Human Rights in Africa

Adam M.

What is my research topic? What are some research keywords?

• My topic is Human Rights and Human rights violation in Africa.
• Some keywords I used to help me research were: Africa, Human, violation, and rights.

What does Human Rights and Human Rights violation mean? What is the definition or description of Human Rights and Human Rights violation?

• Human Rights are the rights that each person are entitled to because they're a human being.
• Human rights violation means that you are taken away the rights a person has when he/she is born.
• Lots of Africans are being denied those rights.
• Like you should have the right to medical treatment and some hospitals are refusing to give treatment to people with aids.
• About 30,000 children die each year from starvation.

Why are Human Rights important in Africa?

• Human Rights are important in Africa because people there are dying because lack of food and basic needs, or cruel beatings or torture.
• There is no shelter or food for the poor.
• Do you know that most farm families try to live off $300 dollars a year.
•  Do you know in the prisons beatings are a daily thing.
• Lots of them are getting cigarette burns, beatings and even hanging.
• The government are having trouble enforcing the law because they're corrupt or lack of funding.

What are some Human Rights violations in Africa?

• One of the violations are genocide, Like the warring tribes the Tusti and Hutu.
• Another one is slavery.
• Also there are mass disappearances most common cause of disappearance is kidnapping.
• Also there is lots of torture and abuse happening.
• They also denied they people freedom for speech and freedom of the press.

How does Human right violation affect people in Africa?

• Most children are often sold into slavery by there parents because they don't have money.
• Women don't have many rights they are often treated as property rather than a human being.
• Warring tribes often try to kill each other on sight.
• Many civilians are killed because of warring tribes.
• People who have hiv or aids are often treated worse than everybody else.

What does the rest for the world think about Human rights violation? What is the global reaction?

• The world has been trying to protect Human Rights violation for a long time.
• They even made the Humans Rights Watch.
• That is a group and an agreement that try to protect the Human Rights of everyone on earth.
• The United Nations joined together to stop Human Rights violation to.
• There are many churches and other organizations that collect money to help Africans.

What are some types of Human rights violation and where does it happen?

• Some areas of concern are Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, Central Asia.
• Others are The Middle East and North Africa have women rights and children rights violation.
• Asia is fighting child labor right now.
• The labor is mainly gathering crops right now.
• President Saparmurat Niyazov said he would put a end to child labor.

What is my personal opinion of Human Rights and Human rights violation? How do I react?

• I think it is horrible.
• Lots of women are mistreated and are treated like property.
• Men can have many wife's but women cant have many husbands.
• People with aids don't get good care or medical treatment.
• Tusti and Hutus are constantly killing each other and lots of civilians are dying because of it.
• All this stuff makes me mad.
• I wish this would stop.

Staggering Statistics!

• 9000 Africans die each day from aids.
• 30,000 children die from starvation every month.
• The genocide Tusti by the hutu in Rwanda.
• During the fight women were raped.
• Over half a billion people in Africa live on less than a dollar a day.
• 5 million Africans die each year of poverty and preventable diseases.    

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This educational webpage was created by: Adam M.

Made on: Thursday, March 20, 2008 02:02 PM

Mrs. Jaubert-Smith's Social Studies Class 

Forbes Middle School, Georgetown, TX