Human Rights

Another different session for our social studies work, we started with chaos,.. and then lastly we moved on to human rights. Every term we change the topic and this term our only focus is on human rights.

Questions :

1. What do you think about human rights?

Ans: Well for me human rights are all about equality, a life without any discrimination from other people, no racism, and lived freely, right educations. Also, human rights cover freedom, expression, thoughts, and religion. Then we lived how we wanted to. 

2. Who do you think has human rights? 

Ans: Human rights belong to every individual around the world. From birth until death. Everyone has it because they rule their own world, they have their beliefs, and how they want to choose to live their own life. Not someone ruling her/his life. 

3. Why do you think human rights might be important?

Ans: Human rights belong to all of us because we are all human. Key values in our society such as fairness, dignity, equality, and respect. Important means protection for every single one of us, especially the ones who face torture, and isolation. Without human rights, we will not be able to live how we wanted to. 

4. Can you think of a time when you or someone you know wasn't shown human rights?

Ans: Probably for me the only thing I know who isn't showing human rights, was the bully in the school. Why? Because they sometimes control the life of the person who they always picked on, they tell them not to tell the teachers or else they will receive more bad suffering. Every student has their own rights, they have the right to speak up, and the right to be also heard by others. 

Ranking :

To live 

To live freely

To have an education 

To have clean water and food

To not be tortured 

To have a religious belief 

To have a free speech 

To have a fair trial 

To get married 

Term 4, we are moving on to something new but it is still related to human rights. The point of this blog is to collect all of our work in one blog and summarise everything at the end. For this term, we are looking at 5 different case studies. We can choose from the dawn raids, discrimination against minority groups in NZ, ethics, and robotics, and more. At first, we looked at Parihaka as our first inquiry task and also our practice task. We learned a lot about different tactics and the proper way of referencing and collecting data from different websites. I have chosen discrimination against minority groups, I have chosen it because I wanna learn more about different things. I was happy that I chose this study case because I learned more about the issues of Asians, and different people's stories. I was happy that I was able to finish up everything... In addition, there are 5 different topics from his case study, all we have to do is to answer the question and share it on our blog. 

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Now that our session has come to its end, we needed to summarise everything we have been doing, in the very first half of our session in Human Rights. We learned about child labor, and also we look at a book named Iqbal. This is actually a good book because it is based on a true story. Written by Francesco D'Adamo. Iqbal was all about a group of children who were fully forced to do jobs while they were still young. They engaged in slave labor, weaving carpets in Lahore, Pakistan. This novel tells the story of a child named Iqbal who changed everything in the lives of every child who suffered from labor. Once Iqbal arrives, he has the courage and convinces all the other children that they need to be responsible for their own escape or they can just want to stay slaves forever. Then after that, we have some inquiry tasks about different topics, but so I choose to learn more about Child labor. So I tried making a slideshow more about Child labor. Furthermore, we have another inquiry task but it is most likely to be our practice run. Because this is when we learned new skills, such as doing a dot-jot method and referencing. 

The dot-jot method is a very useful resource especially when you are taking notes. The rule for it was to place one dot per line, only write one idea per line. the very main thing is that only jot down the most important ideas of the text.

For today, the very last task we have to was to write a paragraph about our chosen human rights topic. I chose to do women's rights, but it is mostly about Women in Victorian Britain.

According to traditional Victorian gender roles, women's rightful place was in the home – the private or domestic, sphere – where they were subordinate to men as daughter, wife, and mother. Women were viewed primarily as a man's helpmate. Women were forced to rely on men because society was built in such a way – legally, politically, and economically. Women's rights were severely restricted during this time period, with women losing ownership of their wages, all of their physical property (excluding land property), and all other cash they earned once married. When a Victorian man and woman married, the woman's rights were legally transferred to her spouse. During Queen Victoria's reign, a woman's place was in the home, as domesticity and motherhood were deemed sufficient emotional fulfillment for females by society at large. In most ways, these constructs kept women out of the public sphere, but charitable missions began to expand the female role of service during the nineteenth century, and Victorian feminism emerged as a powerful political force.

The sexes now lived in what Victorians called "separate spheres," only coming together for breakfast and dinner. Separate Spheres ideology was founded on a definition of the 'natural' characteristics of men and women. Women were thought to be physically weaker but morally superior to men, making them best suited to the domestic sphere. It was not only their responsibility to counterbalance the moral taint of the public sphere in which their husbands worked all day, but also to prepare the next generation to carry on this way of life. The fact that women wielded so much power at home was used to argue against granting them the vote. Unmarried women and widows were permitted to own property and possessions. However, as soon as they married, their possession as well as any money they owned were moved to their husband. Children also were his property, and the man could expect parental rights of his children in the event of a divorce. If the wife was proven to be innocent, she was granted custody of children under the age of seven beginning in 1839. This was raised to sixteen in 1873, but the father managed to remain the sole legal guardian even then. 

Provided the restrictions imposed on married women, it is reasonable to wonder why unmarried women with property or significant possessions would choose to give up everything. Since it is widely assumed that a woman's place in the nineteenth century was in the home, women did work in a variety of professions. However, attitudes towards work were influenced by class. Women from the upper classes were not required to work. Working-class women, on the other hand, were frequently required to earn a living and contribute to the running of the household. They were limited in the type of work they could do, and they would usually do manual labor such as domestic service, laundry, needlework, factory work, or agriculture. Needless to say, even if they did the same job as men, they could expect to be paid less.

We can all take part in the fight for women's rights. Despite the fact that the world has changed and women now have more freedom than ever before, we still have a long way to go. To put it another way, the fight is far from over. For example, Little Women it’s a novel written by Louisa May Alcott. This book can relate to the issue because for the longest time we women have been oppressed and looked down on we are seen as- we are figured as weak and fragile so I want to put it out there because that book signifies that a woman does not need a man to succeed in this world. Women can succeed as their own ad stand as strong individuals. and for people to read that book and understand then I would think that it would be a great platform for woman empowerment and that’s what I want I want people to reflect on. 

First and foremost, we must raise our voices. We need to make a statement about the issues that women face on a daily basis. Begin a discussion on social networking sites or inform people if they are misinformed. 

Don't be a bystander to violence against women; instead, take a stand. In addition, to learn more about it, volunteer with women's rights organizations. Furthermore, it means allowing you to contribute to change through it. Women's rights are critical for everyone all over the world. It benefits everyone in society, not just her. When women are granted equal rights, the world can progress as a whole, with almost everyone playing an important role. Women would have not been able to do something really basic as a vote if there were no women's rights. Furthermore, it is a game-changer for women who face gender discrimination. Women's rights are important because they allow women to get an education and earn a living. It gives them independence, which is necessary for every woman on the planet. As a result, we must all work together to ensure that women's rights are respected everywhere.

Reference: VL McBeath ( n.d ). Victorian Era Women's Rights. https://valmcbeath.com/victorian-era-womens-rights/#.YYOYJ2gvPrd