The Poverty Cycle

The cycle of Poverty has been described as a phenomenon where poor families become trapped in poverty for generations.

Because they have no or limited access to critical recourses, such as

·         Education and

·         Financial services

Subsequent generations are also impoverished.

There are multiple cycles of Poverty-based on among other things,

·         Economic,

·         Social,

·         Spiritual and

·         Geographic factors

Many cycles overlap or perpetuate new cycles and therefore any attempt to depict the cycle will be far more simplistic than realistic.

This cycle shows –very simply- how a cycle of poverty related to hunger keeps a person or household poor in one of the world’s developing countries.

Poverty

Poverty is lack of clean water and food, no shelter, no safe health services, no education or no job. At a national level, it means that the government is poor and can’t invest these areas. Poverty is often a result of unrest between different groups of people.

Absolute Poverty

This measures the number of people living below a certain income threshold or the number of households unable to afford certain basic goods and services.

Relative Poverty

This measures the extent to which a household’s financial recourses fall behind an average income threshold for the economy. Although living standards and real incomes have grown because of higher employment and sustained economic growth over recent years, the gains in incomes and wealth have been unevenly distributed across the population.

Economic Justice

Global Solidarity

Stewardship of God's creation

World Unity

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Rights and Responsibilities

If people’s rights are protected and they are responsible, then a community is healthy. Some of the responsibilities we owe our community are to one another, families and to the larger society.

Role of Government

All people have a right to participate in political organizations so that the government can achieve its goals.

Economic Justice

The economy must help people. All people have the right to work, receive fair wages, to join unions and to safe working conditions.

Stewardship of God’s creation

We should treat the environment with respect and it is everyone’s responsibility to care and protect it for our world’s benefit.

Promotion of peace and disarmament

Peace between people means that there is no war, there is respect, peace, confidence and binding agreements.

Participation

All people have a right to participate in the economic, political, and cultural life of society. No people should be excluded or treated unfairly.

Global Solidarity and development

Gobal solidarity means that we are one human family and we have responsibilities to each other. Development  must respect and promote personal, social, economic, and political rights, including the rights of nations and of peoples

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Social Justice is our responsibility to make sure all people are given a fair go.

Some issues that social justice covers are: 

Poverty,

Child Labour,

Refugees,

Homelessness and

Hunger.

Human Dignity (pride and self respect) is the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching.  

It means that a person has rights to education, health services or to make choices for themselves and be free. Also, it is to respect yourself and others because you were made in the image of God.

Humans are sacred and social, we live and achieve together, all humans must be valued in the wider community.

Society (eg. Governments) must consider and help the poor in society.

A community I am part of is the Stella Community.

It is sacred and social because we gain education, friendship and belonging.

A moral Society is democratic, attention to poor or special needs and distribution of wealth.

Our community looks after the poor by the dole and public housing.

Children's Rights

Background Summary:

In 1959, the declaration on the Rights of the Child was declared. In 2000, two protocols were added to the Covention on the Rights of the Child about child prostitution and pornography.

Around 11 million children died annually mainly because of preventable diseases.

Details about the issue / why the situation occurs:

Everyone is entitled to rights, but sometimes children’s rights are denied. This is usually because they are defenceless against mistreatment, although, they do have the right to special protection. Regardless of colour, disability, gender, language or race all children should have rights.

What can be done about the issue (who is currently doing something?)

The United Nations are devoted to protecting the children and their rights. On the 20^th of November, there is ‘Universal Children’s Day’ which focuses on the rights of children around the world. This day was established in 1955. The government should push for this topic to be applied onto the syllabus for Australian children for more awareness.

Children’s rights include education, access to health facilities, food, water, shelter and guidance.

Lady Justice

The time-honoured symbol of justice in the West is the Lady of Justice (adapted from Greek and Roman mythology) depicted as a blind-folded woman with a scale in one hand and a sword in the other. This stands for equality in the dispensation of justice without favor or prejudice.
Lady Justice, who dates back to the ancient Greek goddess Themis, is the symbol for fair and equal justice. No matter how she is depicted, her eyes are always covered so she can't be influenced by the person being judged and so does not fall to prejudice.

Introduction to Social Justice

The protection of the rights of all human beings, irrespective of:
race,
colour,
religion,

nationality or

language

is central to any conception of justice.

Justice can be defined as 'the morally correct state of persons and their affairs'.

From a practical point of view, justice demands

equality,

objectivity and

fair dealing.