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Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion

MOOC

Project description

From women to children to indigenous peoples, the rights of marginalized groups the world over are violated daily. These injustices affect not just these groups, but also the stability of our world � and our collective future.

Year 2021

Location United States

Organization SDG Academy X

Project aims

Learn about the establishment of human rights and their linkages to many other global issues in sustainable development. Using legal frameworks as the lens, the course explores the barriers that prevent rights from becoming reality in different societies.

Project outcome

You will learn - International agreements in place to support marginalized groups - How global politics shape the conversation � and the law - Gender, ethnicity and other factors that intersect � and interfere � with rights worldwide - How new approaches to humanitarian assistance hurt and help