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“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

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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