between the new international division of labour and the new international division of reproductive labour. I am going to be using specific examples to show how both transform existing ways of thinking about gender hierarchies‚ personal identities‚ women’s work and mothering. It is very important to note that although both the new international division of labour and the new international division of reproductive labour are fairly similar in the overall theory‚ there are very important differences
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A Critical Assessment on the Reproductive Health Bill 1. What do you think is the reason why the RH bill became controversial? The RH bill became controversial because of the contradicting opinions of different sectors‚ people and the government and including the church. Some said that it is good for our country because it can decrease the continuous growth of population of our country or likewise to lessen the number of people who experience poverty in our country. But as I said some people
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CASE OF FEMALE GENITAL `MUTILATION: THE TENSION BETWEEN CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND UNIVERSALISM Dianne Camille T. Corales University of the Philippines Mindanao Department of Social Sciences‚ BA Anthropology December 2014` 2 INTRODUCTION Over the past years‚ the practice of Female Genital Mutilation has received an increasing global attention and mass condemnation from the West in general along with the Feminists and Human Rights Advocates. According to the statistics of UNICEF in 2013‚ Female Genital
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Female Genital Mutilation: A Case of Cultural Relativism (Or Not?) Abstract Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a cultural practice that involves the cutting of external female genitalia. Issues that need to be considered regarding FGM are its health consequences‚ the fact that it violates basic human rights and democratic principles (of paternalism)‚ and that the reasons why it is performed are completely unjustified. Supporters of the practice argue how it is a cultural right‚ and hence universal
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strategically fought for the rights and equality of African Americans—but we also had other social movements‚ such as the women’s reproductive rights movement‚ which was a movement that fearlessly fought for reproductive rights and overall equality for the women of the United States. Unfortunately‚ however‚ as will be discussed in the paragraphs that follow‚ while the reproductive rights that were acquired were originally intended to benefit all women‚ due to the nation’s (and white feminists’) racial
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Life skill and reproductive health education at School M S Siddiqui Part Time Teacher‚ Leading University Pursuing PhD in Open University‚ Malaysia e-mail: shah@banglachemical.com WHO (World Health Organization) suggested Adolescent reproductive health (ARH) and life skills education (LSE) for the
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popular stem cell therapies is reproductive cloning. Reproduction cloning is a process to “produce” a next generation of “you” through somatic cell nuclear transfer. In my paper‚ I will argue that reproductive cloning is morally permissible because of its similarity to in-vitro fertilization. After that I will offer a counter argument suggest that it’s better to utilize limited amount of oocytes on a group of sickness rather than infertile people. I think reproductive cloning is morally permissible
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Historically females were seen as non-criminals as their pathways into criminality was seen to be invisible. Daly and Chesney refer this as the gender ratio problem where gender differences results in female committing less crime than male. Heidensohn states that female offenders tend to serve sentences for nonviolent offenses such as property crimes‚ drug-related crimes and fraud. It was only prostitution in which female were dominated. However‚ the female prison population has increased. The female prison
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CAUSES OF FEMALE FOETICIDE – WHY DO THEY DO THIS? Female foeticide is a pressing issue – which calls to be addressed at once. However‚ to get to the root of this issue‚ it is essential to understand the causes behind it. In India‚ however‚ there isn’t actually a need to investigate into the problem much. We don’t need to delve into any lengthy and detailed investigation or case study. The issue lies right on top‚ in front of our eyes – in fact‚ it is a very part of our lives. One of the simplest
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Female employment in Japanese labor market GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure) of Japan ranks the 58th among 108 countries and GGI (Gender Gap Index) of it ranks the 105th among 136 countries. It means that in Japan the gap between men and women is big and the economic and political opportunities for women are not enough‚ although human developments are achieved. The number of female employed persons in Japan‚ which accounted for 35.9 per cent of all employed persons in 1985‚ has gradually grown
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