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| The conditions in people's lives |
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| Economic and social gaps among individuals, communities, or countries |
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| A common measure of the quantity and quality of goods and services to which people have access. |
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| A measure of a country's gross domestic product per capita, one of the criteria for the UN Human Development Index |
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| Human Development Index, the UN measure of a country's level of development based on GDP per capita, life expectancy at birth, adult literacy, and school enrollment |
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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| Hte basis of UN policy since 1948 that defines the human rights to which every person on the globe is equally entitled (political, civil, equality, economic, social, and cultural rights) |
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| The right to vote and participate in government |
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| The right to freedom of opinion and expression |
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| The right to be free from discrimination |
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| The right to fair wages and safe working conditions |
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| The right to education and to adequate health care |
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| The right to participate in the cultural life of a community, including its arts and sciences, and the right to speak your first language |
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