World Population Fund‚ India has one of the highest imbalances in the world between males and females. The Fund says that the low status of women in Indian society is mainly to blame‚ and criticises India for its lack of commitment to tackling gender inequality. Other Asian countries‚ particularly China‚ have similar problems. Poverty‚ ignorance and culture combine to conspire against girls. How can this problem be tackled? What should countries like India and China be doing? Can the world do any
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Zong Qinghou was born in 1945 in Hongzhou during a turbulent period in China (Yang‚ 2004). Zong did not receive much formal education‚ thus he had various menial low paying jobs from 1963 to 1982‚ including jobs at the Zhoushang Salt Farm‚ the Luxing Farm‚ and a small paper carton factory. Like millions of other Chinese workers without many opportunities to earn a decent living‚ Zong dreamed of starting his own business. The opportunity came in 1986 after Zong returned to Hongzhou to take care of
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Asian countries such as China and India. Due to attempts to control population and the low value associated with females in these societies historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance. Due to the high occurrence of foeticides‚ infanticides‚ including new born neglect and abandonment‚ the world is currently deprived of over 100 million women. China and India alone are
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The increase population in demand in resources will sparks the competition between the producers. The evolve of technology will help the population to develop. China is one of many countries that is taking the advantages of the rapid population. Population & development The world has been going through many changes recently. Two of the most noticeable changes are increase in population and development. Population Growth is a bane? There are two major theories supporting the populating growth
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Roles and Stereotypes. (2010). Retrieved February 3‚ 2010‚ from Marriage and Family Encyclopedia: http://family.jrank.org/pages/686/Gender-Gender-Roles- Olsen‚ A. (2009‚ April 10). China ’s Population Laws Threaten Baby Girls‚ Favor Boys. Retrieved February 3‚ 2010‚ from The Huffington Post: China ’s One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years. Retrieved February 4‚ 2010‚ from The New England Journal of Medicine: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/11/1171
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Starvation in Africa No Clean Water! Results from a recent study of current living conditions throughout Africa report that more than one billion people do not have enough clean water to provide for their basic human needs. As a result‚ more than 2‚500 children are dying each day. "When people are desperately thirsty‚" one official explained‚ "they are willing to take the risk of disease by consuming water that may not be healthy. For them - it’s either risk infection or die from thirst! It
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economies‚ education‚ etc.‚ therefore the levels of population growth is a huge concern around the world. There have been a number of countries that have been encouraging the population to produce more offspring‚ such as Shanghai. However‚ these policies are just to motivate the population to have more babies and there are always going to be cultural and religious traditions that might be more meaningful than what the government is encouraging. On the other hand‚ in some developing countries such
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‚ when she mentioned a story refers to the abortion that happens in China. In “Protecting women and girls in China‚ where one child per family is the rule - and a boy the preference”‚ Chai was a protester who was being wanted in China. Artemisia Ng. included Chai’s thought in the article: “Chai was referring to China ’s one-child policy‚ in which officials force pregnant women to abort their babies. In place since 1979‚ the "one child" rule has prompted many Chinese to practice sex selection‚ using
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it will‚ but not without conditions that will contribute to the solution of the population explosion‚ conditions which include education‚ birth control methods and government action. Although not the largest in terms of population size‚ Kenya has one
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a great thirst for knowledge resulting in his own demise. Frankenstein sought power and and was therefore punished for his curious mindset‚ eventually dying of exhaustion attempting to track his monstrous creation after it had killed Victor’s loved ones. Dangerous implication of knowledge is illustrated in Frankenstein as the concept of pursuit for knowledge within the time of the industrial age‚ shining a spotlight on the ethical and religious implications of science. Victor Frankenstein serves
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