LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 30, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As Human Rights Day 2021 approaches, the Church of Scientology International shares the work of human rights activists featured on the Scientology Network.
PHOTO CAPTION: Mary Shuttleworth, founder of Youth for Human Rights International, featured on Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network.
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights whose first article proclaims āAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.ā More than seven decades later, deep-rooted forms of discrimination persist.
Mary Shuttleworth, featured in an episode of āVoices for Humanity,ā founded Youth for Human Rights International in 2001 to promote full implementation of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Youth for Human Rights stresses that education is the foundation and catalyst for changing the state of human rights in the world.
As Human Rights Day 2021 approaches, Youth for Human Rights celebrates a milestone: its 20th anniversary. Youth for Human Rights, the youth component of United for Human Rights, is sponsored by the Church of Scientology in its longstanding tradition of championing freedom for all.
āWhen we began Youth for Human Rights International, 90 percent of those surveyed were unable to name more than three of the 30 rights granted by the Declaration,ā says Shuttleworth.
Those who crafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserted the importance of human rights education. The preamble calls on āevery individual and every organ of societyā to āstrive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms.ā
An educator, Shuttleworth knew the key to change was making the rights enshrined in the UDHR easy to understand. Youth for Human Rightsā educational tools do just that and they engage and interest young people.
These materials help them understand the 30 principles of the document. For example, the program has been used to reduce bullying, a human rights violation suffered byĀ a third of the globeās youth, according to Stopbullying.gov, an interagency effort of the U.S.Ā Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services.
In 1969, Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote, āVery few governments have implemented any part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These governments have not grasped that their very survival depends utterly upon adopting such reforms and thus giving their peoples a cause, a civilization worth supporting, worth their patriotism.ā
The Church of Scientology and Scientologists supportĀ Youth for Human RightsĀ and make its educational materials available free of charge. Watch a documentary onĀ the history and activities of Youth for Human Rights InternationalĀ onĀ āVoices for HumanityāĀ on theĀ Scientology Network. SinceĀ launching with a special episode featuring Scientology ecclesiastical leaderĀ Mr. David Miscavige, Scientology Network has been viewed in 240 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages. Broadcast fromĀ Scientology Media Productions, the Churchās global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320 and can be streamed atĀ Scientology.tv, onĀ mobile appsĀ and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.
LEARN MORE:
https://www.scientology.tv/series/voices-for-humanity/mary-shuttleworth.html
https://www.youthforhumanrights.org/
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*Photo Caption: Mary Shuttleworth, founder of Youth for Human Rights International, featured on Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network.
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