Episode 59 : Kristina Eberbach part two

Episode 59 : Kristina Eberbach part two

Washington, DC: HRE USA, 2025

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Human Rights Education Now! Podcasts; Season 3, Episode 59

In Episode 59, Kristina Eberbach discusses the limited knowledge many U.S. students have about human rights and the importance of understanding human rights language to address justice and equity issues effectively. She connects human rights education (HRE) to social justice movements, emphasizing its legal foundations and its role in envisioning and creating a more just world. Kristina highlights the need to focus on achieving human rights goals, especially in advancing women’s rights, rather than debating who deserves rights. She emphasizes the importance of education in fostering equal opportunity and references Arendt’s idea of “the right to have rights.” Inspired by Human Rights Educators USA, colleagues working under authoritarian regimes, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words, she calls for broadening public discourse on human rights beyond classrooms to make it central in society.

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