Equality and Human Rights Commission

Canada Women’s right has been improved enormously. After WWII due to their participation in war, women were starting to be treated more fairly than before, but not equally as men. There were many factors that oppressed women in their daily life. Since the 1950s, many individuals and groups of women’s fought to improve women equal rights and attempt to involve in social, environmental and political roles equivalent to men. In the last 60 years, Canada has taken steps to improve women’s right;…

question regarding liberty and equality is not something that one would think about on a daily basis, moreover the position that I would take regarding new and old liberty and equality. In fact, I myself just started thinking about this recently. If I was asked to define liberty, I would think of all the rights that I have, the fact that I am not pushed or forced to do the things that I do not want to do, and the fact that I have options. If I was to define equality, I would not be as confident…

Many scholars who seek to justify the use of torture use the consequentialist argument by saying the positive consequences compensate for any of the negatives. Thus saying torture is a permissible mechanism as long as torture is the lesser of two evils. In order for those who support torture to fortify and expand their stance, they depend greatly on the theoretical scenario of a ticking bomb, which was formerly thought of by an English philosopher known as Bentham (Bellamy 137). The ticking bomb…

to have the liberty to act according to your own will without obstructing someone else’s liberty. For example, freedom in America has been manifested in its equal treatment to all people, freedom of speech, and political freedom, referring to the right of citizens to participate in government, all of these regardless of race, gender, nationality, or creed. Freedom in America makes it possible for everyone to work hard towards their goals, and succeed according to their ability to be the best…

Return to Orwellian Society The government controls every aspect of society. A government known as Big Brother controls a society through misinformation. Big brother controls what can be broadcast on television. Big brother controls the language that people speak and their history. Big Brother uses a language called Newspeak, which eliminates all words related to a rebellion. The government uses this manipulation of language and history to dehumanize and control the population. While this…

thoughts that fulfil the meaning of compassion. For example, to me compassion means love. I feel as though the act of being loving comes from the bottom of the individual’s heart and out of understanding. A person cannot just be loving since it is right, but because the person wants to be loving. I also believe that compassion means being warm hearted towards someone. Not acting with a cold heart, but with a warm heart, being sympathetic and not uncivil. Lastly, to me compassion means doing…

Politics intervene into the every day life; the idea of having policies or legislation is to protect the rights of the citizens of a nation, to see that their basic human rights are maintained and cared for. Adoption is a prime example of how the political sphere intrudes on the private sphere; it dictates rules about how an adoptee can behave in the perusal of their biological origins (Cahn and Singer, 1999:191). Further complications are created by politics by dictating the type of adoption…

the form of information, that can take them down with one shot. The quote, “Defend press freedom” is used to convey that personal rights and press freedoms are under attack. The right of privacy is an example of one. The government is defending the bill by saying it’s being used to catch terrorists in the country, but the citizens are declaring it as a breach of the right of…

Farzana Wahidy is a journalist that photographs world events to document cultural content preserving historic evidence. In the gallery presentation, Wahidy revealed that Afghanistan women are treated as second-class citizens. Women were refused to obtain an education, health care, jobs, etc. under the Taliban era. Women are expected to remain at the home and raise children. If women want to go out of their home, they have to be accompanied by a male figure. In Afghanistan, there little to no…

Poor governance and economic conditions exist as a result of colonialism, allowing terrorist organizations to thrive, though terrorism can and does occur in wealthy countries. Human rights abuses increase the chance that a person acts out against their government in a violent (as opposed to a nonviolent) manner. Finally, strict gender roles may inspire women to rebel against them, and allow women to carry out attacks strategically…