Definitions

• Censorship

  The practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive, or a threat to security.
• Discrimination

  Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice.
• Extremism

  Believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
• Human Rights

  The basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human.
• Personal Conviction

  Something a person strongly feels or believes in.
• Prejudice

  Pre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause.
• Relative Poverty

  A standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, for example, living on less than a certain percentage of average income.
• Absolute Poverty

  An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs.
• Social Justice

  Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities, and rights.