"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of fundamental human rights. Everyone everywhere has the right to live with dignity, free from fear and oppression, free from hunger and thirst, and free to express themselves and associate at will." Nelson Mandela
According to the United Nations, poverty is “a human condition characterised by the sustained or chronic deprivation of the resources, capabilities, choices, security and power necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.”
Poverty is a human rights violation. Every woman, man, youth and child has the human right to a standard of living adequate for health …show more content…
Without protection from the law they cannot seek justice. Without money, the rich will continue to have all of the power.
Poverty is a moral issue because it is not right that some people should enjoy an affluent lifestyle, while so many lack educational opportunities, healthcare, housing and adequate nutrition. The rights of the poor should be the same as the rights of the rich.
According to the UN Declaration of Human Rights, everyone is entitled to all basic human rights without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political opinion, national or social origin, property, or birth status.
Not only a moral issue, poverty is also a political issue. The world has enough resources to solve the problem if the right decisions are made by governments. Affluent countries often choose to spend their money in areas that benefit the wealthy. So instead of helping the poor, money is spent on the military or financial bailouts for large …show more content…
If you believe we were all created equally in God’s image, then it follows that you must believe that a poor person has the same right to exist as a rich person. That a disabled person has the same right to a happy and productive life as an able bodied person. That a girl has the same right to an education as a boy does.
The stance of the Catholic Church on poverty is laid out in the Youth Catechism and states that God has entrusted to us a rich earth, that could offer all men sufficient food and living space. Yet there are whole regions, countries, and continents in which many people have scarcely the bare necessities for living. There are complex historical causes for this division in the world, but it is not irredeemable. The rich countries have the moral obligation to help the underdeveloped nations out of poverty through developmental aid and the establishment of just economic and commercial conditions. There are more than a billion people living on this earth who must make do with less than one dollar per day. They suffer from a lack of food and clean drinking water; most of them have no access to education or medical care. It is estimated that more than 25,000 people die every day from malnutrition, and many of them are
According to the United Nations, poverty is “a human condition characterised by the sustained or chronic deprivation of the resources, capabilities, choices, security and power necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.”
Poverty is a human rights violation. Every woman, man, youth and child has the human right to a standard of living adequate for health …show more content…
Without protection from the law they cannot seek justice. Without money, the rich will continue to have all of the power.
Poverty is a moral issue because it is not right that some people should enjoy an affluent lifestyle, while so many lack educational opportunities, healthcare, housing and adequate nutrition. The rights of the poor should be the same as the rights of the rich.
According to the UN Declaration of Human Rights, everyone is entitled to all basic human rights without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political opinion, national or social origin, property, or birth status.
Not only a moral issue, poverty is also a political issue. The world has enough resources to solve the problem if the right decisions are made by governments. Affluent countries often choose to spend their money in areas that benefit the wealthy. So instead of helping the poor, money is spent on the military or financial bailouts for large …show more content…
If you believe we were all created equally in God’s image, then it follows that you must believe that a poor person has the same right to exist as a rich person. That a disabled person has the same right to a happy and productive life as an able bodied person. That a girl has the same right to an education as a boy does.
The stance of the Catholic Church on poverty is laid out in the Youth Catechism and states that God has entrusted to us a rich earth, that could offer all men sufficient food and living space. Yet there are whole regions, countries, and continents in which many people have scarcely the bare necessities for living. There are complex historical causes for this division in the world, but it is not irredeemable. The rich countries have the moral obligation to help the underdeveloped nations out of poverty through developmental aid and the establishment of just economic and commercial conditions. There are more than a billion people living on this earth who must make do with less than one dollar per day. They suffer from a lack of food and clean drinking water; most of them have no access to education or medical care. It is estimated that more than 25,000 people die every day from malnutrition, and many of them are