Welcome to the August 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include Pride in Kathmandu and homelessness in California.
Read MoreWelcome to the January 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 women human rights defenders in Myanmar and anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in Texas.
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 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 May 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include vaccine distribution inequality and the Yazidi genocide.
Read MoreCheck out the September 2020 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include the global increase in child labor, a women’s protest in Mexico, and a break in the pending genocide case against Myanmar.
Read MoreAs we celebrate Pride Month, it is important to acknowledge the diversity of those involved in the riots and the gay liberation movement. Historically, the contributions and sacrifices of certain groups, including transgender people (and particularly trans people of color), were either ignored or erased. We cannot allow this to continue. The world needs the strength, resiliency, and leadership of transgender communities.
Read MoreCheck out the June 2019 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world.
Read MoreYou Have the Right To… is a brand new poster that Woven Teaching has created for your classroom. Help students learn about the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Learn more >
October 22, 2024
Woven Teaching’s latest resource, Defending Democracy: Lessons for Building Resilience and Taking Action, is now available!
Inspired by Timothy Snyder's, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, the curriculum’s 15 lessons encourage civic engagement and global citizenship, and emphasize critical thinking, media literacy and community-building. Download >
August 26, 2024
Woven Teaching was proud to partner with Women Forward International (WFI) and Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord, CA to offer a class of “newcomer students” a project to learn about human rights and how to protect and uphold them. Read more >
