childhood. Such different social representations are associated to diverse images of which are children’s social problems‚ and how society (and social policies) must deal with social problems of childhood (Chombart de Lauwe‚ 1984; D’Alessio‚ 1990; Casas‚ 1998). In many countries we have traditionally assumed that children’s rights are related to two "Ps"‚ provision and protection - both of them refer to negative situations (social needs and social problems affecting children) that we must overcome:
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argue that they have guns for protection--protection from the other people who carry guns. "They defend their possession of guns saying they can use their guns to kill an intruder" (Jillson 54). They also argue that their guns are used to hunt and Casas 2 feed their families. Although these defenses may be true‚ I am brought back to an incident that occurred last year where I lived. A father of a couple of the girls at my school was hunting with his son and he accidentally killed him. This is a
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talk about but instead they talk about the mass murders of young women‚ and female children which rose in numbers since 1993. From the years 1993-2003 there was a reported 265 murders or femicides of women; and an estimate of around 460 to this date (Casa Amiga). There are is a surplus amount of murders and kidnaps cases not legally reported just as there are many questions unanswered. Thousands of women migrate to Juarez from all over Mexico anywhere from Durango to Veracruz in hopes of finding
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European exploration had a significant impact on both the Europeans and their indigenous counterparts. Exploration can be attributed to a variety of reasons including missionaries to educate and convert the masses to Christianity‚ slave labor and riches‚ and trade. However‚ these reasons arguably benefited the Europeans more than they did the Indigenous people. As a result of this‚ Indigenous people were often subjected to harsh and inhumane treatment in the Caribbean and the Americas. Therefore
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Essay #1: Spanish Colonization and Destruction of the Aztecs The Spanish influence in the Americas negatively impacted the Aztec empire and other natives of the Americas until Spanish conquistadors ultimately conquered the native people. No other outside force could possibly have been as destructive to the Aztec empire as the Spanish settlement and colonization in the sixteenth century. Regardless of primary intentions‚ Hernan Cortes and his men slowly brought down Moctezuma and his army of
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THINGS EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO DO BEFORE TAKING A TRIP TO CUBA Cuba has been on my “must see before I die” list for about ten years now. Something about the impossibility of it made it more appealing to me. I wanted to experience a country that wasn’t dominated by consumerism‚ a place where new trends rarely reached‚ and most of all‚ I wanted to experience what it meant to live a Cuban life. And now‚ since President Obama took a trip to start mending the not-so-stable relations between both countries
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dishonesty‚ he destroyed the native tribes‚ making the Aztec Empire his own empire. In Bartolomé de Las Casas writing about the indigenous peoples‚ witnessed a massive murder of the original people of Cuba‚ and became an opponent to the violent conversion of the Native Americans. He is considered the Father of Liberation Theology‚ arguing with Juan Gines de Sepulveda. De las Casas argued
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Understanding and responding: for professionals working with children who have experienced sexual abuse Child sexual abuse Acknowledgments Published by Office for Children‚ Victorian Government Department of Human Services Melbourne‚ Victoria May 2009 © Copyright State of Victoria‚ Department of Human Services‚ 2006 This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. This document
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was left to collect‚ so the Indians were taken to work on estates. They worked hard and many died. None of the original Arawaks were left on the Bahama Islands. Bartolome de las Casas transcribed Columbus’s log. He wrote a multivolume History of the Indies. He wrote that the Indians had no temple‚ if not a religion. Las Casas writes of how the Spaniards were becoming more conceited as the days passed. The Spaniards killed for fun. They considered themselves to on top of the world. After collecting gold
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View of the Indians: Juan Gines de Sepulveda was a Spanish priest‚ theologian‚ and philosopher who wrote “A Second Democritus: on the just causes of the war with the Indians”. Sepulveda is most widely known for his involvement with Bartolome de la Casas in the debate at Valladolid in 1550 where he defended the position of the colonists by arguing that the Native Americans were barbaric‚ inferior‚ and incapable of self-governance. He believed that the Indians should be “natural slaves” and that violence
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