On October 6‚ 1998 two men brought Matthew Shepard‚ a gay college student‚ about a mile outside of Laramie Wyoming. These men took him out to a split-rail fence‚ tortured him‚ then tied him onto the fence‚ and left him for death. He was found late the next day by two bikers‚ 18 hours after the attack. When the bikers first saw Matthew tied to the fence‚ they thought that Matthew was a scarecrow‚ but realized that it was a person. Matthew remained in a coma until October 12‚ and then died at 12:53
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Violence against women in India Violence against women in India isn’t just a current issue‚ but rather has deep seated traditional roots in the culture. In order to combat the problem‚ we must understand its causes. In India‚ the problem of violence against women is a result of a long standing power imbalance between men and women. Men have control over access to property and resources. There is also a sexual division of labor in India that results in female exploitation–physically‚ mentally‚
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Position of Women in Mordern India The position of women has changed a lot in modern times. Clearly women have made tremendous strides towards equality in recent decades however; we still live in a society in which the worth of women is measured in their physical appearance and not their intellectual contribution or talents. It is not an unknown secret that many women are paid considerably less than men for doing the same type of work. What effect does this obvious gap between men and women have on our
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raises its ugly head in the most advanced nations as well as the most backward. Religion which is supposed to bring more sense to humanity has discriminated against persons and races. Discrimination is a worldwide phenomenon. Men discriminate women‚ women discriminate men‚ whites discriminate black‚ blacks discriminate whites‚ east discriminates west and west discriminates the east‚ the rich discriminate the poor and the poor discriminate the rich‚ religions discriminate each other‚ the intelligent
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Legally entitled to a full stomach By the time I finish writing almost 180 people would have died of chronic hunger in the country. * 1/3rd of the worldÂ’s hungry live in India. * 836 million Indians survive on less than Rs. 20 (less than half-a-dollar) a day. * Over 20 crore Indians will sleep hungry tonight. * 10 million people die every year of chronic hunger and hunger-related diseases. Only eight percent are the victims of hunger caused by high-profile earthquakes‚ floods
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Can you find any instance in the scriptures or history where a husband was prepared to do sacrifice for his wife? If the wife is dead‚ he is ready to have a second marriage. Such unfair things are happening in the world in respect of women.” -: Sathya Sai (Volume 31‚ Chapter 14 ’Glory Of Womanhood’) When we look at the Hindu mythology we see that women are supposed to be treated as Goddesses. One of the most popular festivals of Hindus is the ‘Navratra’ in which Hindus worship Goddess Durga (the worrier
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Factsheet Women in India and China INDIA TODAY: - women participate fully in areas such as education‚ sports‚ politics‚ media‚ art and culture. - However‚ women still need to face atrocities such as rape‚ acid throwing‚ etc. - fourth most dangerous country for women (and most dangerous one among G20 countries) EDUCATION: - Female literacy rate still lower than male one - Urban India: girls and boys have almost same education‚ in rural India girls are still less-educated
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“The right of a competent‚ terminally-ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embraced a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered Liberty.”(ACLU amicus brief v. Quill). The law of Physician-assisted suicide is legal in 5 US states. According to CNN‚ “Individuals must have a terminal illness as well as a prognosis of 6 months or less to live.” Patients should have the right to die because patients should have control of their lives and should
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The topic of today’s day is - ‘The Women’s Rights in Islam - Modernising or Outdated?’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘Women’s Rights are the rights‚ that promote a position of social and legal equality‚ of women to men’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘they are the rights‚ claimed for the women‚ equal to those of men‚ as regards to suffrage that right to vote‚ as regards to property‚ etc’. ‘Modernising’‚ according to the Oxford dictionary means‚ ‘to make modern‚ to adapt to modern
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1 Women in Classical China and India In the classical societies of China and India‚ women are viewed as second to men. Both societies agree that men are stronger‚ protectors‚ providers‚ and more authoritative than women. They also agree that women are inferior‚ delicate‚ gentle‚ and vulnerable than men. Generally‚ men had a higher level of independence than women‚ whereas‚ women completely depended on their husbands socially and economically. Even though they both agree that women are inferior
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