Social+Justice+Issues+(9-2)

=Group: Social Justice issues= micro finance work, human rights issues, issues of poverty and injustice; inequity of wealth and power

-The microlending process gives money to people in poverty in Africa. This money is achieved by Trust Groups, who meet in each otherse living rooms. The trust groups work in four-month cycles, and the people get $200 per cycle. Each of these groups have a loan officer. These loan officers state their points at meetings, and they fight for things like HIV vaccines.

-In nigeria, if a woman or a man commits adultery, he or she will be stoned to death. This is a horrible process in which the person being punished is buried up to their neck, and a crowd of people throw rocks at them. Here is a video of a woman named Amina who was sentenced to this punishment.

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/watch/player.html?pkg=104_nigeria&seg=1&mod=0