Welcome to the January 2022 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include a guilty verdict in Germany and deepening humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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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 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 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 December 2020 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include violence in northern Ethiopia and health hazards at a refugee camp in Greece.
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 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 September 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.
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March 29, 2024
Check out 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.
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.
