Human Rights in the News: July 2024
/Welcome to the July 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world.
Stage at the World AIDS Conference in Germany
UN report: AIDS could end by 2030 if world leaders help ease access to treatment
David O’Sullivan | EuroNews | 22 July 2024
A recent report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS states that the AIDS pandemic could end by 2030 if more is done to fund initiatives and protect human rights. One in four people living with AIDS has no access to treatment.
Two people, photographed from behind. One is holding a rainbow pride flag (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
Six months of wins for human rights
Amnesty International | 16 July 2024
This list by Amnesty international includes successful campaigns for human rights in the first half of 2024.
A Myanmar police officer at a checkpoint in Rakhine state (Credit: AP Photo)
French Olympians can’t wear hijabs. Human rights group says it's discrimination
Reena Advani | NPR | 22 July 2024
France, who is hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, has announced that it will not let athletes on its national team wear hijabs. Human rights group Amnesty International has called the rule discriminatory.
National Assembly building in The Gambia
The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights
World Health Organization | 15 July 2024
The National Assembly of The Gambia voted to uphold the country’s Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). “FGM involves cutting or removing some or all of the external female genitalia. Mostly carried out on infants and young girls, it can inflict severe immediate and long-term physical and psychological damage, including infection, later childbearing complications, and post-traumatic stress disorder.”
Grocery shelves full of fresh fruits and vegetables (Credit: Jenny Pritchett)
A first-of-its-kind free food market opens in San Francisco: ‘Without this, some of us won’t make it’
Jenny Pritchett | The Guardian | 20 July 2024
A free market now serves a historically Black neighborhood in San Francisco. “The market is a first in two ways: it’s funded by the city, through the San Francisco Human Services Agency, rather than charitable organizations. And it lets clients choose, instead of handing them a box with foods they may or may not like or know how to cook – reducing food waste, and increasing a sense of dignity.”
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