Issues such as restrictive employment conditions, gender discrimination, violence, unequal access to education and job opportunities, poverty, rape and sexual control, forced migration, and family violence impact the lives of women and encroach on their rights. Explore these issues by reviewing a variety of sites listed below. Many contain the personal stories of women who have experienced the degradation of human rights violations. Others present information about social and economic development efforts that attempt to improve the lives of women. Racial and ethnic minorities continue to experience violations of their rights, social and economic injustices.
Racism abounds and results in discrimination, dehumanization, and oppression.
Explore the political, economic, and social barriers facing ethnic minorities by visiting a selection of the sites listed below or others you locate through your own web search. Highlight the details of problems experienced by the group you're reporting on, as well as steps being taken to change these social, economic, and political conditions. Reports for Unit 3 are due by 3 p.m. Central Time as noted on the course master schedule. In addition, integrate your findings about human rights and the plight of women, children, and refugees into your comments during this week's web-board discussion.