Assignment #1 GWST 2510B 9.0 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies Isabella Desmarais-212061727 Leyna Lowe‚ Tutorial 3 October 23rd‚ 2013 Chosen Subtopic: Violence against Aboriginal women in Canada. Justification of Database Search: For this assignment I choose to search all databases in which were provided to me by the York Universities library link through the Women’s Studies tab. I found both of my scholarly journals on the ‘Women’s International’
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How would you empower women in today’s India In India‚ today‚ women appear to rule the roost. India as a nation is revered in a feminine form i.e. ‘the Bharat Mata’‚ the first citizen of our country presently is a woman‚ many important government posts are occupied by women and educated women are pouring into the professional workforce with profound implications for national and multinational corporations. However‚ ironically‚ these are accompanied by news about dowry killings‚ female infanticide
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In my analysis of violence against women I chose a country that I wish no woman to live in. Nepal is a country compacted between China and India‚ Nepal isn’t very big and very poor but it populates over 30 million people. This country is known for little to no rights for women. Early marriage and child birth are main reasons for the malnourished women in Nepal‚ statistics say 1 in 24 die in pregnancy and/or birth( ). Daughters who aren’t married before their teens would be sold to traffickers
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The Misconceptions about Women in Islam While people in the west think that women in Islam are oppressed‚ they do not know that Islam liberated women from oppression. There are many people who have opinions about the religion of Islam‚ but mostly about the women who follow it. Westerners have this idea that women in Islam are disrespected‚ mistreated and oppressed. In actuality‚ these allegations are incorrect. Women in Islam have rights and are not oppressed. The veil is widely misunderstood
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In Little Women‚ one major theme is the struggles women go through during the nineteenth-century. Women are supposed to be good mothers and women are only to speak when they are spoken to. Society in the nineteenth-century did not expect women to work to support themselves. Family obligations and duties take away from the woman’s ability to attend to her own needs and wants. Little Women shows how women struggled in the nineteenth century. In Little Women‚ Alcott analyzes four different ways to deal
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Should women be allowed in combat? Women should be able to serve in combat if men can. I will prove that women are equal to men and they have the strength just like men. People say one of the main reasons they don’t want women in combat‚ is Physicality. Physicality is a main component in combat‚ you have to have it to be in it. All around the world women are being judged on it. Some women have the physical strength but some don’t. But it’s the same with men so why can’t we be equal. Equality is something
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Topic: Should women serve in the military? The essence of war is not good. During the WWI‚ more than ten million dead and tens of millions disabled; cities‚ villages‚ roads‚ bridges‚ factories were destroyed. The amount of money for war costs up to about eighty four billion dollars [9]. The fate of those who faced a battle between life and death was questioned. The world was considering that was it worth to sacrifice that much? Especially‚ women played a big role in army and they have had to suffer
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Benefits of Higher Education for Women "Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge‚ skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process." Education is important for everyone‚ but it is especially significant for girls and women. This is true not only because education is an entry point to other opportunities‚ but also because the educational achievements of women can have ripple effects within the family and across generations
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Persons with Disabilities New York‚ 12-14 September 2012 Discussion Paper for the Informal Session: Women with Disabilities Note by the Secretariat 1 A. Introduction 1. More than 1 billion persons worldwide experience some form of disability. Within this group‚ women experience higher prevalence of disability2 and disproportionately high rates of poverty. At the same time‚ women living in poverty are at an increased risk of becoming disabled due to such factors as inadequate access
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Alcott’s Tone Overview: Little Women The late 19th century was an important time in the early American society. Little Women provides close insight of the changing position of girls and women during the times of the great Civil War. Little Women shows the reader countless dimensions of the children’s daily lives‚ including their dating rituals‚ chores and schooling. The book focuses on a family of the middle-class New England that is having hard financial times and they prove how sticking together
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