“Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what
they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our
basic right” – Malala Yousafzai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgjN0h-N7WM
Malala Yousafzai
 What kind of rights did the Taliban take away from
Malala and other women and female children?
 What is Malala fighting for?
So from Malala’s story, we learn the importance of Human Rights
In your groups…
 What are the rights that everyone in the world should be
entitled? Make a list of 5 in your table groups.
 Who should determine these rights?
 Who should be the ‘enforcer’ of these rights?
Class contribution
Who should have been the ‘enforcer’ of Malala’s rights?
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR)
 Human Rights: Universal rights, based on what we generally
believe to be right or wrong, which apply to all people, in all
countries, at all times
 Adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10th, 1948
 Created as a result of the experience Second World War
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) (continued)
 Represents the universal recognition that basic human
rights and fundamental freedoms should be applicable
to all human beings
 The rights outlined in the UDHR are further expressed and
guaranteed when it is translated into law
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36CUlaqmFi4
In groups, define the following:
Pressure groups
Lobby groups
NGOs
Key Question: How can Canadian citizens voice their opinions and influence
the government?
Pressure Groups
 Organized group of people with common
interests and concerns who attempt to influence
decision makers
 Goal: To change government policy as they
see fit
Types of issues pressure groups are
concerned with…
 Pressure groups include organizations whose interests are:
 Economic
 Medical and health related
 Environmental
 Religious
 Concerned with issues of equality
Key Question: How can Canadian citizens voice their opinions and influence
the government?
Lobby Groups
 When pressure groups become highly organized, they
are sometimes called lobby groups
 Lobbyist: a person who is affiliated with a pressure group
who attempts to influence decision makers through
direct persuasion, discussion, or persistent attention
 Success: move airports and industries, establish parks and
wildlife reserves, control pollution etc.
Key Question: How can Canadian citizens voice their opinions and influence
the government?
NGO
 A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any nonprofit, voluntary citizens’ group which is organized on a
local, national, or international level
 NGOs perform a variety of service and humanitarian
functions, and bring citizen concerns to governments
 Some are organized around specific issues, such as,
human rights, environment or health
Check out the following organizations, what do
they do? What do they have in common?
 OXFAM
 Free the Children
 Amnesty International
 Somaly Mam
 Unicef
Check out the following organizations, what do
they do? What do they have in common?
 OXFAM: Help to fight poverty
 Free the Children: Empower children and youth, “freeing”
children from poverty
 Amnesty International: deal with a wide variety of human
rights issues, such as, women’s rights, economic and
social rights, refugee and migrants, etc.
 Somaly Mam: Prevent human trafficking, and sexual
exploitation of girls
 Unicef: Focus on children’s rights
What do the organizations have in
common?
 All of these organizations attempt to provide human rights
to those whose rights have been violated