The Clarion : Topic Suggestions for Inaugural Edition ● ● ●
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The global refugee crisis (e.g., states’ response, rights of noncitizens, housing, economics, freedom from violence, access to information, etc.) Global crackdown on human rights advocates, journalists, and lawyers (e.g., in Russia, Thailand, Myanmar, China, Egypt, etc.) Global violence against women (e.g., rape and torture of women in conflict zones, domestic violence, sex trafficking, female genital mutilation FGM, honor killings, child marriage, violence against girls seeking education, etc.) Women and health (e.g., family planning, reproductive health, maternity support, economic opportunities, etc.) Children issues (e.g., child soliders, children in conflict zones, global child poverty, infant mortality, child pornography and sex trafficking, etc.) Global pandemics, health & human rights (e.g., Ebola, Zika virus, HIV) Human trafficking & modernday slavery Labor rights of vulnerable populations (e.g., migrant workers in U.S.; foreign workers in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE) Antiterrorism laws, civil liberties & human rights Vulnerable populations in conflict zones (e.g., Muslims in Myanmar, Yazidis in Syria and Iraq, women, children, elderly and disabled) U.S. criminal justice system (e.g., mass incarceration, systemic racism, police brutality, death of unarmed minorities, race & poverty, prisoners’ rights, exonerations, botched executions, etc.) Environmental justice & human rights (e.g., Climate Change COP21, corporate extraction resources from vulnerable populations, natural disaster responses, Flint water crisis, Native American land rights, resource conflicts, sustainability, etc.) LGBTQs Sexual orientation and gender identity rights Capital punishment/ death penalty (e.g., U.S., Iran, China, etc.) Crimes against humanity (e.g., ISIS’ attempt to eradicate Yazidis; Boko Haram’s reign of terror in Nigeria, bombing of MSF hospital in Syria) Corruption & human rights Government, business, financial, political, charitable organizations Elections (e.g., fairness, equal access, disenfranchisement, corruption, gender gaps in leadership, representation of minority and indigenous populations) Technology Questionable (e.g., government censorship; arrest & detention for social media posts and freedom of expression; governments use of technology to spy on dissenting citizens; states use of technology to combat crime, violence, and terrorism think drones or Apple v. FBI) Technology Used to Advance Human Rights (e.g., global social media campaigns, realtime news via Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, etc; medical breakthroughs, environmental inventions; intersection between technology and economic opportunities like microlending via Kiva or use of MPesa mobile app in Kenya) Country or regional reports and recommendations
