Human Rights

Prayer

Prayer for Women and Trade Justice

Lesson Plan

Water Privatization

This six-page unit looks at the current trend of water privatization throughout the world. Beginning with a short prayer, this unit discusses several topics including water as a human right, CST and...
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Unit

Immigrant Rights

This unit on immigrant rights contains the following materials: prayers and reflections, case studies of immigrants, a fact sheet on women immigrants, discussion questions and a quiz. This unit also...
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Reflection

Jewish and Palestinian Women: You and I are the Conscience

Jewish and Palestinian Women: You and I are the Conscience.  This moving reflection highlights what is at stake in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A Palestinian woman writes, "You and I are the...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

Food Security and Land

This one-page resource provides facts and food security and land.
Fact Sheet & Handout

Food Security and Water

This one-page resources provides facts about food security and water.
Unit

Children's Rights

This unit on children's rights contains the following materials: prayers and reflections, fact sheets, case studies, an overview of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, information on Gospel...
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Unit

Workers' Rights

This unit on workers' rights contains the following materials: prayers and reflections, fact sheets, and "The Faces Behind the Products." Because this unit contains several photographs,...
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Reflection

We Seek Justice Doing Justice

Nothing is more important in these times than to be still and to put ourselves in the presence of God. We must reflect on the fact that we are all part of the human family. "May God grant the...
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Prayer

Prayer for Women

This simple prayer asks God to help us listen to the voices of all women with respect and attention. Audio Version [audio_player...
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Women's Rights

This unit on women's rights contains the following materials: prayers and reflections, fact sheets, excerpts from Pope John Paul II's Letter to Women, a women's rights timeline, and case studies on...
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Activity

Catholic Social Teaching, the United Nations, and Human Rights Timeline

The Church's emphasis on human rights arises from its concern for the dignity of every human person. All of the Church's pronouncements on rights emphasize this dignity. This timeline activity is...
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