What are Human Rights?
Learn what human rights are and figure out how well people in your local community understand this important concept!
Visit this articleLet's achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls!
This collection of webquests will challenge students to engage in issues of equality for women and men, enabling them to become better informed and more positive members of society.
While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment, women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world.
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large.
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Educating young girls in Africa
Why is education for young girls such a major problem for Africa?
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UN Women and achieving Gender Equality
In what practical ways is the organisation UN Women addressing gender inequality
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UNICEF #endviolence
Violence against children takes many forms. Learn more from soccer star and UNICEF Ambassador, David Beckham
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How rich or poor are you?
Upack your perceptions of how 'rich' or 'poor' you think you are with this inspiring TED talk.
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What is the #HeforShe movement?
What does the hashtag #HeforShe mean? What does it mean to “deconstruct stereotypes?” Take a look at the foundations of this movement and how they are relevant for every member of society.
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A world without the first feminist movement.
Who were the suffragettes and what did they stand for? What would the world today be like without the feminist movement that took place over 100 years ago?
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What is feminism?
Explain what feminism is. What is the real definition of the word behind the #HEforSHE movement that empowers gender equality?
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The Syrian refugee crisis.
Your challenge is to figure out and confront why refugees are forced to leave their country. Why did they have to leave in the first place? What could peace and disarmament mean in solving the refugee crisis in Syria?
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