Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between Social Movement, social change and human rights. In doing so, the
study try to assess the pushing factors for social changes both the internal and external factors and its impact on
human rights. The study also tries to include a brief and short discussion on the role of globalization for social
change and human rights. In this part the study briefly explains how the nature, practice and norms of culture can
shape and affect social change and human rights through the global economic system. In addition to this, the paper
looks on how the political structure and/or system of administration could bring social change and determine
human rights. In defining and explaining social change, it also tries to present different social change theories. This
is mainly because culture of a given society has its impact on both social change and promoting human rights. Most
of the time, the mere existence of law, for instance, the international human rights law, does not guarantee the
protection and/or promotion of human rights. In one or other way, social change is a result of social movements.
Social movement by itself emerged by active participation of oppressed citizens such as the black movement,
women‟s movement, child rights movement and so on. Their main reason is equality, representation, self
determination and the likes.For this reason, the study tries to present a brief discussion on social movement and its
role onachieving social change in line with human rights.The though discussion and revision of different documents
indicates that the active citizens‟ activism/participation from below has great contribution for social movement
social change and human rights development at large.
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Kelemework Birukie Zewdie (Mss.)
MA in Human Rights Lecturer at Department of Civic and Ethical Studies College of Social Science and the Humanities University of Gondar, Gondar/Ethiopia Received:15thJanuary, 2020; Accepted:27th February, 2020; Published: 22nd March,2020
Received: 22-04-2020, Accepted: 06-05-2020, Published Online: 16-05-2020