Overcoming Inequalities and Defending Human Rights
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Overcoming Inequalities and Defending Human Rights
While the UN celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2018, the world also saw its 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom, with 71 countries suffering net declines in political and civil liberties. Progress toward gender equality has stalled overall, while movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp continue to expose the scale and severity of discrimination and violence facing girls and women. In many places, girls and women’s rights are deteriorating and harmful laws deny girls and women justice and dignity. The global pay gap will now take over 200 years to close.
Instructions:
- Please visit the The Global Goals website. (https://www.globalgoals.org/
5-gender-equality) - Click on “Explore the Targets” and choose one (1) target for Gender Equality.
- Write a paragraph (minimum 3-4 sentences) stating:
- Why you selected that target.
- How can you, as a nurse,help to promote that specific target in your life right now?
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Answer previewFrom the targets on the website of the global goals, I would take target 5.2, which works towards ending all forms of violence against and exploitation of women and girls (Global goals, 2020). I take this target since girls and women have remained vulnerable to different kinds of exploitation within the society. As a professional, it is therefore valuable for me to adopt different strategies that can bring this vice to a decline. Due to the high prelevance to various vices on this population, a high level of…(1300 words)