118 WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE (AT LEAST PART-TIME) A HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST?: A VERY INFORMAL AND TENTATIVE QUIZZ. (*)
Going through the following questions may give you a clue… Do you engage in any of the following?: Advancing…
117. IT IS ON THE BASIS OF A BROKEN SOCIAL CONTRACT AND OF GLOBAL INJUSTICE THAT WE SPEAK OF POVERTY AS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION.
The critical evaluation of human rights (HR) in a country addresses generally disagreeable issues, such as abuse of power, tyranny…
116. POVERTY DOES NOT PERSIST SOLELY BECAUSE OF INCOMPETENT, CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS INSENSITIVE TO THE FATE OF THEIR POPULATIONS! NO, IT IS AT ONCE THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT OF THE TOTAL OR PARTIAL DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
Poverty is spreading and our world puts up with it. Ethical double standards lead us to accept the poverty manufactured…
115. IT WILL BE VIA ECONOMIC DISPARITY REDUCTION PROGRAMS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS WILL BE FULFILLED.
To deny people their rights is, by definition, a way to keep them poor. Human Rights (HR) are not just…
114. THE SACHS MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH REPORT: INVESTING IN HEALTH FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE CRUMBS FROM THE RICH MAN’S TABLE? (Part 3 of 3)
Justifying the reversal of logic We consider it a reversal of logic that attention in the Report is directed primarily…
113. THE SACHS MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH REPORT: INVESTING IN HEALTH FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE CRUMBS FROM THE RICH MAN’S TABLE? (Part 2 of 3)
Models of democracy and respect for human rights There is no indication currently that people will soon (or ever?) be…
112. THE SACHS MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH REPORT: INVESTING IN HEALTH FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE CRUMBS FROM THE RICH MAN’S TABLE? (Part 1 of 3)
A restricted mandate and a reversal of logic The relationship between health and poverty is two way, but the relationship…
111. Before I start this poem
Before I start this poem, I’d like to ask you to join me in A moment of silence In honor…
110. IF I ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT I SHOULD ACT, AND I HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT I MAY ACT, AND I HAVE THE RESOURCES SO I CAN ACT, I CAN INDEED BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY ACTIONS (OR NON-ACTIONS).
Development, Human Rights and Democracy have one thing in common –they all represent un-achievable human aspirations. There will never be…
109. GLOSSARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS TERMS
Accession The act by which one nation becomes party to an agreement already in force between other powers. Adoption Formal…