Local Governance, Pay Equity, and the Pandemic: Applying New York City Human Rights Law to Salary Negotiation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geeta Tewari
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
York City ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Pay Equity ◽  
Salary Negotiation

Building tolerance through human rights education: The missing link

2020 ◽  
pp. 174619792097729
Author(s):  
Marlana Salmon-Letelier ◽  
S. Garnett Russell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
York City ◽  
Human Rights Education ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Rights Issues

Human rights education (HRE) is an emerging practice across formal and informal educational sectors worldwide. However, most literature and theory on HRE emphasize the importance of imparting knowledge about human rights. In this paper, we argue that increasing tolerance among students is a vital but understudied aspect of HRE. This paper is based on the results of a mixed methods longitudinal study conducted in three classrooms across two New York City public high schools. Our methods include a pre-/post- survey, classroom observations, and semi-structured individual and group interviews. The findings indicate that merely teaching about human rights issues is necessary but not sufficient to shift deeply embedded attitudes that contribute to the transformative nature of the human rights framework. We present tolerance as a necessary precursor to positive social change and sustainable human rights implementation.

scholarly journals One only needs an island/Alone in a vast sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Coco Schinagl
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
York City ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Refugee Crisis

The article will demonstrate by a close reading of Hannah Arendt’s article “We Refugees” published 1943 in New York City that Germany in particular has a responsibility towards refugees seeking to reach Europe by boat. By listening to thevoice of a female refugee, the article will formulate four categories clarifying Arendt’s request to welcome newcomers. Furthermore, this article highlights how Arendt’s testimony can be transformed to act accordingly for today’s so-called refugee crisis and it challenges the concepts of “volk”, nations, and the efficiency of human rights.

Race Relations and the New York City Commission on Human Rights.

1975 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 348
Author(s):  
Eleanor Holmes Norton ◽  
Gerald Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
York City

Law From Below: Women's Human Rights and Social Movements in New York City

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Engle Merry ◽  
Peggy Levitt ◽  
Mihaela Şerban Rosen ◽  
Diana H. Yoon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
York City ◽  
Women’S Human Rights ◽  
Women's Human Rights

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-216
Author(s):  
Craig Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
York City ◽  
Gay Liberation ◽  
Parliamentary System ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Public Recognition ◽  
Gay Pride ◽  
Ways Of Thinking

This conclusion takes stock of homosexual politics—ways of thinking, feeling, and talking about homosexuality—at the end of the 1970s. The partial decriminalization of sex between men in 1969 offered West German homosexuals a precarious foothold in society. A decade on, that foothold had become somewhat more secure. Yet, as the possibility of public recognition and integration into society became more tangible, the ambivalence engendered by this prospect became all the more pronounced. This conclusion shows that three trends gradually came together at the end of the decade: a focus on ‘self-help’, the language of human rights, and a greater engagement with the parliamentary system. The chapter also discusses the first ‘gay pride’ events in Germany, which were organized in 1979 to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which took place in New York City a decade earlier. It argues, nevertheless, that gay liberation should not be analysed or remembered only through the prism of pride. Instead, the ambivalence of gay liberation takes centre stage.

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