Human rights Flashcards
Name 4 key words in terms of human development
Access, opportunity, investment, sustainability
2 positive things about GDP/Gni
One simple measurement, easy comparison
2 negative things about GDP/Gni
Ignores informal economy , assumes wealth is evenly distributed , doesn’t include other measures
In 2015 what % of countries had equal access to primary education
69%
Why is education central to economic development
Basic hygiene, healthcare, life expectancy, decision making, family size control
How many people die each year due to water related diseases
840,000
What is life expectancy in Japan
82
What is life expectancy in UK
81
How much has life expectancy been reduced due to air pollution
3.2 years
What nation has life expectancy of 52 years
Sub Saharan Africa
Per 100,000 births in sub Saharan Africa, how many die?
540
3 reasons for variations in life expectancy within developed world
Differences in lifestyle, differences in deprivation, differences in cost and effectiveness of healthcare
Which socio economic groups have highest and lowest life expectancies
Professional and unskilled
What % of Brazilians are unemployed
13.6%
What % of UK spending is on healthcare
18%
What are human rights
Moral principles that underlie standards of human behaviour to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being
Why and when where human rights formed
1948- in response to atrocities in Nazi germany
What does U.N. declaration of rights do
Sets a basic guideline for what every country should go by
What does European convention do
European version of the U.N. convention that can be tailored to Europe
Geneva convention?
Provides the rule of warfare particularly protecting civilians
2 good things about geneva Convention
Tries to make war humane, makes war professional
when did UK human rights come into act
1998
What percentage of teenage girls in Afghanistan are literate
37%
What % of Afghanistan women are literate
19%
