Essays on Human Rights

Over recent years, a lot of criticism about police killings and brutal handling of suspects in the United States have surfaced. The major issue of concern resulting from these cases is that most of the victims seem to be emerging from a certain racial group, that is, the African American...

Violation of women’s rights is an issue of global concern and affect women all over the world irrespective of age, nationality, race, religion or social status. The most common violation of women rights includes domestic violence, rape, any form of sexual harassment, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, differentiation at leadership...

Bias can be defined in so many different ways. However, one general definition brought out clearly by Turban, Freeman, and Waber ((2017) states that bias occurs when two or more groups of individuals act in an identical manner but are treated as if they were different. The triggers to such...

Gender Beliefs and Gender Inequality in Heterosexual Interaction Gender beliefs are key roots of gender inequality in heterosexual interaction and more especially in college heterosexual interaction. Based on the reading, there are two dominant ideologies that haunt the sexual activities of women living in the society. The first ideology haunting women's...

Social problems are prevailing conditions or perceived behaviors which have negative impacts on the wellbeing of the society at large. In other words, these adverse conditions and gaps between the expectations in the society and the reality in the society. Normally, the society tries to develop means by which it...

In the United States, capital punishment is applied a legal penalty meant to deter the commission of serious crimes. In the country, at least thirty states, military, and the federal government practice capital punishment (Breyer 89). Of the several western countries, it is only the United States that adopts this...

Discrimination against International Students in Corvallis Discrimination has been a frequent topic for a long time. People discriminate against others by their age, race, religion, sex, and other factors. As an international student, I have observed racial discrimination among students like myself, and this unfortunate occurrence is more obviously seen in...

The aviation industry and gender inequality The aviation industry has been around since the year 1903, and it has been a source of employment to many people both male and female. The inescapable fact is that there are roles that have been held by men only such as pilot and others...

The term group generally refers to a collection of at least two people who not only interact with some frequency but also to a great sense of their individual identity being somewhat or rather somehow aligned with the group (William Little). The Civil rights movement can be termed as...

Introduction There has been a prolonged conflict in Yemen which has led to a crisis; the conflict has caused adverse impacts on the life of humans in the country. The country's economy and essential public services have also been affected by the conflict. Impact on Population In the course of the battle, approximately...

The Issue of Death Penalty in the US The issue of death penalty in the US has given rise to countless debates over the years and remains to be one of the most controversial topics in the country. There are a number of reasons why the opponents of the death penalty...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Fight for Civil Rights Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an influential figure whose actions in America s civil rights arena made him a hero both to the people of this country as well as to the oppressed all around the world. In...