Human Rights

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70 - is it time for a new approach? 

A girl looks at a barbed-wire fence decorated with ribbons bearing messages wishing for the unification between the two Koreas near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, August 10, 2017.  REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DEE456B70

Gender equality and women’s rights are being advanced through unexpected new champions. Image: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Barbara von Ow-Freytag
Journalist, political scientist and adviser, Prague Civil Society Centre
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