1. Read the following articles in the Herizons magazine (posted in RAMMS)and chose one for your assignment:
i. The Nigerian Social Media Lesson.Herizons, p. 15 summer2014
ii. Ending Child Marriage in Africa. p 10 and 13,summer 2014
iii. Stop the Traffic. p 31, spring2014
iv. Campaign to prevent FGM, p. 7, spring 2014
2. Read the following Gender Based Rights:
i. 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW)
ii. 1989 The Convention on the Rights of the Child
iii. 1993 Vienna Declaration and a Programme of Action (VDPA)
iv. 1993Declarationon the Elimination of Violence against Women (DEVAW)
v. 1995Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Fourth Conference on Women
3. Read chapters 1-4 in the Goldencourse reader
Answer the following questions:Read carefully.
1.Sex and Gender Based Rights
What are gender-based rights and how do they differ from sex-based rights?
2. Major Gender Issue(s)
What is onemajorgender issued discussed in your chosen Herizonsarticle and the
major impact upongirls and/or women? My prof said make sure you find the major gender issue and major impact she kept putting emphasis on it.
3. Major Gender Based Human Rights
What are the majorgender-based human rights violations in the chosen article?
This involves connecting your identified issue directly to human rights asdefinedby:
i. CEDAWor the Convention on the Rights of the Child (pick 1 of the 2 Conventions)
and
ii. theDeclarationsin the above list (pick 1 of the 3 Declarations above)
You are to identify a maximum of 1major human right(s) violationin the chosen Convention
anda maximum of 2major human rights violations in the chosen Declaration.(Provide the
Convention and Declaration names, Article numbers, and sub numbers, where relevant.) Chose
carefully.Reflect on and chose the most appropriate violation. If you provide more than 2, you
will bepenalized. Be sure you have explained your choices to the reader.
4. Ratification and Reservation(s)
Did the nation statein the article ratify you chosenConvention and if so were there any
Reservations? (Brief summary in your own words of the most significant reservation)
Pick one nation state if there is more than onediscussed inyour chosen Herizons article.
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