HumanRightsAwareness

Platform created for raising awareness on human rights, particularly on those of women, children and youth.

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On Facebook, @HumanRightsHRA has reached followers from 103 countries! Follow us on our Fb page: https://t.co/l2RK3abbE0

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Female genital mutilation is usually carried in girls between infancy and 15 years. More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. #StartingFromInequality

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Female genital mutilation is recognized as a violation of human rights of girls and women. It compromises procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other female genital organ injury made for non-medical reasons. #StartingFromInequality

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Girls are physically and emotionally not ready to become wives or mothers. Child marriage. It puts girls in higher risk of domestic violence, of being trapped in the cycle of poverty, of having more complications in pregnancy and child birth, and of contracting HIV / AIDS

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Child marriage is any form of formal marriage or informal union in which one or more parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects predominantly girls. Each year, 12 million girls get married before they are 18 years old. #StartingFromInequality #HumanRightsAwareness

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An estimated 130 million #girls between 6 and 17 are out of school and 15 million girls from primary-school age will never enter a classroom. #StartingFromInequality #HumanRightsAwareness

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In many societies, girls are valued less than boys. There is a clear economic and cultural preference for sons that often result in sex-selective foeticide, female infanticide and child neglect. In Asia, notably in parts of China and India, this is particularly pronounced.

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: Inequality starts early. In some parts of the world, being born a girl is a whole challenge in itself. There is a preference for having a male child and a gender-biased sex selection that results in many girls not being given the right to be born. #StartingFromInequality

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Watch the video from our newly launched campaign #StartingFromInequality. Our goal is to raise awareness about gender inequality from the first stages of life. Check it out and share! #HumanRightsAwareness #OurRightsMatter

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We are pleased to launch our new campaign #StartingFromInequality. Through this campaign, we aim to raise awareness about gender inequality experienced from the first years of life. Follow our campaign on social media - Fb, Twitter and Instagram! #OurRightsMatter

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The reconciliation of women's #politicalrights, particularly the right to vote, has been a product of years of tireless battles by various women. At #HumanRightsAwareness we know the importance of teaching boys and girls about these battles.

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Since 2012, every 11th of October is celebrated the #InternationalDayOfTheGirl. Let's support every girl to reach her full potential. #OurRightsMatter

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Corruption and gender are factors that are closely related - women and men are subjects and objects of corrupt practices in different ways. We are pleased to have given professional training to the #NationalAnticorruptionSystem @SESNAOficial in Mexico about gender inequality.

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Corruption and gender are factors that are closely related - women and men are subjects and objects of corrupt practices in different ways,We are pleased to have given professional training to the #NationalAnticorruptionSystem @SESNAOficial in Mexico about gender inequality. https://t.co/MRTeKFDcVG

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Porque la lucha contra la #Corrupción también implica el fomento de la #EquidadDeGénero y el combate a la #ViolenciaContraLaMujer hoy en la #SESNA en trabajos de capacitación sobre el tema. Invitada especial: Mtra. Connie Fuentes Garrido.

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Corruption and gender are factors that are closely related - women and men are subjects and objects of corrupt practices in different ways,We are pleased to have given professional training to the #NationalAnticorruptionSystem @SESNAOficial in Mexico about gender inequality. https://t.co/7d0MbmDBXV

[Francisco Javier Camacho @FJCamachoR]

Muchas gracias por la valiosa participación de @ConnieFuentesG en la @SESNAOficial impartiendo la plática sobre #EquidadDeGénero y #ViolenciaContraLaMujer #HeForShe

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When a mother is literate, her child is 50% more likely to survive past age 5 - UNESCO

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Share of women who have experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence during their lifetime – World Health Organization. #OurRightsMatter

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1⃣Raise your voice
2⃣Support one another
3⃣Share the workload
4⃣Get involved
5⃣Educate the next generation
6⃣Know your rights
7⃣Join the conversation
8⃣Give to the cause

8 ways you can be a women’s rights advocate every day: https://t.co/BcAStAGW5q

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Did you know that 14% of women are less likely to have a cell phone than men? Two major barriers to mobile phone ownership are technical iliteracy and the cost involved for women, who typically have less economic independence than men. #OurRightsMatter

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Worldwide, more than 700 million women alive today were married before age 18. About 250 million, entered into union before age 15. #EndChildMarriage #OurRightsMatter

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#AdolescentPregnancies - An estimated of 21 million girls between the ages of 15 and 19 get pregnant in developing regions. The complications of pregnancies and childbirths at that age are the leading cause of death for young girls. #OurRightsMatter