Human Rights in the News: May 2025

Welcome to the May 2025 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of important human rights stories from around the world. Topics include a successful anti-poverty program in Brazil and forced labor in China.

NewsNikki BambauerMay 29, 2025China, Uighur, labor, United States, disability rights, Australia, Aboriginal, reparations, Israel, Palestine, starvation, genocide, Brazil, journalism, poverty, homelessness

Human Rights in the News: August 2021

Check out the August 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh.

NewsNikki BambauerAugust 31, 2021Bay Area, racism, California, health, disability rights, discrimination, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, forced disappearance

Human Rights in the News: March 2020

Check 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.

NewsNikki BambauerMarch 27, 2020LGBTQ rights, gender equality, United Nations, health, women’s rights, Mexico, DRC, disability rights, stateless, citizenship

Human Rights in the News: October 2019

Check out the October 2019 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world.

NewsNikki BambauerOctober 29, 2019LGBTQ rights, Uganda, disability rights, living wage, Nobel Prize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, genocide denial, Native Americans, California, Turkey, Kurds, ethnic cleansing