#Human Rights Day

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By: Nicole Russell

Published: Dec 11, 2018

Monday was Human Rights Day. While the definition of that seems to be ever-broadening, from contraception to healthcare, recent statistics cycling through the news again seem to provide a salient point about gender differences, the so-called “wage gap” and even human rights.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that, in 2015, men dominated the 20 most dangerous occupations in the United States. Logging is the most dangerous job in the U.S., followed by fishing. Mining is the 20th most dangerous profession. More men than women occupied these jobs by anywhere from 85.4 to 99.9 percent.

Still, very few feminists, or anyone really, make a stink about the gender gap in casualties on the job. Perhaps because men earn so much doing it? Or they don’t deserve recognition because the patriarchy discovered logging and it’s getting what it deserved? Whatever the reason, it’s rarely mentioned, certainly not by feminists. I didn’t see “safety at work” anywhere in the #HumanRightsDay memes or tweets — but I did see calls for healthcare, contraception, and awareness of global warming as human rights.

Jordan Peterson, America’s favorite Canadian psychologist and gender rabble-rouser, wrote about this recently on his blog. He said studies, and his anecdotal research (he’s traveled to Scandinavia several times this last year), show that all this work to make men and women more equal has actually had the opposite effect. “Societies become more gender-equal in their social and political policies, men and women become more different in certain aspects, rather than more similar,” he wrote. However, when it comes to work and safety at work, men really do fill roles that are not only dangerous, but essential for a functioning, safe society.

More interestingly, Peterson argues that men choose these hazardous occupational roles because of their innate wiring, not in spite of it. In other words, women, and some men, can wreak havoc all they want about how men and women are equal, but real life proves differently.

There are other sex differences, as well, but they aren’t as large, excepting that of the aforementioned interest: men are comparatively more interested in things and women in people. This is the largest psychological difference between men and women yet identified. And these differences drive occupational choice, particularly at the extremes.

In a study Pew Research Center did in 2017, but published in the summer of 2018, and which I can’t believe didn’t go viral, they asked 4,573 Americans what they valued in each gender and described those values with 1,500 different words. The results were fascinating in that they were unsurprising. In other words, even during this third — or fourth? — wave of feminism, women still used words like “strong,” “provider,” and “honest” to identify positive traits in men. Men still used words like “beautiful,” “kind,” and “compassionate” to describe positive traits in women. Americans in general used words like “powerful” in a positive way to describe men, but when it describes women, it’s seen as negative. Beautiful as an adjective was nearly almost always used to describe women; provider was almost always used to describe men.

It’s clear how innate wiring in men and women, along with society’s view of the differences between men and women, despite feminism’s efforts, combine to encourage or support the fact that men occupy the top 20 most hazardous jobs at a rate of nearly 100 percent. This also may help people realize why some of those occupations are quite lucrative. Yet this irony (a lack of safety for men perhaps, but a bounty of free birth control for women) doesn’t seem to matter to feminists.

Let me clarify: Men don’t want it to matter either — they certainly don’t want women clamoring for their safety on the job. But statistics show gender differences and choices caused by those differences influence the market as well as any kind of pay gap.

Nicole Russell (@russell_nm) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner‘s Beltway Confidential blog. She is a journalist who previously worked in Republican politics in Minnesota.

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Happy international human rights day!

Unless you're Muslim. Or brown. Or black. Or Arab.

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12/10/2024 is Human Rights Day 🌎, Dewey Decimal System Day 🇺🇸, Nobel Prize Day 🇺🇸

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just took part in the biggest campaign for human rights- Amnesty international's Write for Rights. Join me!

https://join.amnesty.org/page/152448/petition/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=tw&en_ref=286242190

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How human rights are a pathway to solutions, playing a critical role as a preventative, protective and transformative force for good.

Since their adoption in 2015, many developing countries have made remarkable strides towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, a troubling disconnect persists: economic growth alone does not guarantee the alleviation of poverty or inequalities, the climate emergency accelerates, and the destruction of our natural world continues. As we mark Human Rights Day 2024, we are reminded that human rights are not abstract ideals. They are vital tools for addressing these pressing challenges and advancing dignity and justice for all. 

In conflict and crisis settings, where violence and forced displacement prevail, human rights come under acute threat. Women and children are especially affected. In such contexts, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works to support human rights solutions that strengthen accountability, protect communities and foster peace, recovery, and stability. This includes partnering with National Human Rights Institutions, which often represent the frontline defenders of human rights. For example, in Nigeria, UNDP collaborated with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to support the National Human Rights Commission’s Human Rights Dashboard and Observatory to enable real-time tracking and analysis of human rights violations, directly support to conflict-affected populations. Local initiatives also remain key. That includes women in Somalia who are being supported to lead peace efforts including assisting those facing violence, discrimination, and injustice. “I have resolved numerous local disputes…I feel motivated when I see I have been able to change people’s lives positively,” says Fatuma who led a local Peace Working Group.

As the accelerating climate emergency threatens the ability of current and future generations to enjoy their right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, UNDP is focusing on access to justice, working with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and OHCHR to help communities claim their rights. Moreover, in countries such as Belize, UNDP’s Climate Promise is supporting national climate change dialogues that comprise of key groups like civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and women's organizations, ensuring that everyone can have a say in their climate futures  -- advancing climate justice. The private sector also has a pivotal role to play. UNDP supports the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights including to advance sustainable practices that protect the environment. Indeed, technology offers both risks and opportunities to advance human rights. The Global Digital Compact aims to create an inclusive, open, safe, and secure digital space that respects, protects and promotes human rights. Tech-enabled UNDP tools like iVerify and eMonitor+ deployed in over 25 countries to monitor and address false narratives and hate speech show the potential. It is now crucial to adopt a rights-based approach to technologies like A.I., addressing ethical challenges, protecting data, and tackling biases to mitigate risks today and unlock immense benefits for the generations to come. 

The Pact for the Future reaffirms that the three pillars of the United Nations – sustainable development, peace and security, and human rights – are equally important, interlinked and mutually reinforcing. Remove one, and the balance falters. Alongside our partners from the UN and beyond, UNDP is dedicated to bringing the Pact to life. In many ways, it calls for a re-think of how our global community plans, acts, and thinks together for the future, concertedly creating a more continuous thread of actions that will shape the world to come. That involves embedding human rights into every aspect of our work to help realise a future where justice, equality and opportunity stretches beyond the far horizon.

Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

This Human Rights Day, 10 December 2024, we focus on how human rights are a pathway to solutions, playing a critical role as a preventative, protective and transformative force for good.

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Today is 10th of December.

Today is Human Rights Day, International Animal Rights Day, Nobel Prize Day, National Lager Day.

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Happy Human Rights Day 2024

Happy Human Rights Day, 10 December, 2024. 2024 Theme: "Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now." This theme has a message that the fulfillment of human rights is an urgent matter because it is the basis of an peaceful, just and inclusive society.

By defending human rights, we can prevent harm before it happens. By protecting human rights, we protect our future. By advancing human rights, we create a fairer world. We can do all this together for our common good. I personally also do all this as best I can.

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On today’s Human Rights Day, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)! Make sure to have a look at The Human Rights 75 Toolkit by the United Nations Human Rights Office to find out what you can do to stand up for human rights! 

Video Clip by the United Nations Human Rights Office

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Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day is observed on 21 March in South Africa. This day commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre which occurred in 1960, where South African Police shot & murdered black protestors.

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Canada's unintentional irony

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The March

No, she whispers.

After the policemen have left -- she catches her breath and pulls herself up from the floor, leans against the wall on unsteady legs, staggers out through the door where the women of the village come out to help her, support her as she limps along the track, kicking up dust, and together with the children, they straggle through parched fields where farm hands down tools to walk beside them, along the highway with its melting black tarmac and litter of cars abandoned by drivers who stride out next to them as they head for the city, and the people pour from the shops and office and factories, in other cities, too, and towns and villages, distant countries and faraway continents, they all emerge to join her, to walk alongside her, as she marches on, head high, back straight, one foot planted firmly in front of the other.

No, she had whispered and the whole world shouted. This stops now.

-- Brian Bilston, Day Like These

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Dan ljudskih prava

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How to participate to the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UDHR?

To Participate

Make your voice heard by participating in the two-day hybrid high-level event in Geneva.

Spread the word by adding your photo on social media.

Participate in OHCHR’s Human Rights 75 Film Tour.

Express your preference for the human rights declaration article that most clearly reflects your priority for the future.

Help us push leaders to take action and mobilize a global movement by joining our social media campaign and #Act4RightsNow, #HumanRights75. Communication assets are available on OHCHR’s dedicated Trello Board, which includes posters, photo filters, virtual exhibit and other materials.

Get inspired through OHCHR’s HR75 countdown and discover the stories of those who fought for human rights throughout history until today.

Find more ideas in the Human Rights Day toolkit.

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Reblogging because it’s needed again.

RECONNECT PALESTINIANS IN GAZA TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE WORLD: you can buy an eSim card on Simly (look up Palestine in their search bar on the app) and then send it to gazaesims @ gmail dot com. mirna el helbawi is coordinating a team of volunteers on the ground to reconnect all people in Gaza so that they can communicate with each other

screenshots courtesy of @mariadogahe on ig (her story also has a video that shows how to buy the eSim card)