Analysis Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

II. Ethos: Human Rights Violations A long history of abuse has been through generation to generation the most scary abuse of them all is sexual abuse girls getting exposed to Aids/ HIV. Aids are a “disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy” (“Dictionary”). What is the universal of declaration? “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world” ( “universal declaration” : history). we will be reviewing the articles of universal declaration and stories of girls who struggled through child marriage.
She smiles and replies, “I didn’t think about that. I only know everyone gets married in my village when they are much younger. My uncle’s daughter got married when she turned five. In fact, I am late”(Chanam). Urmila Chanam was a writer just visiting India when she came across a group of kids dressed very nice she soon found out that it was a wedding ceremony. She continues and talks about how she didnt want this anymore and gives more info about child marriage. Urmila continues her story with a woman in the same village “In my community it’s necessary to get our daughters married by eight years at the latest. Any delay in that means that we have not been able to find a match for her. If we do get a match, the man would have been married earlier and lost his wife to an ailment or accident.”(
These are stories on how girls got threatened/warned by giving their opinions on getting married. “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” (“Universal Declaration” art. 19) Another article “ No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ”( “Universal Declaration” art. 5 ). In this story they ta about the girls not getting a chance to speak about not getting married but in india that doesn't matter since all they wants is a bride . “My time at the centre was cut short when my father got me married at the age of 15 with a boy from a neighbouring village. My husband’s behaviour toward me was very bad. Everyday, he would return from work, drink heavily and beat me up. There was a Nari Gunjan centre near my married home too. Though my mother-in-law allowed me to attend classes at the centre, my husband stopped me from going there. He threatened to “break my legs” if I disobeyed him.” ( Kumari ). Abuse has been known through the child marriage community and women were treated like trash and only known for producing children. “ After the day’s work I attended the centre and, apart from studies, I learnt useful skills. Though my mother-in-law allowed me to attend