Located in the developing country‚ the Dominican Republic; the United Nations International Research and Training institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW)‚ created by the United Nations in 1976 via recommendation of the First World Conference of Women. INSTRAW is an inter-governmental organization (IGO) whose mission is: “devoted to research‚ training and knowledge management in partnership with governments‚ the United Nations System‚ civil society and academia to achieve gender
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than anyone else. Education for the girls is more important as she not only builds the home but all routine responsibilities are taken care of by her. She must be given all the necessary education. An educated women add to the social and economical development of the nation. The educated women can help in eradicating many social evils exsisting in the society‚ like Dowry‚ discrimination in the matter of education of the girls ‚ illiteracy and so on. Ignoring her and keeping her illiterate means we
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female gender mutilation) as well as to the larger patriarchal order represented by the Elders. Collé’s determination to protect these young girls marks the occasion to formally defend an expression of femininity that sets her apart from the other women in her village‚
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Women have been getting a good dose of it. Be it on the streets‚ in malls‚ colleges and even in offices‚ eve teasing has been around ever since Adam woke up from his slumber to discover a missing rib! Wolf-whistling‚ name-calling‚ sometimes even bottom-pinching‚ Eves have gone through hell. But have they ever given it back? | ’Adam teasing’‚ say city girls‚ is relatively unknown. They prefer not to be a nuisance! "I’ve not seen much of it‚" says VJ Sophiya‚ who grew up in London. "Maybe
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In the medieval times many women were able to take advantage of men. In these times if a man or a knight were to hurt or violate a woman‚ he would be taken to court to be punished. In King Arthur’s court of law‚ his queen can implore him to give her the case and choose what to do with the criminal. In the Wife of Bath’s tale written by Geoffrey Chaucer there was an old woman that used rules of chivalry so a promise kept from a knight to her wouldn’t be turned down. In the Wife Of Bath’s tale a
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would say this cabbage price is x5 – y9. That would be ridiculous. We can’t apply that to our daily lives. So why do we have to study such things. When guys flirt with a million of girls some would say he’s cool‚ an alpha guy‚ a player and some women even praise him for that or he can get away with the issue easily but when girls flirt with a million of guys people would say she’s a slut or easy and people would call her different types of names. Or when a guy has a scar on his face people would
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survival‚ welfare and development. The girl child is perceived as a burden to be passed on to another family. Her contribution in the household economy is not acknowledged. Various factors contribute towards the increase of offences/crime against women‚ including dowry deaths‚ rape‚ and eve-teasing‚ etc. The girl child has to be brought up with utmost care and regard by instilling in her the sense of pride and responsibility of nurturing the future generation. Faster development can only be possible
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Throughout my life I have heard the term “you throw like a girl” used when someone throws soft and weak. This is a representation of society’s views on girls and women‚ that they are weak‚ bad‚ unintelligent. The life of being a girl is waking up knowing as soon as you walk out of the house your are going to face these stereotypes. These stereotypes plague girls life at school‚ at work even at home. I don’t believe that girls are weak or stupid‚ when I hear the word girl I think warrior. Girls are
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Following a religious conversion‚ she and four other women formed a lay group dedicated to charity and took simple vows. Called “tipsy women” because of the d’Youvilles’ alleged profits from brandy trafficking‚ in 1747 they were put in charge of the bankrupt Hôpital Général de Montréal. In French‚ grise means both ‘tipsy’ and ‘grey.’ What was meant as a slight to the women became the inspiration for their name–the Grey Nuns. In 1755‚ the women became the Sisters of Charity or the Grey Nuns (Sœurs
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rapes a young woman Male Attitude: (65-74): King sentences Knight to death‚ but gives Queen control over case at her request Male Attitude: (80-86): Queen orders Knight to discover what women most desire for his punishment or he will be killed Male Weakness: (101-110; 121-127): Knight asks all kinds of women the question and receives many different answers Female Desires: Female Weakness: (181-189): Knight meets Old Woman who promises to help him if he agrees to grant whatever she later requests
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