Health, Human Rights and Intervention Flashcards
What are the top ten ranking countries for GDP per capita?
- Luxembourg
- Switerland
- Qatar
- Norway
- USA
- Singapore
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Australia
- Iceland
Bottom 10 countries GDP
Mozambique DRC Liberia Gambia Niger Madagascar Malawi Central African Republic Burundi South Sudan
Top 10 Countries HDI 2019
1 Norway 2 Switzerland 3 Ireland 4 Germany 4 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 6 Australia 6 Iceland 8 Sweden 9 Singapore 10 Netherlands
Top 10 countries Happy Planet Index
Costa Rica Vietnam Colombia Belize El Salvador Jamaica Panama Nicaragua Venezuela (not anymore, now 32nd) Guatemala
Top countries by GDP
- United States
- China
- Japan
- Germany
- India
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Brazil
- Canada
Why is GDP not always the best indicator of happiness?
High GDP does not guarantee happiness, as Qatar is 3rd for GDP per capita, yet is in the bottom 10 for Happy Planet Index
Why are countries that come out best for HPI neither developed nor developing?
balance human development with environmental management
What is Sharia Law?
- law of Islam
- stems from the actions of the prophet Muhammad and his words in the Qur’an
- covers not only religious matters, but also inheritance, marriage, contracts, punishments
What are three Sharia Laws?
- woman cannot drive car
- theft will be punished by amputation of right hand
- a man can beat his wife for not following his orders
Which countries use Sharia Law?
Brunei Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE Afghanistan Yemen Sudan etc
Why is Sharia Law controversial?
- misogynistic
- does not align with UDHR
What did Hans Rosling believe the world needed to improve to enhance economic development?
- env quality
- health and life expectancy of the poorest
- human rights
What percentage of girls fo to primary school?
90%
What is UN’s goal for extreme poverty by 2030?
eradicate extreme poverty everywhere
How is the right to education monitored and enforced by UNESCO?
- require members to regularly report on implementation
- have setting instruments in countries
- makes recommendations and policy
advice for improvements
What happens if states do not fulfill UNESCO obligations for education?
- as all members have ratified, this means states are held to account through legal mechanisms
- settlements made
- citizens can make legal resources if right to education is violated
What are major challenges to ensure right to education?
- providing FREE and COMPULSORY education
- eliminating unfair disparities in education
- disrupting migration
- privatisation
- financing of education
- making sure people are learning the most valuable, well-taught skills
What is UNESCO’s aim?
- everyone has access to basic education
- access is not conditioned by gender or wealth
- every country is able to offer higher education
Why does UNESCO still have work to do, although it has been successful in emphasising importance of literacy?
- in much of Africa and South Asia the female literacy rate is more than 1/4 below that of males
Which SDG includes education?
SDG 4
How can marginalised people use education as a tool?
lift themselves out of poverty
What does UNESCO do for member states linking with education?
- makes legal and policy frameworks for the delivery and sustainability of education
- so governments must be held accountable for legal and political obligations
How many countries guarantee 12 years free compulsory education?
less than 20%
Why is education a fundamental human right?
- makes fully rounded human being
- one of most powerful tools to life out of poverty
- narrows gender gap
What does the right of education entail?
- free compulsory primary education
- progressively free secondary ed
- progressively free higher ed
- prof training opportunities
- equal quality of education
- freedom of choice
- quality teaching and supplies
How many primary and scondary age children out of school?
over 1/4 billion
How is right to education ensured two means by UNESCO?
international frameworks
political commitments by govs
Human capital
economic, social, political, cultural skills
What came first in China - health or wealth?
health
Has Africa’s wealth created health?
although they are growing economically from mineral trade, this has not created health for all
What do the Asian tigers show about health before wealth?
- improvements in health came before wealth, and show the importance of addressing health first
How much does one year of education increase wages by?
10%
What helps develop human capital? Why?
education, as it increased knowledge and improves standard of living
What does education for rural workers allow for in terms of come?
diversification
How many Indonesian female workers with no education employed in non - farm work?
17% of Indonesian women
How many Indonesian female workers with secondary education employed in non - farm work?
72%
Fact with education and disease prevention
people with primary education are less than half as likely to contract HIV than those with no education
What do women with six years of education seek more likely (health)
prenatal care, assisted childbirth
What disease can maternal education mitigate?
pneumonia
What is the largest cause of child death?
pneumonia
How does education protect people from exploitation in labour market?
makes them more likely to seek secure contracts
Example of more people seeking contracts due to education
- El Salvador, only 7% of workers with no education had job contract 2014, but 49% of those with secondary education
Factors preventing access to education
culture conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters social class gender health, disability wealth
How can culture restrict access to education?
- misogynistic culture restricts female freedom
- in some Islamic countries with Sharia law there are female restrictions
What percentage of countries had equal gender access to primary schools in 2015
69%
What did Sakena Yacoobi do for education and human rights for women?
- educated men who threatened her
- taught refugees in Pakistan camp of 7.5 million human rights
What does Yacoobi’s education of men who threatened her signify?
show that we should be educating men, as they atr giving harshest treatment of women
What did Talibinization mean for women?
complete taking away of female participation in economic, social activities, banned from school
