Abolition of Sati : 1829 The Practice of Sati was first banned in Goa in 1515 by the Portuguese‚ but it was not that much prevalent there. This evil practice was banned by the Dutch and French also in Chinsura and Pondicherry respectively. The British permitted it initially but the practice of Sati was first formally banned in city of Calcutta in 1798‚ but it continued in the surrounding areas. The Bengal Presidency started collecting facts and figures on the practice of Sati in 1813. The data showed
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cautiously framed the conflict about the preservation of the Union rather than the ending of slavery. Personally he found the practice of slavery revolting; but he knew that neither Northerners nor the residents of the border slave states would support abolition as a reason to go to war. However by mid-1862‚ thousands of slaves fled to join the attacking Northern armies‚ Lincoln was convinced that abolition had become a sound military strategy. President Lincoln determined that emancipating slaves
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The Politics of Abolition proved to be extremely controversial during the early days of the movement to end slavery. One simply had to choose sides and consequently a middle ground could not be peacefully reached. Early abolitionists claimed that slavery violated God’s Law and defied the purpose of independence. Not only did this claim bring about upset but the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was accredited by Abraham Lincoln to be the enzyme that sparked the Civil War. Slavery was heavily opposed in the
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Title: ‘Discuss how response to a humanitarian disaster could be improved through vertical and horizontal collaboration between the various actors’ 1. PURPOSE 2. APPROACH 3. LIMITATIONS Firstly I will outline who the actual ‘actors’ involves in a humanitarian disaster are with the use of Kovács & Spens‚ 2007 diagram provided in our lecture notes. The whole idea of ‘Collaboration’ which has two separate dimensions: 1. Vertical collaboration i.e. between supplier sand customers
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Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Literature Review 1. Risk Management in Humanitarian Relief Operations 2. Commercial Supply chain and Humanitarian Supply Chain – A Comparative Study 4. Case Study 1. The Yogyakarta Earthquake – Humanitarian Relief Operations through IFRC’s Decentralized Supply Chain. 5. Areas to focus for Future Research 1. Sourcing and Supplier Management 2. Performance Management
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INFORMATION SHARING AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS BY September 27‚ 2012 Introduction In today’s information sharing data has been a critical piece of the puzzle for the success of businesses‚ governments and non-government organizations. The purpose behind information sharing is to provide information to others‚ proactively or upon request which can aid in effective decision making. The article chosen discusses information sharing problems within Humanitarian organizations. It asks the
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Humanitarian Benefits of a Revolution As a result of the French Revolution‚ representatives of the people‚ otherwise known as the National Assembly‚ drafted a declaration of expected‚ absolute‚ and sacred rights of man on August 26‚ 1789‚ known as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Deputies of the National Assembly accredited the cause of public calamity to the obliviousness‚ mistreatment and disdain of the rights of man. To assist in the conservation of general welfare‚ the Declaration
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immorality within slave plantations and slave trades. This movement ultimately resulted in the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1806 and 1807‚ which banned British ships from participating in the slave trade. There were many contributing factors and driving forces‚ which caused Britain to disengage ships from the British slave trade including the emergence of the Enlightenment‚ which elicited a humanitarian conscience into British culture. In addition‚ religious groups such as the Quakers and the
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Negative Case Resolved: Placing political conditions on humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unjust. Core Value: Consequentialism Value Criterion: Preserving Global Stability Humanitarian aid to foreign countries has been product to many consequences‚ and it is with this that I must stand in firm negation to the resolved. As such‚ I present my core value of consequentialism‚ defined as the doctrine that morality is to be determined only by the consequences of an action. I present my value
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Geopolitics in humanitarian action 2013 Course Syllabus Dr. Luz Paula Parra Rosales‚ luzpaulap@hotmail.com Lecture: Mondays‚ Wednesdays and Fridays Hours: 10 to 12 Introduction The analysis of how political decisions are conditioned by geographical settings is the subject matter of geopolitics. In purely spatial terms‚ geopolitics is the study of boundaries and areas. In conceptual terms‚ geopolitics comprises the study of international relations and the outcome of power struggles‚ at local
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