Exam 10: Human Rights and Global Activism

What is the socioeconomic connection between water and gender?

Which one of the following countries permits parents of intersex children to mark their birth certificates with an X instead of identifying the sex of their child as female or male?

What historical and cultural factor(s) created the phenomena of traditional female genital cutting? What primary reasons do women provide for supporting it?

Why has the recognition of human rights for the LGBT communities gained support in the last 15 years globally?

Who wrote the essay "Under Western Eyes"?

Many Westerners view women and men in the Global South as an empowered and diverse populations.

When was the first Domestic Workers Bill of Rights enacted in the U.S.?

Among the 148 countries studied within the U.N. Development Programme for gender equality in 2013, where is Yemen ranked?

Discuss why human trafficking represents a global problem whose dynamics differ from region to region.

Who chaired the commission that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?

Why hasn't the United States ratified CEDAW?

What specific actions for promoting women's rights and gender equality have some governments taken after ratifying CEDAW?

Who is the first Arab woman to win the Nobel Prize for Peace?

Which one of the following African countries was the first one to elect a female president?

Liberia, Kenya, and Burkina Faso have witnessed declines of 30 percent or more in fgc in recent years.

What role does neoliberalism play in the development of modern human trafficking globally?

What factor(s) influence the rise of female genital cosmetic surgeries in the United States? Why do the American Congress of Obstetricians oppose these operations?

When did the United Nations General Assembly recognize the human right to water and sanitation?

Who is the most vulnerable for human trafficking?

Which one of the following issues is not addressed in CEDAW?