he International Day of the Girl Child initiative began as a project of Plan International‚ a non-governmental organization that operates worldwide. The idea for an international day of observance and celebration grew out of Plan International’s Because I Am a Girl campaign‚ which raises awareness of the importance of nurturing girls globally and in developing countries in particular. Plan International representatives in Canada approached the Canadian federal government to seek support for the initiative
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When I met Brooke I was a sophomore in high school. I was with my friend‚ Jon‚ at his girlfriend’s house when I tall skinny girl walked in the living room. She immediately caught my eye. She was a friend of Devon‚ Jon’s girlfriend. Brooke told me a few years after we met that Darian‚ Devon’s sister‚ and her did her make up just to catch my attention. Darian and her came in the room and started to talk with Jon and I. She introduced herself and told me a little bit about her like how old she was
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Boys and Girls‚ a short story by Alice Munro‚ deals with the theme of female role in society‚ but more so with the theme of growing up. The narrator’s journey to acceptance of her female role is more important in the sense that it is her transition into adulthood than for the exact role she is growing into. However‚ as the narrator’s role changes‚ conflict between masculinity and femininity occurs. Munro uses the narrator’s parents as symbolic of their sexes‚ where the narrator’s‚ the girl’s mother
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In the story “Golden Girl” by Gillian Chan‚ the protagonist‚ Donna‚ proves to be a very jealous character by her actions and by her words. Her jealousy for her best friend Anna becomes an overpowering quest to destroy any chance of Anna becoming popular again after she makes the mistake for falling for a student teacher. Donna first shows her jealousy for Anna when she says‚ “I used to hope that some of whatever she had would rub off on me. I mean‚ I deserved some pay-off for all the crap she dished
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Yde Girl Yde Girl‚ named after the village in which she was founded‚ is a human remain that had been founded in Stijfveen peat bog Drenthe (refer to figure one)‚ Netherlands in 1897. The Dutch peat cutters who had found her body first believing they had saw the devil‚ because of her red hair had had resulted in running away and returning a day after to cover her body with stacks of peat. Her body now in displayed in the Drents museum in Assen along with her modern reconstruction of her physical
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Girl‚ Interrupted Girl‚ interrupted does indeed portray the psychological disorder accurately. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) you are often having a insecure sense of who you are‚ your self-image‚ self identity or sense of self often rapidly change. Symptoms of borderline personality order consist of impulsive behavior‚ wide mood swings‚ feeling misunderstood‚ alone‚ empty‚ and suicidal thoughts. Susana engages herself with promiscuous actions like sleeping with her mother’s friends husband
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argues that‚ in particular the slasher film disturbs the traditional model of spectatorship and identification. "As the character who lives to tell the tale of horror‚ the final girl‚ Clover argues‚ must be accessible as a point of identification to male viewers. For this reason the final girl ’s gender is ambiguous. The final girl is boyish says Clover and she adds‚ what filmmakers seem to know better than film critics is that gender is less a wall than a permeable membrane. Using appropriate references
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there as well. I can’t answer the real question. All I can tell them is‚ it’s easy" (pg. 5). The doctor who referred her diagnosed her with a borderline personality disorder within twenty minutes of interviewing her. The doctor also perceived her as extremely depressed with a pattern-less life. Recent activities included having a relationship with her English teacher‚ attempted suicide‚ running away from her parent’s home and having a troublesome boyfriend. Kaysen wrote‚ "I had an inspiration
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For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange Table of Contents for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Study Guide consists of approx. 53 pages of summaries and analysis on for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange. Browse the literature study guide below: Introduction [pic] Author Biography [pic] Plot Summary [pic] Chapter Summaries & Analysis
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and contrasting how relationships between the sexes are presented in the top girls and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Set at the time it was written‚ the early 1980’s‚ Top Girls is mainly concerned with two political agendas: feminism and socialism. It may seem surprising to us today that just over thirty years ago the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act came into legal existence. The 1960’s and 1970’s were an important time for the development of women’s rights. Various laws reformed
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