Albion Advocates

In celebration of women human rights defenders and their contributions to human rights and justice, we highlight four outstanding women.

Women’s rights are human rights. Despite formal equality in human rights law, gender inequality and gender subordination remain barriers to women’s equal enjoyment of human rights.

Fear. Panic. Death. These words describe what it was like to be a queer person during the AIDS crisis. Artists came together to fight these words and in the process reclaimed neglected human rights and saved countless lives.

LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, pansexual, asexual, two-spirit, and all other persons are entitled to dignity and rights.

A student’s journey at Albion College begins the first time they step on campus – which often, is on their campus tour. The role of the admissions department includes communicating the values of Albion College to its visitors, including its commitment to antiracism, inclusion, and belonging.

No matter how busy you are, there is something you can do to protect human rights. In this post, Kara Anderson offers simple ways to support human rights within the context of your daily life.

Dr. Milkessa Gemechu is a visiting assistant professor of Political Science at Albion College. Dr. Gemechu has a BA in Political Science and MA and PhD in Federalism.

The American civil rights movement and the international human rights movement have long been interconnected.

Youth are powerful agents of social change and have played a critical role in nearly all human rights and social justice movements, argues Carrie Booth Walling, director of the Albion Human Rights Lab.