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"Human Rights"

               The commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty took place on 17 October 2018 at UN Headquarters in New York under the theme: “Coming together with those furthest behind to build an inclusive world of universal respect for human rights and dignity." This year marks the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is important to recall the fundamental connection between extreme poverty and human rights, and that people living in poverty are disproportionately affected by many human rights violations. Joseph Wresinski was one of the first persons to highlight this direct link between human rights and extreme poverty. In February 1987, he appealed to the Human Rights Commission to examine the question of extreme poverty and human rights and eloquently captured the nexus between human rights and extreme poverty with h...

Filipinoes and Their Resiliency During Disasters

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              Disasters are caused by both natural and Human-Induced Hazards, but are more often made by natural Hazards due to the unfortunate location of the Philippines that causes it to experience the such. We face these disasters often, yet we remain to be tough and never give up and rise to the dangers that have dragged us down to the ground.               The Philippines is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire and in the south-western part of the Pacific Ocean, no doubt that these are the main causes of the natural hazards that lead to Disasters that end up causing a lot of problems in the country. During these types of Disasters, we need to remain resilient and vigilante, we should remain tough at times where we want to give up, losing your home does not signify losing your life, everyone can start from scratch again when these things happen and sometimes we need to prevent casualties to arise within...