Elena Gorolova - UN Article Reflection

Elena Gorolova

I chose the Article “Real Life Story Of Elena Gorolova", This Article was about her experiences of racism against Romani people, by them unknowingly being sterilized, this is when their Fallopian tubes had been severed therefore meaning they can't have any more children, Because the surgery is irreversible, this is only because others don't like Romani people. This Process happens right after Elena Gorolova had her second child, she was only 21 years old when a hospital in Ostrava in 1990 sterilized her unknowingly. I chose this article because not only do I think it's wrong in many many different ways, it's not very known that this has happened to not only her but over 80 other women who are Romani, and the only reason it happens was that people there “just don't like Roma people''.

The Person who this article is mainly about is Elena Gorolova, She is a Roma woman who has faced

discrimination first hand when she was told by the nurse "The nurse told me that previously the

method had been to tie the tubes, but that some women had become pregnant despite this,"

she said. "They didn’t want any more Roma children to be born... I have experienced discrimination

since I was a child... they just don’t like the Roma people." This is just showing that the only reason it happened was that she's Romani and if she wasn't Romani none of it would have happened

therefore there's discrimination against them but there's no reason behind it apart from that they just don't like them. 

She had always dreamed of having a baby Girl but the chances of this happening now are 0/100

all because 1 hospital sterilized her, therefore, making it so she can't have any more kids.

She is not the only one who has been thrown this though, many many more Romani women have

all because the other people just don't like them. Elena Gorolova is now (due to her experience)

a Human Rights defender She also works as a social worker in Ostrava and is of Roma origins,

Elena Gorolova was born in 1969 and was only 21 when she was sterilized. In the year 2005,

She was ONE of the 87 Czech Women complaining of being forcibly sterilized. 

This story is So important to read because it's something that happened more recently and

a lot of people have been affected just because of their culture, due to this people have had

arguments with their partners and in some cases caused a divorce, all because someone didn't

like them.

The Article you can access via this link: https://www.un.org/en/letsfightracism/gorolova.shtml

Bush Fires & Fire Safety

Bush Fires/ Fire Safty 

1. How do bush fires start and how has climate change made them more common? 

Climate change has helped Increasing heat by changing rain and snow patterns and shifts in plant communities and other climate-related changes have vastly increased the likelihood that fires will start more often and burn more intensely and widely than they have in the past.

There are lots of possible bushfire causes. They can start naturally when lightning strikes and ignites dry plants and trees. But they can also be caused by people, for example, by someone not extinguishing their campfire properly or even someone throwing their cigarette that hasn't been put out. 

2. What are 3 ways you could fireproof your house if you lived in an area likely to get bush fires?

1. Invest in Fire-Resistant Glass for Your Windows. (Protection levels are measured in defined time periods from 30mins up to 120mins.)
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3. Rethink Your Deck's Materials. ( fireproof mats/ what it is made of etc) 

Make sure dry leaves etc are cleaned up and removed from the property 

Invest in getting sprinkles on your roof and surrounding trees in case of fire. 

Invest in fire extinguishers and have some in a handy spot to grab and use when needed 

3.  When something burns it combusts, what is the difference between complete and incomplete combustion? 

When a fuel undergoes complete combustion, it releases the maximum amount of energy from the fuel being reacted. Incomplete combustion is also a reaction between oxygen and fuel but the products are carbon monoxide, water, and carbon.

4. what should u do in a fire if it's inside your home.

Raise an alarm/ Shout FIRE FIRE FIRE 

Get down Get Low and get out, Get down onto the floor as low as you can and crawl/ army crawl out/ or walk if you cant get down low and go out the nearest exit. Cover your mouth and nose with someone so it prevents as much smoke as possible. close the doors as your leaving to help prevent the fire from spreading faster. when out of the house go to your emergency meeting spot. call your emergency number and say there's a fire in your home / surrounding homes and let people know in your neighbor hood if possible for example next-door neighbors 

Call your emergency number (in New Zealand it's 111)

Notes/Tips:

close doors behind you 

if you're on fire Stop Drop and Roll

let as many people you know who could be affected by the fire about it.