Welcome to the April 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include protests at college campuses across the US and important progress for intersex rights.
Read MoreWelcome to the March 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include a landmark environmental case in Peru and world guidelines for the responsible use of AI.
Read MoreWelcome to the February 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include the human rights defenders in Russia and Venezuela’s expulsion of the UN human rights office.
Read MoreWelcome to the January 2023 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include reparations for intersex individuals and a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Read MoreWelcome to the November 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include labor rights at the World Cup and the UN’s new High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Read MoreWelcome to the October 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include poverty discrimination and everyday heroes.
Read MoreWelcome to the September 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include the Colombian President Petro’s speech at the UN and the Russian war against Ukraine.
Read MoreWelcome to the July 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include the latest UN-approved human right, gender equality, and the dangers of social media.
Read MoreCheck out the November 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include refugees in Belarus and Poland and the need for a global vaccine agreement.
Read MoreCheck out the June 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include reparations and Indigenous rights.
Read MoreCheck out the June 2020 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include police violence in the U.S., human rights violations in the clean energy sector, and more.
Read MoreFollowing a request by 54 African nations, the UN Human Rights Council announced today that it will hold a debate about systemic racism and police brutality in the United States.
Read MoreIn response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, demonstrations against police violence have erupted in the United States. The NAACP has called on the UN to declare murders by police as human rights violations, but they are not the first to do so. In December 1951, a Detroit-based civil rights organization, the Civil Rights Congress, delivered an historic petition to the United Nations, charging the United States with genocide.
Read MoreCheck out the April 2020 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include world hunger, increasing police violence, and transgender rights.
Read MoreCheck out the March 2020 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include COVID-19, women’s rights in Mexico, and disability rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read MoreCheck out the February 2020 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include unceded Wet’suwet’en territory in Canada and disability history.
Read MoreCheck out the December 2019 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world.
Read MorePresident Trump’s comments about migrants and asylum-seekers crossing the southern border should be categorized as racist and xenophobic. Not surprisingly, his administration’s policies are in line with this dehumanizing language and have worsened the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read MoreIn a new wave of human rights activism, young activists are rising up, taking action, and calling for change. Woven Teaching’s Director of Development, Shivani Banfal, spent time with young activists at this year’s UN Youth ECOSOC Forum.
Read MoreHappy World Day of Social Justice! In this post, the Woven Teaching staff highlights some of the social justice issues that they are passionate about. What social justice issues will you and your students bring attention to in 2019?
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April 29, 2024
Check out the April 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include protests at college campuses across the US and important progress for intersex rights.
February 13, 2024
Woven Teaching’s latest lesson, Strike!: Workers’ Rights and the Matchwomen of London’s East End provides an opportunity for students to learn about their rights as workers, as well as an historical struggle by workers in Victorian London. Students will also learn about the importance of solidarity.
