Human rights cross all borders of race, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, language, or any other status. They undermine the very idea of power because they state that every person is born free and equal. Human rights recognise our freedom to make choices about our own lives, but also acknowledge our responsibilities to each other. Social justice is term used to describe justice that goes beyond the law and affords individuals and groups fair treatment and an equal share of the benefits of society, part of which is about ensuring our human rights are upheld.
We’re all going on a summer holiday…
Around the world, more and more people go on an overseas holiday every year. We rarely consider the impact we have on people and places by being there. But photographs and footprints are not the only remainders of our holidays
Sustainable development strives to achieve a ‘perfect world’, one we can all agree on and which provides for us now and in the future. In this world there is no place for oppression and injustice, so it comes as no surprise that Social Equity is one of the four pillars of sustainable development.
Lookie here! The new Grand Theft Auto has hit the stores, creating its expected uproar of social controversy. Is it just a game or does it create a ‘mean world’?
From the favelas (slums) of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in the midst of racism, poverty, gang warfare and drugs, there came a beat - a beat of change and new beginnings.
Stolen Innocence - Rescuing Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers
This year on April 25, in a hundred cities and ten countries, including Aotearoa New Zealand, thousands of young people staged a ‘rescue’ to bring attention to the tragedies affecting children in Uganda.