Welcome to the October 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include atrocities in northern Gaza and a victory for Indigenous groups in Finland.
Read MoreWelcome 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 July 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include discrimination at the 2024 Summer Olympics and a win for food justice.
Read MoreWelcome to the May 2024 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include digital metering at the U.S.-Mexico border and a chance at reparations for the victims of enforced disappearance.
Read MoreWelcome 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 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 2023 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include the release of a political prisoner in the Philippines and new rights protections in New York City.
Read MoreWelcome to the June 2023 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include affirmative action in the United States and protests by members of Starbucks Workers United.
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 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 MoreWelcome to the June 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include book bans, abortion rights, and labor organizing.
Read MoreThe U.S. is reeling from the latest act of gun violence and racist terrorism. On May 14, a white shooter attacked shoppers at the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, NY, taking the lives of ten people.
What can we do to contextualize this horrific tragedy for our students? How do we reassure them and have candid and honest discussions about racism? About white nationalism?
Read MoreWelcome to the March 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include arrests in Russia and the global targeting of human rights defenders.
Read MoreIn recent weeks, high school students across the U.S. have walked out of campuses in protest of what some students view as COVID protocols that are too lax and/or not enforced. These students are exercising their freedom of opinion and assembly. Do the students in your classroom know their rights?
Read MoreCheck out the October 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include land contamination in New Mexico and the treatment of migrants near Calais, France.
Read MoreCheck out the September 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include Rikers Island in New York and displacement in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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 >
