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Define human rights

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The basic rights and freedoms to which all himan beings are entitled

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Define insurgent

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A person fighting against a governement or force

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Define human right article

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One of 30 statements found in the decleration of human rights

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What does the OHCHR do

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Represents the worlds commitment to universal ideals of human dignity

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What are the sustainable development goals

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17 goals set by the UN in 2015

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Define geopolitics

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balence of power and relations

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Define sectorian

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Distinguishable group or sector

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Define Ba’ath Party

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Government of Syria

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What are the Kurds

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10-15% minority discriminated against

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Define Islamic State (IS)

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Jihadist group seized land in 2014

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Define repression

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When human rights are inhibited

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Human rights article 1

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Right to equality

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Human rights article 2

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Freedom from discrimination

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Human right article 10

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Right to a fair public hearing

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Human right article 10

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Right to a fair public hearing

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Human rights article 17

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Right to own property

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Human rights article 26

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Right to education

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Human rights article 27

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Right to participate in the cultural life of a community

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What is GII

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Gender inequality index
Rating between 0 and one based off of reproductive health, empowerment and labour force participation rate

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Define gender inequality

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The unequal treatment of individuals based upon their gender

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What is CEDAW

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Convention for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

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Global paygap

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Women earn 16% less globally

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Impacts of gender equality in education

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Increases human resource
More skilled workers (foreign investment)
Increases gross domestic product

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Barriers to equality in education

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Expectations to strat a family
Terrorist organisations

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Progress towards equality in education
Reduction in pay gap 2012 97 girls for every 100 boys in primary Increasing free primary education + feeding programmes
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Impacts of gender inequality in health
When woman make their own reproductive choices they provide better care for their children More pay for women can mean better education (children do better in school in a gender equal environment)
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Barriers to equality in health
Diseases that effect woman are less researched
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What % of human trafficking is women
70
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How many countries have a female head of state
47%
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what % of parlamentarians are female
20%
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How many years is it estimated to close the pay gap
100
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Issues in honduras
Police corruption murder rate of 56 per 100,000 GDP - 2700 Healthcare
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Global governance strategies in Honduras
Hoduras set up minestry for justice and human rights to prevent torture and corruption
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Impacts of NGOs in honduras
Care international pledged to help with poverty, education and health Kenco's education scheme
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Impacts of management strategies in Honduras
HDI increased from 0.6 to 0.62 between 2010 and 2020 More trade opportunities
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What is forced labour
Situations in which persons are coerced into wokr through the use of violence or intimidationor by more subtle means such as the accumulation of dept, retention of identity papers or threats of denunciation.
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Where is forced labour most common
SE asia
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How many ppl around the world estimated to be in forced labour
21m
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GDP of saudi arabia
54,000 per capita
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Gender inequality examples in saudi arabia
Female testomony counts for half of final verdics (violates article 10 right to a fair public hearing) women need permission to go to school Women cant vote or run in politics without permision
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What % of voters in saudi arabia are female
10%
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GII of saudi arabia
0.375
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Steps towards gender equality saudi arabia
2013 domestic violence made illigal 2015 allowed to vote in municipal elections 2017 women allowed to drive social media push by women but face punishment 2017 allowed to access gov service without male consent
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Define geopolitics
the effects of geography on political and internal relations
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How many people are estimated in forced labour
20 million globally
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Maternal mortality rate stat
300,000 in 2013
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Capital punishment stat
600 in 2014
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Define genocide
the deliberate killing of a particular group of people
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Define conflict
Disagreement or discord, violent or otherwise
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When did gthe syrian conflict start
2011
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How are human rights promoted
OHCHR, amnesty international Raise awareness spread ideas and technology Movement of people and money Satellite imagery
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How can human rights lead to conflict (representation)
Syria one party state - many political prisoners Gov represents 12% of ethnic pop Pro democracy protests in march 2011 met with gunfire triggering civil war
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How can conflict lead to human rights (dead, displaced, housing, access)
300,000 dead by 2015 Chlorine bombs in 2015 27% of housing stock destroyed 6.6m displaced 70% of pop lack access to food + water (surrender or starve)
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UN intervention in Syria (how many ppl reached)
Peace talks, disposing of chemiccal weapons Reached 2.2 million people
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National Gov intervention Syria
Oil embargo Sep 2011
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NGOs in Syria
16 autherised to work eg White helmets rescue people from war zones
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Outline the SSGs
17 goals to be acheived by 2030
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Injustice still present in Honduras
judges still face intimidation attacks on journalists inequality drug trafficking

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