Ji-Won--Shirin Ebadi
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-bio.html:Go to the Web site and answer these questions:
1. What occupation did Ms. Ebadi train for?
2. What happened after she became a judge?
3. What did she do while she was unemployed?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3181992.stm: Go to the Web site. Then answer these questions:
1. What did she do for women’s rights in Iran?
2. Why was she put on trial?
3. Why did she receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/10/ebadi-bio.htm: Go to the Web site. Then answer these questions:
1. Did Ms. Ebadi believe that Islam and human rights could work together?
2. What organization did she establish to work for children’s rights?
3. What did she do for people who disagreed with the government?
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/2003a.html: Go to the Web site. Click on “Open Letter to General Kofi Annan.” Then answer these questions:
1. According to the United Nations, what are the rights of every child?
2. What was the difference between the way children were treated under Islamic law and the way this declaration could want them to be treated?
3. What protection is given to children under the “Declaration of the Rights of the Child?”
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-lecture-e.html: Go to the Web site. Click on “Nobel lecture.” Then answer these questions:
1. What are some of the rights granted to people according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
2. What changes have happened to human rights since terrorism has become more universal?
3. The United Nations declaration applies to every nation. Yet she has seen differences between the way it is applied to Israel and to Iran. What are these differences?
1. What occupation did Ms. Ebadi train for?
2. What happened after she became a judge?
3. What did she do while she was unemployed?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3181992.stm: Go to the Web site. Then answer these questions:
1. What did she do for women’s rights in Iran?
2. Why was she put on trial?
3. Why did she receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/10/ebadi-bio.htm: Go to the Web site. Then answer these questions:
1. Did Ms. Ebadi believe that Islam and human rights could work together?
2. What organization did she establish to work for children’s rights?
3. What did she do for people who disagreed with the government?
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/2003a.html: Go to the Web site. Click on “Open Letter to General Kofi Annan.” Then answer these questions:
1. According to the United Nations, what are the rights of every child?
2. What was the difference between the way children were treated under Islamic law and the way this declaration could want them to be treated?
3. What protection is given to children under the “Declaration of the Rights of the Child?”
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-lecture-e.html: Go to the Web site. Click on “Nobel lecture.” Then answer these questions:
1. What are some of the rights granted to people according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
2. What changes have happened to human rights since terrorism has become more universal?
3. The United Nations declaration applies to every nation. Yet she has seen differences between the way it is applied to Israel and to Iran. What are these differences?

5 Comments:
#1
1.What occupation did Ms.Ebadi train for?
She studied for being lawyer.
2.What happened after she became a judge?
After the victory of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979, she and other female judges were dismissed their jobs and had to do clerical because of the Islamic belief that women cannot serve judges.
3.What did she do while she was unemployed?
She used her unemployed time to write several books and many articles which were published in Iranian journals.
1.What did she do for women’s rights in Iran?
She defended other women who are politically active.
2.Why was she put on trial?
She was accused of giving a video which was the confession of a criminal. Criminal said that government leaders were supporting physical attacks on people involved in government reform movement.
3.Why did she receive the Novel Peace Prize?
Novel award committee said that they chose her because of her focus on promoting human rights and democracy in her courage.
1.What did she do for women’s rights in Iran?
She defended other women who are politically active.
2.Why was she put on trial?
She was accused of giving a video which was the confession of a criminal. Criminal said that government leaders were supporting physical attacks on people involved in government reform movement.
3.Why did she receive the Novel Peace Prize?
Novel award committee said that they chose her because of her focus on promoting human rights and democracy in her courage.
#4
1. According to the United Nations, what are the rights of every child?
The children who are younger than 18 cannot be punished curely, treated badly
and imprisoned for entire life.
2. What was the difference between the way children were treated under Islamic law and the way this declaration could want them to be treated?
In the Islamic law, the girl has to be 9 years old and boy has to be 15 years old to be punishable for a criminal offense.
3. What protection is given to children under the “Declaration of the Rights of the Child?”
The children has to be protected, has the right to life, and rehabilitation.
1. What are some of the rights granted to people according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
All human being are borned with dignity, have equal rights as membersof the human family and should be guaranteed freedom. Also they should enjoy freedom of expression and opinion, and be safe against fear and poverty.
2. What changes have happened to human rights since terrorism has become more universal?
The government restricted human rights and basic freedoms, and made special courts to find terrorist which could figure out everything that people doing.
3. The United Nations declaration applies to every nation. Yet she has seen differences between the way it is applied to Israel and to Iran. What are these differences?
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