⚖️ Vocabulary: Human Rights Problems
1ère Bac Sciences Expérimentales SEx
📌 Introduction
Human rights are basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person. Unfortunately, many people around the world face human rights problems such as discrimination, injustice, and abuse.
Example: “Everyone has the right to education. Denying girls education is a human rights problem.”
📚 Key Vocabulary
Human Rights Problems: discrimination, injustice, child labor, gender inequality, lack of education, freedom of speech violation, unfair trial, poverty, abuse, censorship
Basic Rights: right to life, right to education, freedom of speech, right to fair trial, freedom of religion, right to work
Science Link: “Poverty and lack of clean water are human rights issues that affect health and survival.”
✅ Exercise 1: Match the Problem
1. Treating people unfairly because of race →
2. Children working instead of going to school →
3. Women paid less than men for same work →
4. Not allowing people to speak freely →
5. No access to school →
✅ Exercise 2: Match the Right
1. Right to go to school →
2. Right to say your opinion →
3. Right to a fair court trial →
4. Right to believe in any religion →
5. Right to have a job →
✅ Exercise 3: True or False?
1. Everyone has the right to education.
2. Child labor is a human rights problem.
3. Discrimination is fair and acceptable.
4. Censorship protects freedom of speech.
5. Gender inequality means equal pay for all.
✅ Exercise 4: Complete the Sentence
1. ___ is the unfair treatment of people based on race or gender.
2. ___ means children work instead of going to school.
3. Denying girls education is a violation of the right to ___.
4. ___ prevents people from speaking freely.
5. ___ means women and men should have equal opportunities.
✅ Exercise 5: Fill in the Blank
1. Every person has the ___ to life.
2. ___ of speech is a basic human right.
3. ___ inequality violates human rights.
4. ___ is a serious problem in many countries.
5. Physical ___ of children is a crime.
✅ Exercise 6: Match Problem & Solution
1. Child labor →
2. Gender inequality →
3. Lack of education →
4. Censorship →
5. Discrimination →
✅ Exercise 7: Correct the Mistake
1. Child labor is good for children. →
2. Discrimination is acceptable. →
3. Girls don’t need education. →
4. Censorship protects freedom. →
5. Poverty is not a human rights issue. →
✅ Exercise 8: Science & Society
1. Lack of clean water affects the right to ___.
2. Denying vaccines violates the right to ___.
3. Banning science books is a form of ___.
4. Forcing children to work in labs violates the right to ___.
5. Polluting rivers affects communities’ right to ___.
✅ Exercise 9: Real-Life Situation
1. Your school bans students from speaking about politics. →
2. Girls are not allowed in science clubs. →
3. Children work in factories instead of school. →
4. A newspaper is shut down for criticizing the government. →
5. Students with disabilities have no access to school. →
✅ Exercise 10: Write a Sentence
Use these words in correct sentences:
1. discrimination:
2. freedom of speech:
3. child labor:
4. gender inequality:
5. right to education:
