joing both, or including both



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The human rights based approach is thus an approach that says in provinding aid you must take into account the human rights situation in the country being aided, you can not ignore human rights violatons. Therefore it is an approach that bridges (joins or includes) both concerns (or issues.)

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HERE IS ONE SIMILAR EXAMPLE OF BRIDGING USED AS A HEADLINE

Bridging IdeologiesMaternal Health as a Human Rights Dilemma
December 23, 2010 by Alice E.M. Underwood HIR Issue: Pressing Change
The year 2010 leaves the world with just five years before the targeted achievement of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Though time will tell if ongoing efforts prove sufficient, the goals of fighting disease, eradicating poverty and hunger, and pushing for environmental sustainability, at least, seem to be on track for success. Reducing gender-skewed death rates is another story. According to 2010’s Millennium Development Goals Report, of the eight goals under discussion, the fifth—that of decreasing the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters and achieving universal access to reproductive health—appears farthest from being accomplished.
http://hir.harvard.edu/pressing-change/bridging-ideologies