I am here to clean the dishes. I am here to sweep the floors. I am here to do the laundry. I am here to cook and have dinner ready on time. I am here to give the children bathes and put them to bed. I am here to listen to your problems when work gets really hard. I am here to give you a kiss every day before you leave and when you come home. I am believed to be weak and need a man’s protection. I am your sister‚ daughter‚ mother‚ aunt‚ cousin‚ or niece. I am a woman. Ever since
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Breaking the Glass “Feminist: someone who advocates the social‚ political‚ legal‚ and economic rights for women equal to those of men.”1 This is the 21st Century. A time when women and men compete for commercial‚ economic‚ social and political power. But the fight is not fair. The modern woman remains subjected to an intolerable level of inequality. No matter how hard we try to conceal this‚ it remains apparent in today’s society. The number of women working in industries such as engineering was
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flame has already died out. It we can ignite ourselves with passion‚ but unfortunately far too often the passionate burns time. Too often we see reflections of this theme in our everyday life. For example‚ we see civil rights leaders such as Malala Yousafzai or Martin Luther King Jr.‚ being shot for standing for what they believe
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Senior Prize Winner - Katherine McIndoe‚ age 18‚ New Zealand Commonwealth Essay Competition 2013 “To boldly go”: a letter to the lost girls To the lost girls‚ My name is Katherine. I’m a girl‚ just like you. I have grown up in New Zealand‚ and I go to university. Ever since I was little‚ I have had this feeling that I can do whatever I want to do‚ that my future is not my fate but something that I can choose. I see no obstacles‚ only opportunities. No one can force me to do anything that
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Malala Yousafzai opens up about the topic of feminism by speaking‚ "I raise up my voice—not so I can shout‚ but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." Feminism represents a movement where people seek to achieve improvement on women’s rights and equality. Two characters‚ Nora Helmer from A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Calpurnia from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ share the conflict of women’s rights. Nora and Calpurnia have the similar
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The British Empire was a collection of colonies which were ruled by Britain in the late 16th to 18th century. The empire had expanded to extremes by the 18th century making them filthy rich and powerful.By 1924 the British Empire was at its peak‚ with it owning 14million square miles of land and having a 450million population. The empire used two main tactics to achieve this; trade and conflict. Both of these methods caused serious problems in the colonies they had fought hard to maintain. Many of
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to become equal in society. From Elizabeth Blackwell who was admitted into medical school in 1847 as a joke and continued to receive ridicule‚ opened up her own hospital after nobody would hire her to the modern day female education activist Malala Yousafzai who literally looked death in the eye for something as simple as going to school. Though there is a growing list of feminists‚ two particular feminists‚ Emmeline Pankhurst and Lucy Stone‚ have contributed to the feminist movement
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“When right of education is denounced” Education is a universal‚ fundamental human right‚ recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ and reaffirmed in international human rights conventions. In this era of technology‚ advancement and globalization‚ education is the key to success and peace. Education is considered as the cheapest defense of a nation. But the worst condition of education in Pakistan reflects the fact that it is unable to defend its own sector. Though 62 years have
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As I began studying and as I grow up‚ I had access to a good school‚ and good teachers. While Yousafzai didn’t have access to good schools‚ she learned by herself. One similarity that I had is family support‚ as well as Yousafzai. If I look deeply in the past and try to remember how I became literate‚ of course‚ I will recall that there are many influences that have affected my literacy. These influences are divided into two sections because I am a bilingual person. I have some influences that make
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wanted the best for her folk. Even nowadays in some poor-developed countries‚ like Pakistan‚ children‚ especially girls are not allowed to go to school‚ because they role is to stay at home and clean‚ cook‚ and care for the children. In 2012‚ “Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen” ‚ on the way to school in Pakistan but happily survived. This tells that we are not totally reformed yet and that the world still has a long way in front of it before ensuring every person this human right
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