Irene Kepler — Human Rights, Why They Are Important
Irene Kepler is a social worker who has been working with HIV/AIDS infected patients in Tanzania through her non-profit organization Arusha since 2005. She founded the non-profit organization and developed a program bringing fresh fruit, vegetables, and soap to the slums and employing HIV/AIDS infected women to sell these items at discounted prices.
Irene Kepler is a feminist who has been actively working for equal rights for women. She is concerned that both men and women should be given equal rights to live with freedom, justice, dignity, and peace. These basic human rights should be available to every human being in the world without discrimination of any kind, such as language, religion, sex, race, color, etc. Human rights are part of international law that is contained in declarations and treaties that specify rights that every country is required to uphold.
Human rights are important because they lay down the minimum standards that are required for people to live with dignity. It gives people the right and freedom to choose how to express themselves and live among many other things. Human rights also guarantee life, equality, freedom, and security, and protect people from abuse. According to the United Nations, human rights means to, “Ensure that a human being will be able to fully develop and use human qualities such as intelligence, talent, and conscience and satisfy his or her spiritual and other needs.” Social justice advocates like Irene Kepler have been working tirelessly to educate women about various issues of inequality in society.
Source: http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/human_rights_basics
