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Cleaved and Clamored: The Crisis in Cameroon

November 12, 2019 By Shane Burns

On Tuesday, November 5th, the Institute for Human Rights co-sponsored an event alongside Cameroon Humanitarian Relief Initiative to present Herman Cohen (former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs) and Dr. Fontem Neba  (Secretary General of Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium). During their panel discussion, Cohen and Neba discussed the history of Cameroon, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Civil and Political Rights, Economic Rights, Environmental Rights, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, IHR Events, International Criminal Law, Minority Rights, Refugees, War/Peace Tagged With: cameroon, civil war, conflict, human rights, peace

Aftermath of the Xenophobic attack in South Africa

October 24, 2019 By Joseph Abua

Over three weeks ago, African immigrants in South Africa were brutally attacked and their properties destroyed by local citizens within various cities and provinces in the country. The conflict while still in its latent stage, initially began late August 2019 through petite skirmishes and altercations between foreign truck drivers and local south African citizens before […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Civil and Political Rights, government, International Tagged With: civil rights, human rights, social change, United Nations

Clarion Call on the on-going Anglophone violent conflict in Cameroon

September 3, 2019 By Joseph Abua

Some Victims of the On-going Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon Photo by the Cameroon Humanitarian Relief Initiative   Cameroon has always been known as a nation of peace and tranquility ever since she gained her independence on the 1st of January 1960. Despite being surrounded by nations constantly faced with internal conflicts and wars, it remained […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Refugees, War/Peace Tagged With: Cameroon Conflict

On Early and Forced Marriage

August 14, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

by Grace Ndanu Most people dream of choosing their life partner. Their marriage would be one of independent and happy life. This is not the reality for many young girls who become child brides.  Early and/or forced marriage is most practiced in Sab-Saharan Africa; it is also common in the Maasai community. The Maasai, despite […]

Filed Under: Africa, Children's Rights, Civil and Political Rights, Economic Rights, government, Guest blogger, International, Women's Rights Tagged With: autonomy, child marriage, FGM, gender based violence, Maasai, poverty

Toward the Understanding and Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

June 27, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

The conversation around reproductive and sexual rights and the bodily autonomy of women generally consists of access to abortion, birth control, and intimate partner and sexual violence. FGM is a patriarchal cultural practice rooted in the cutting away of the female body with the suppression of emotion, which at its core, is a denial of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Children's Rights, government, Guest blogger, International, North America, Women's Rights Tagged With: child marriage, culture of honor, FGM, gender based violence, gender bias, sexual violence, zero-tolerance

Wiki yangu na Kenya

May 16, 2019 By lel2020

My week spent in Kenya was amazing and profound, yet I find myself at a loss for words when trying to describe my time there.” I have been told that I am not a good storyteller. Details of the stories I tell that seem crucial to me turn out to be utterly unimportant to others, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Economic Rights, Environmental Rights, Guest blogger, IHR Events, International, Women's Rights Tagged With: environment, Kenya, ladypad project, language, Maasai, proximity, tourism

The Evolution of How I Defined a Global Citizen

May 14, 2019 By Emma Laurence

As the world has grown smaller, and the global economy and policies have pushed their way to the focus of peoples concerns, many citizens have altered their attention from the nation to the globe, defining themselves to be a global citizen. Since the introduction of social media, I have seen how easy it is to […]

Filed Under: Africa, Civil and Political Rights, Guest blogger, Human Rights of Special Groups, IHR Events, Women's Rights Tagged With: global citizen, Kenya, ladypad project, Maasai, proximity, social change

Worldwide Famine and its Impact

April 29, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

by Nicole Allen and Pam Zuber Famine and other types of food insecurity are problems in several ways. A chronic and widespread lack of food is not only harmful to people’s health but can produce other repercussions.  Unfortunately, we are witnessing many of these short- and long-term repercussions of famine and food insecurity in several […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia, Economic Rights, Environmental Rights, Guest blogger, Middle East and North Africa, Minority Rights, Public health, Refugees Tagged With: climate change, Famine, farming, food insecurity, idp, malnutrition, political conflict

WILL MY STORY AND HOW AM PLANNING TO HELP THOSE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM EVER RULE THE WORLD?

April 15, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

by Grace Ndanu Over spring break 2019, UAB students traveled to Kenya with Dr. Stacy Moak, Professor of Social Work, and Dr. Tina Kempin Reuter, Director of the UAB Institute for Human Rights. They visited CARA Girls Rescue Center where they met Grace, a student and former resident at CARA [she is behind the lady […]

Filed Under: Africa, Children's Rights, Economic Rights, Guest blogger, Human Rights of Special Groups, North America, Women's Rights Tagged With: child abuse, gender and development, gender based violence, health of women and girls, Kenya, sexual health, sexual violence

Getting a Mental Detox in Rwanda

April 5, 2019 By Carmen Lau

This Sunday 7 April is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwandan Genocide.  I decided to study the Rwandan genocide after attending the  Institute for Human Rights conference entitled, “Bystanders and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South.”  Rwanda, viewed as a trophy of the African “mission field” by […]

Filed Under: Africa, Children's Rights, Guest blogger, Minority Rights, War/Peace Tagged With: dance, gratitude, human connectivity, mental health, religion, rwandan genocide

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