Hillary Rodham Clinton: Women’s Rights are Human Rights Mrs. Mongella‚ Under Secretary Kittani‚ distinguished delegates and guests: I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be a part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. This is truly a celebration -- a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home‚ on the job‚ in their communities‚ as mothers‚ wives‚ sisters‚ daughters‚ learners‚ workers‚ citizens and
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Women’s Rights are Human Rights On September 5‚ 1995‚ Hillary Clinton- the First Lady of the United States- took front stage at the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing‚ China to speak on the fleeting struggles women face in every single country. Standing in front of women’s rights activist from over 180 countries‚ Hillary Clinton’s words were as powerful as her prominent political stand she held. Clinton catalogued the devastating truth on the abuse afflicted onto women‚ and then challenging
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND RIGHT OF PRIVACY Prasanta Kumar Dey “Civilization is the progress towards a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public ruled by law of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men” - Ayn Rand : The Fountain head‚ 1943. The idea of privacy is as old as Bibalical notion of creation of progenies on earth. Even Adam and Eve tried to hide their nudity with leaves. Privacy is vital to the mental spiritual and physical well
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claimed‚ “At the heart of the Greek tragedy is the spectacle of right vs. right.” The central idea of the tragedies was not about who was right and wrong‚ because those two would be effortless to separate from each other‚ but on who was considered the most right‚ which would many times be difficult to tell apart. Throughout the tragic play‚ Antigone‚ written by the ancient Greek playwright‚ Sophocles‚ Antigone was proven to be the most right. This can be verified since Antigone decided to follow the gods’
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America proclaims its freedoms and rights of the people to any ear that will listen. Our country is founded on democracy and the free electoral system. Even the United Nations holds a document adopted sixty years ago entitled the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (UDHR) drafted by participating UN countries. According to this document we as human beings are said to have equal rights. Article 3 of the UDHR states “Everyone has the right to life‚ liberty and security of person.” (un.org‚ article
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Civil Rights movement Time Capsule The 1960’s was a cultural decade that consisted of the civil rights movement‚ culture of music‚ first steps on the moon‚ and unspeakable assassinations of great leaders. As we can see from the items in this time capsule‚ the 1960’s was an important decade in our history; significant changes were made during that time frame that shaped our American culture that we see to this day. The Civil Rights movement alone has carried on past the 1960’s and changes are being
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A government that takes away the basic rights of its citizens is a government that needs to‚ and is going to change. John Locke‚ a philosopher of The Enlightenment‚ brought to light the idea of natural rights‚ or life‚ liberty‚ and property. He explained that everyone is born with these certain rights‚ and nobody can take that away from anyone. The concept of natural rights being violated can be seen in the historical fiction novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. In the book
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Over time‚ women’s roles in society have changed drastically. Due to people fighting for these changes‚ the rights of modern women are very different from the rights of women living in Shakespeare’s time. For example‚ there were several things women couldn’t do back then that men did regularly‚ such as getting an education or a job. Over the last few centuries‚ women have been fighting for and earning the same rights as men. Since Shakespeare’s time‚ when women were treated like property‚ many changes
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Introduction In this paper‚ a meaningful clinical event‚ regarding delayed medications‚ is examined. The paper explores the importance of right-time administration and causative factors and preventative measures of wrong-time errors. As a final point‚ I describe how I would handle the scenario differently after learning strategies to reduce late medication administrations‚ thus reducing patient harm. Look Back/Elaborate During week five‚ I was assigned to two patients (A and B)‚ one of whom is
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As previously mentioned‚ right-time medication administration is important to prevent patient harm. Medications are considered late when they are delivered beyond 30 minutes of the scheduled time or depending on the hospital policy. Certain medications‚ such as antibiotics and Parkinson disease drugs‚ follow strict schedules to provide and maintain therapeutic blood levels. In particular‚ antibiotics should be administered on time to effectively prevent bacterial resistance and inhibit bacterial
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