You wonder why so many American college students are shocked at what they learn about the world when they study abroad for the first time? In my opinion, our media reinforces the nice bubble most of us live in and similarly, we don’t demand stories from them on these issues.
There are obviously countless pressing human rights issues around the world, but the following five issues: child soldiers, infanticide, human sex trafficking, child labor and ¨honor¨ killings, are pervasive on multiple continents and are rarely covered by the mainstream US media. I’ve included a link for you to learn more. Similarly, there are countless resources on the Internet.
- Child Soldiers -
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/childsoldiers-africanchild-eng
- Infanticide -
http://www.gendercide.org/case_infanticide.html
http://www.gendercide.org/case_infanticide.html
- Human Sex Trafficking -
http://www.asiapacificms.com/articles/japan_slave_trade/
- Child Labor -
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/18/news/india.php
- ¨Honor¨ Killings -
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0212_020212_honorkilling.html
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