United Nations Human Rights
Issue 1: Broadening the Scope of Women’s Citizenship, Leadership, and Political Participation
Countries with increased women’s participation and leadership in civil society and political parties tend to be more inclusive, responsive, egalitarian, and democratic. When women meaningfully participate in peace processes, they can help to expand the scope of agreements and improve the prospects for durable peace.
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Issue 2: Racism in the society:
Throughout world history, governments have violated and ignored the human and civil rights of their citizens. In some instances, they demonstrated this disregard through customs, etiquette, and racial caste systems that denied human dignity and respect. In most cases, in addition to these customs, segregation rules and laws were established.
Governments have also endorsed the extermination (ethnic cleansing) of entire classes or races of people. Racism is devastating to a country and its culture. Racism causes tremendous moral, cultural, and economic suffering to a country. When the seeds of hatred and ethnocentrism are planted and fostered in society, it negatively affects every area of life; through which, we can see prime examples of such with the recent uprising of the BLM movement, Racism in the workforce, etc.
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- https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/Racism-and-Its-Effect-on-Society