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Hashtags and Human Rights

October 23, 2019 By Aahil Rajpari

Throughout the history of humankind, the way in which people transmit news has evolved exponentially, from the word of mouth in the olden days to a simple click, swipe, and 240 characters. It connects you and I to events happening around the world, from concerts to social movements concerning human rights. But, to what extent […]

Filed Under: Activism, Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, International Criminal Law, Minority Rights, Women's Rights Tagged With: democracy, equality, hashtags, human rights, sexual violence, social movements, world

The Sex Trafficking Industry Right In Alabama

August 28, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

by Dianna Bai You may have heard of the tragic situation straddling the I-20 corridor, the stretch of highway that runs between Birmingham and Atlanta. Known as the “sex trafficking super highway,” the I-20 corridor is a hotbed for human trafficking. The intimate settings of this illegal trade? Familiar places in our backyard: the hotels […]

Filed Under: government, Guest blogger, Human Rights of Special Groups, Human Trafficking, North America, Public health, Women's Rights Tagged With: Alabama, birmingham, modern-day slavery, PTSD, sexual violence, trauma

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

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

Book Review: Invisible No More – Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color

February 22, 2019 By Ajanet Rountree

This book review was originally published in the Vulcan Historical Review, Fall 2018.   Andrea J. Ritchie is a lawyer and activist. She writes Invisible No More “as an act of love, of mourning, of honoring, of commemoration, of liberation, as a contribution to our shared struggles, wrestling with the meanings of Blackness, privilege, solidarity, and […]

Filed Under: Activism, Civil and Political Rights, Disability Rights, government, Minority Rights, North America, Women's Rights Tagged With: Blackness, book review, invisibility, narratives, police brutality, sexual violence, social control

The Forced Virginity Testing of Women in Afghanistan

November 21, 2018 By Indu Gandikota

Afghanistan has had a long history of being a patriarchal society. Cultural customs that have suppressed the rights of women have been popularized and justified on the basis of morality. With these customs largely targeting women behavior, Afghani women are faced daily with gender inequality. One of the most brutal threats is the risk of […]

Filed Under: Asia, Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights of Special Groups, Public health, Women's Rights Tagged With: crime and punishment, discrimination, honor killings, imprisonment, morality, purity, sexual violence, WHO

The Impact of Child Abuse

November 9, 2018 By Lindsey Reid

Childhood is a time in life that should be filled with joy and imagination, and free of fear and any serious responsibility.  However, for many people, this not their reality, as abuse and trauma have warped their experience of it.  In 2014, about 702,000 children were found to be victims of some form of abuse […]

Filed Under: Children's Rights, government, International, Minority Rights, Public health Tagged With: abuse, America, child abuse, children, mental health, neglect, sexual violence, trauma

Sexual Assault on College Campuses

October 19, 2018 By Lindsey Reid

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three women and one in six men have experienced sexual violence .  The term sexual assault refers to “any type of sexual activity or contact that happens without your consent.”  Though, the most obvious examples of sexual assault are physical, such as rape and unwanted touching, it can also […]

Filed Under: Disability Rights, Human Rights Issues, Minority Rights, Public health, Women's Rights Tagged With: America, culture, gender equality, human rights, LGBTQ, mental health, rape, rape culture, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, transgender, Women

“I heard Heaven”

October 16, 2018 By Shane Burns

On Tuesday, October 9th, “Me Too” movement founder and civil rights activist, Tarana Burke, offered a lecture at UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, covering her activist roots, time as an organizer in Alabama and tomorrow’s aspirations for combating sexual violence. Born in the Bronx, at a young age, Tarana’s grandfather introduced her to black scholars, such as Angela Davis and bell hooks, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Children's Rights, Minority Rights, Women's Rights Tagged With: rape culture, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence

#WhyIDidntReport: Reflections & Moving Forward from a Survivor of Sexual Violence

October 3, 2018 By Nicholas Sherwood

My Story Two of my cousins sexually abused me while I was between the ages of seven and nine.  Once during an assault, their father (my uncle) walked in, watched what was happening, quietly closed the door, and walked away.  I have forgiven them all. I believe recounting details of my abuse (whether to myself […]

Filed Under: Activism, Human Rights of Special Groups Tagged With: sexual violence, suvivors, violence

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