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From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
How we understand humanitarianism has been changing. People have been reconsidering whether we should be more selective in terms of who we give aid to after the Rwandan… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective… -
From SDG Academy on 24 February, 2021
This conversation with Richard Rothstein took place on February 24, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Rothstein's book The Color of… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Gender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Gender wasn’t on the development agenda until the 1970s. At that time, it was recognized that development could harm women as modernization brings increased… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
International law protects the few from the tyranny of the majority because marginalized groups are further away from sites of power. While by law we are all equal, in… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
There is a gendered experience of poverty: women and men experience poverty differently, and women may experience poverty differently from one another. In the case of… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Over time, many societies have come to the conclusion that mutually beneficial relationships can be forged with minorities using the ideas of reservations and… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Joshua Castellino addresses why the world needs human rights. He questions how the order that is created by governmental and social systems pays attention to justice. He… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Intellectual property rights guarantee that the individual who spends time constructing something new in the context of human experience can continuously claim credit in… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
There is very little information about who makes up the casualties of disasters, but some have suggested that women are 14 times more likely to die during an event in… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
This chapter addresses the experiences of indigenous peoples beyond the European and North American experiences, such as the San in Botswana whose lands have been taken… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
This chapter begins with a case study of the Nukak Indians in Colombia, who are on the brink of total extinction. The land rights questions lies at the very heart of the… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Sarah Bradshaw discusses the concept of disaster and its imapct on vulnerable populations. First, she stipulates that there is no such thing as a natural disaster; there… -
From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019
Poverty has been an important part of the development agenda since the 1990s, but the way that we measure poverty has changed drastically over the years. Inequality is…