Health And Human Rights Lesson 6: Variation In Human Rights

Question 1

Which ethnic group was persecuted in Myanmar, resulting in genocide? What was the governemnts reaction?

Answer 1

Rohingya people
Government saw it as a justtifiable event, with the President defending military action

Question 2

What was introduced in 2011 in Myanmar in repsonse to international pressure and growing civilian demand for a democratic government?

Answer 2

A civilian government government

Question 3

When was the first fair election in 50 years in Myanmar?

Answer 3

2015

Question 4

Who won the first democratic election in over 50 years in Myanmar?

Answer 4

Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy

Question 5

What constitution guaranteed military representatives in parliament in Myanmar? What % were these seats in Parliament? What did this mean for the control of power?

Answer 5

Military drafted constitution in 2011
Guaranteed 25% of seats
Military could veto over constitutional change

Question 6

What happened to Suu Kyi in Myanmar?

Answer 6

Took up role of State Councillor (PM) in 2016
Ignored the genocide and defended the military at the International Court of Justice in 2019
Miliatry junta seized control following a landlside victory of Suu Kyi’s NLD party in Feb 2021

Question 7

Where is Myanmar ranked for corruption in the world by Transparency International?

Answer 7

18th for most corrupt

Question 8

What % of full time workers in Afghanistan are women?

Answer 8

2.4%

Question 9

What % of girls enroll in secondary school in Afghanistan?

Answer 9

14%

Question 10

What law was introduced in 2009 to protect women in Afghanistan, but was not enforced?

Answer 10

Elimination of Violence Against Women

Question 11

What % of politicians were female in Afghanistan by 2014?

Answer 11

27.6%

Question 12

What did the Gender Inequality Index improve to between 2005-2014, in Afghanistan?

Answer 12

From 0.743 to 0.693

Question 13

Which country has the best human rights score? What is it?

Answer 13

Switzerland
9.11 out of 10

Question 14

What % were of Hutu, Tutsi and Twa ethnicity in Rwanda?

Answer 14

Hutu 84%
Tutsi 15%
Twa 1%

Question 15

What major event which breached human rights occured in Rwanda in 1994?

Answer 15

Genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutu

Question 16

How many people were killed in the Rwandan genocide in 100 days?

Answer 16

800 000 people

Question 17

How has Rwanda recovered from the genocide?

Answer 17

Stability returned
Economy recovered
Has one of the best gender equality records in the world

Question 18

What is the population in Bolivia? How many different ethnic groups?

Answer 18

12.22 million
38 different groups

Question 19

What % of Bolivians are indigenous and Mestizo?

Answer 19

60% indigenous
30% Mestizo

Question 20

What is the GDP in Bolivia?

Answer 20

$3150
Worst in South America

Question 21

What causes mmore death and disability between 25-44 year olds than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and war in Bolivia?

Answer 21

Gender violence

Question 22

What % of people are subject to physical abuse in Bolivia?

Answer 22

More than 50%

Question 23

What % are without clean water and sanitation in Bolivia?

Answer 23

20% without clean water
40% without sanitation

Question 24

How many indigenous people are there across 90+ countries? What % of the world population is this?

Answer 24

476 million
6.2% of global pop

Question 25

How many languages are spread across the indigenous population?

Answer 25

Over 4000

Question 26

What lack of human rights do indigenous people in the Americas experience?

Answer 26

• Discrimination - some of the most marginalised people in the world
• Under threat from mining, oil and logging, dam and road construction
• Driven out from homelands to towns and cities
• Poorer and less educated, more likely to commit suicide
• Poor health

Question 27

What % of the Australian population are Aborigines?

Answer 27

3%

Question 28

How much lower is the life expectancy of an Aborigine? What is this for men and women?

Answer 28

10 years lower
69.1 for men
73.7 for women

Question 29

How much higher is infant mortality for Aboriginals?

Answer 29

2x higher

Question 30

How much high is the risk of diabetes for Aboriginals?

Answer 30

3x higher

Question 31

How much more likely are Aboriginal women likely to suffer psychological distress from unemployment, alcohol, drugs, and gambling?

Answer 31

3x

Question 32

How much higher is the prevalence of TB in Aboriginals?

Answer 32

12x higher

Question 33

What % of Aboriginals are vitamin D deficient?

Answer 33

27%

Question 34

What % lower are incomes for Aboriginals?

Answer 34

38% lower