Human Rights in the News: March 2022

Welcome 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.

NewsNikki BambauerMarch 31, 2022health care, United States, transgender rights, LGBTQ rights, Russia, protest, activism, Hungary

Human Rights in the News: November 2021

Check out the November 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include refugees in Belarus and Poland and the need for a global vaccine agreement.

NewsNikki BambauerNovember 30, 2021genocide, Yazidi, health care, United Nations, China, Poland, Belarus, refugee

Human Rights in the News: June 2021

Check 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.

NewsNikki BambauerJune 30, 2021Canada, Indigenous, health care, refugees, India, LGBTQ rights, racism, United Nations

Human Rights in the News: May 2021

Check 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.

NewsNikki BambauerMay 27, 2021genocide, Yazidi, LGBTQIA, health care, asylum, refugees

Human Rights in the News: April 2021

Check out the April 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 Armenian Genocide.

NewsNikki BambauerApril 27, 2021health care, sexual education, gender violence, genocide, Turkey, United States, indigenous

Bringing Global Human Rights into the Classroom

International human rights NGO Amnesty International recently published its 2020/21 report on the state of human rights around the world. The report includes information on the status of human rights in 149 countries. Learn more about the report and how to bring it into your classroom!

EducationNikki BambauerApril 16, 2021gender violence, censorship, health care, press freedom, protest

Human Rights in the News: January 2021

Check out the January 2021 edition of Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world. Topics include Trump’s 1776 Commission and transgender rights in Romania.

NewsNikki BambauerJanuary 21, 2021health care, technology, China, Uighur, genocide, United States, education, LGBTQ rights, transgender rights

Human Rights in the News: August 2019

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

Human Rights in the News: April 2019

Introducing Human Rights in the News, Woven Teaching’s monthly collection of human rights news from around the world.

Striving for Social Justice in 2019

Happy World Day of Social Justice! In this post, the Woven Teaching staff highlights some of the social justice issues that they are passionate about. What social justice issues will you and your students bring attention to in 2019?