🇬🇧 Diane Kingston:剛從聯合國卸任的身心障礙婦女權利專家!
「這世上約有十億身心障礙者,他們大多屬於貧窮階級中的最貧者,也在所有社會中遭受共通的污名和歧視。因此,《身心障礙者權利公約》是很重要的──它是確保身心障礙者獲得與其他人同等權利與機會的工具。」
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🇬🇧 Diane Kingston:剛從聯合國卸任的身心障礙婦女權利專家!
「這世上約有十億身心障礙者,他們大多屬於貧窮階級中的最貧者,也在所有社會中遭受共通的污名和歧視。因此,《身心障礙者權利公約》是很重要的──它是確保身心障礙者獲得與其他人同等權利與機會的工具。」
今年三月聯合國身心障礙者權利委員會的會期前夕,Kingston女士如此重申《身心障礙者權利公約》(Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD)的重要性。Kingston女士曾擔任英國平等與人權委員會(Equality and Human Rights Commission, EHRC)委員,2012年,她被選為聯合國身心障礙者權利委員會委員,2015年更被推選成為副主席,任期恰好於去年年底屆滿。
於1966年出生於英國的Diane Kingston,現職為「基督教盲人會」(Christian Blind Mission, CBM)之國際倡議聯盟(International Advocacy and Alliances, IAA)團隊的副董事長,也是該組織立場文件的主要作者。CBM是由Pastor Ernst J. Christoffel在二戰前後所創始的一個國際基督教組織,其工作重心從直接幫助視力障礙者,逐漸擴及到貧窮社會中身心障礙者生活品質的改善,以及創造一個可以接納所有人的社群。這是因為他們意識到「貧窮」是導致身心障礙的主要原因之一,也是身心障礙造成的結果。
❓想更瞭解「障礙」這個概念的形成,請看 #CRPD星期天「人約盟說書第3回:什麼是障礙?誰是障礙者?」https://goo.gl/MRRJbd
在Kingston女士的求學早期,雖然因為當時未確診的讀寫障礙(dyslexia)而遭遇許多挑戰,但是她仍然以一級榮譽之姿拿到皇后大學婦女研究學士學位,隨後更攻讀薩塞克斯大學的科學科技政策碩士學位。畢業後,Kingston女士從環境議題的參與,逐漸擴及到更多面向的社會正義、國際發展問題與人權領域議題。她曾在印尼擔任全球最大海外志工組織Voluntary Service Overseas(VSO)的聯合國家主任。然而,在一場交通事故中,Kingston女士失去其中一隻腿,之後她便回到英國,繼續在身心障礙者領域中服務。
憑著對於身心障礙者、婦女與社會融合等議題的專長與認識,當聯合國CRPD委員會決定就「身心障礙婦女與女童」草擬第3號一般性意見時,Kingston女士正是整個起草工作小組中的核心成員。
❓第3號一般性意見在講什麼?請看 #CRPD星期天「人約盟說書第7回:身心障礙與婦女篇」:https://goo.gl/nuFL9t)
就在一個月後的今天,閱歷豐富的Kingston女士即將來到台灣,以初次國家報告國際審查委員的身分來診斷《身心障礙者權利公約》在台灣落實的狀況與提供建言。請各位朋友一同關注期待!
👉更多關於CRPD審查的資訊,請上人約盟網站「2017年CRPD初次國際審查專區」:https://goo.gl/qmBgXg
👉國際審查是什麼東西?請看「人權期中考:聯合國人權公約審查在台灣?!」懶人包:https://goo.gl/7TqiDg
🎈捐款支持人約盟,為人權和自由出一份力:https://goo.gl/DjlO7K
參考資料:
▫ Diane Kingston女士生平簡介:https://goo.gl/HAJp3S (Wiki網站)https://goo.gl/fwSZwv (CBM網站)
▫ CBM官方網站,http://www.cbm.org/index.php
▫ Diane Kingston,2017/3/16,"UN disability rights committee to review 8 countries",https://goo.gl/KaN2eV
照片來源:Wikipedia
文案主筆:劉芝嘉(人約盟志工)
責任編輯:蔡逸靜
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[時事英文] 2014 Taiwan Food Scandal: Gutter Oil (餿水油食安事件)
老師幫大家錄了餿水油食安事件的時事英文 XD
Audio file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aqjmo6y1c68bd6y/Gutter.mp3
On September 4, 2014, it was discovered that tainted cooking oil was being produced by Chang Guann Corporation. The Kaohsiung-based company was found to have blended cooking oil with recycled oil, grease, and leather cleaner. It then allegedly refined the waste oil before mixing it with processed lard. The tainted oil, often referred to as "gutter oil" in Taiwan, was then sold to hundreds of distributors.
Gutter oil is a term used to describe cooking oil that has been recycled from waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers, sewer drains, grease traps, and slaughterhouse waste. The oil is then filtered, boiled, and refined before being packaged and resold as a cheaper alternative to normal cooking oil. Used kitchen oil can be purchased for between 859 and 937 dollars per ton while the cleaned and refined product can sell for 1,560 per ton. Hence, there is great economic incentive to produce and sell gutter oil.
Gutter oil has been shown to be very toxic, and can cause diarrhea and abdominal pain. There are also reports that long-term consumption of the oil can lead to stomach and liver cancers as well as developmental disabilities in newborns and children. Testing of some samples of gutter oil has revealed traces of dangerous organic pollutants that are capable of causing cancer with long-term consumption.
Taiwan was already reeling from a cooking oil safety scandal last year. In the wake of the newest cooking oil scare, hundreds of tons of mooncakes, pineapple cakes, bread, instant noodles and steamed dumplings have been removed from shelves. According to the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration, more than a 1000 restaurants, bakeries and food plants across the island had used the tainted oil.
The scandal has severely tarnished the image of Taiwanese food processing industry. What has angered consumers is that companies using the tainted cooking oil had allegedly received the so-called Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate--a food health and safety mark that is aimed at assuring consumers of the quality of the consumable item. But the label, which provides a blanket certification to manufacturers, has come under criticism. Its issuing body, the Taiwan Food Good Manufacturing Practice Development Association (TFGMPDA) has issued a public apology.
Vocabulary words:
cooking oil (n.) 食用油
tainted (adj.) 汙染的;感染的;腐敗的
leather cleaner (n.) 皮革清潔劑
processed (adj.) 經過加工的;處理過的
lard (n.) 豬油
gutter oil (n.) 地溝油
distributor (n.) 經銷商 ; 批發商
restaurant fryers (n.) 餐廳炸鍋
sewer drain (n.) 汙水下水道
grease trap (n.) 油脂隔離器
slaughterhouse waste (n.) 屠宰場的廢料
filter (v.) 過濾
refine (v.) 提煉;精製
economic incentive (n. phr.) 經濟誘因
toxic (adj.) 有毒的
diarrhea (n.) 腹瀉
abdominal pain (n.) 腹痛
liver cancer (n.) 肝癌
developmental disability (n. phr.) 發展障礙
newborn (n.) 新生兒
organic pollutant (n. phr.) 有機污染物
reel from (v. phr.) 受...的不好影響
in the wake of (phr.) 繼…之後,緊隨著 (指一件事情已告一段落,進入另一境界)
scare (n.) 驚恐
tarnished (adj.) 有汙點的
allegedly (adv.) 據宣稱
aimed at (v. phr.) 把……瞄準
blanket (adj.) 適用於所有情況的
issuing body (n.) 發證機構
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutter_oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Taiwan_food_scandal
http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-taiwan-gutter-oil-scandal-spreads-to-hong-kong-2014-9
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/13/taiwan-executive-detained-gutter-oil-food-safety-scandal-deepens
http://time.com/3300093/taiwan-gutter-oil-hong-kong-chang-guann-maxims-cakes-starbucks-7-eleven/
http://www.prweek.com/article/1311617/taiwan-food-safety-reputation-crisis
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/09/05/2003599041
Image source: http://www.financetwitter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/China-Food-Scandal-Chang-Guann-Drum-of-Gutter-Oil.jpg
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