Search for tag: "minorities"
What are the Key Issues Facing Minorities and Indigenous Peoples?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 entitlement and rights…
From SDG Academy
45 plays
|
|
Global Snapshots of Social Exclusion by ContinentThis 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 over for diamond mines. Within…
From SDG Academy
54 plays
|
|
Tools to Overcome Structural InequalitiesOver time, many societies have come to the conclusion that mutually beneficial relationships can be forged with minorities using the ideas of reservations and quotas–which are problematic, but…
From SDG Academy
122 plays
|
|
Who Are Minorities and Indigenous PeoplesThe distinctions between the concepts of minorities, indigenous peoples, and peoples are important because they are accompanied by a different range of entitlements. Minorities are non-dominant…
From SDG Academy
33 plays
|
|
If Rights are for All, Why Special Rights for Some?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 actual practice there is a gap…
From SDG Academy
190 plays
|