their Day in Court Supreme Court... more

joeeddy
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Maryland Governor O'Malley Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill | Updates

CNN... . Maryland governor to sign same-sex marriage bill By the CNN Wire... more

EthicalVegan
added this
3 months ago
|
11 comments

Human Rights Watch Chooses Politics Over Human Rights

Human Rights Watch appear to have lowered the bar for human rights by supporting... more

Womens_eNews
added this
3 months ago
|
0 comments

Student Who Sewed Lips Together In Protest Arrested

Dariush Jalali, a student at Iran’s Yasuj University who had sewn his lips... more

joeeddy
added this
3 months ago
|
1 comment

select your country

Community Spotlight

TAGS

tagged w/ Human Rights

top videos

find current on tv

find current online

recent comments

© 2012 Current TV, LLC All Rights Reserved

the basics

follow us online

tools

stay in touch

© 2012 Current TV, LLC
All Rights Reserved