Health and Human Rights Flashcards
What is the Happy Planet Index
leading global measure of sustainable well being, created by the NEF (New Economics Foundation) so is reliable, combines the natural environment with the well being of people, doesn’t include a strong economic component
What country has the highest HPI
Costa Rica 64.0
What country has a lower middle HPI
Singapore 39.8
What country has the lowest HPI
Botswana 22.6
What are the positives of using GDP
Straight forward to calculate and allows for easy comparisons to be made
What are negatives of using GDP
measure of wealth only and assumes that its the only way to improve life, and assumes that wealth is equally distributed
What is the Sharia Law
Law of Islam used in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Sudan
What are some examples of laws in the Sharia Law
Theft punishable by amputation of right hand, conversion to non-Islam punishable by DEATH, women cant drive cars
In 2013 how many primary school children are not attending school
59 million
How does education help people
The need for basic hygiene and healthcare, ways to control family size, how to become involved in decision making, their rights in the 21st century world
what continent has the lowest amount of primary school girls out of school
Africa
how much lower is aboriginal life expectancy in Australia
10.6 years lower for men and 9.5 years lower for women
what is the definition of deprivation
a situation of poor diet, housing and healthcare
what is human capital
the skills, knowledge and experience possessed by an organisation or country
what socio economic group has the highest life expectancy and which has the lowest in the UK
professional has the highest and unskilled the lowest
