Problems in formal education may prevent the achievement of two important Millennium Development Goals namely: universal primary education and gender equality. ➢ Describe the importance of these two goals. ➢ Describe how the pupil explosion and inequalities in education may prevent African countries from achieving these two goals by 2015. Use practical examples in your discussion. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The purpose and link between Millennium Development
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Genetically Modified Organisms and the Hungry World For hundreds of years‚ humans have selectively bred and crossbred animals and plants to create or eliminate specific characteristics to produce a wider range of crops‚ animals and livestock. Genetic technology has become very common in our world today. Therefore‚ the possibility of altering plants and specifically crops for food supply raises many ethical and possible health issues which need to be explored. For example‚ the technical aspects
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Africa’s different climate has shaped their environment. First‚ Africa has a lot of rain‚ however‚ rain can also be limited. Next‚ some parts of Africa has plenty of trees and bushes that gives shade this allows a variety of plant life. Also‚ Africa climate is a mixed and can be very cold or very hot. Health in Africa is affected by the climate. With the Savanna river close‚ it has a lot of resources in Africa. Africa has many different countries and many different resources. In Africa‚
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the Indian Press has never been accorded a free status. A survey of civil and political liberties carried out by Freedom House listed the Indian press as being "partly free". What is of concern here is that it figured even below countries like Burkina Faso‚ Cape Verde‚ Comoros‚ Ecuador and El Salvador. Ever since‚ the time of Hickey‚ the administration has recognized the potential of the Indian Press to be severely anti-establishment. To check the growth of the Indian press without seeming
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International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900’s‚ a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. 1908 Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women’s oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908‚ 15‚000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours‚ better pay and voting rights
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comparable to that of Western Europe. Though because they are primarily settled in the Sahara‚ this area is sparsely populated They are distributed unevenly among several states: approximately 500‚000 in Mali‚ 700‚000 in Niger‚ 20‚000 in northern Burkina Faso‚ 30‚000 in Libya‚ 50‚000 in Algeria and a few thousand in Tunisia. Over 80 % of Tuareg populations are concentrated in the northern part of Mali and Niger. They lead a semi-nomadic and pastoral lifestyle. Their professions
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GLOBAL DIVERSITY AND INTERDEPENDENCE ISS 315 ASSIGNMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENS _____________TOPIC _____ Introduction Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 4 Assignment 5 2010 World Population Data Human Development Index Poverty Index Gender Related Development Index Gender Empowerment Index _______________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION This course pack includes five assignments on the following topics: • • • • • 2010 World
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According to the statistics‚ some European countries including Germany‚ France‚ and United Kingdom have international migrants as more than 10 percent of total population (UN‚ 2013). In 2013‚ the number of international migrants reached an all-time high rate of 232 million which‚ at the same time‚ raises the higher possibility of diverse conflicts between the immigrants and the natives (ibid‚ 2013). The term‚ immigration‚ has been applied to situations where a person moves to a different country
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Right to Education Situation of children’s right to education worldwide Today‚ education remains an inaccessible right for millions of children around the world. More than 72 million children of primary education age are not in school and 759 million adults are illiterate and do not have the awareness necessary to improve both their living conditions and those of their children. Reasons behind lack of education : Marginalisation and poverty: Factors linked to poverty such as unemployment‚ illness
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support this theory‚ Murdock defines it as a group consisting of a sexually active heterosexual couple living with their biological or adopted children.(Haralambos M & Langley P). However‚ in other cultures‚ such as the Sobtenga people of Burkina Faso‚ wealthy men practice polygyny‚ they can marry two or more wives and this is indisputably a norm within that society. Possessing a small number of cattle guarantees the security of the wives and this practice is supposedly more common than polyandry
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