Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations due to years of war and political instability and is largely dependent on foreign aid. Afghanistan’s debt as of 2004‚ was $8 million in bilateral debt‚ mostly to Russia‚ with $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks. The gross domestic product‚ per capita is $1‚000‚ with a real growth rate of 7.5%. The composition per sector is agriculture (38%)‚ industry (24%)‚ and services (38%). The labor force is approx. 15 million‚ with an unemployment
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Egypt is politically stable‚ but there have been many examples of unrest in recent years. Egypt has only a limited democracy‚ where elections allow only some political parites‚ and the elections have proven to allow few changes from pre-democratic times. Still‚ Egypt has made great advances‚ and may arrive at a true democracy in the coming years. The main challenge is the Muslim Brotherhood‚ which run for elections‚ but which adhere to an anti-democratic ideology. Their strength in the 2005 elections
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Bangalore Palace SEPTEMBER 15‚ 2010 BY RAGGI MUDDE Bangalore Palace Main Entrance Chamarajendra Wadiyar bought the original property in 1873 from the principal of Bangalore Central High School‚ Reverend J Garret‚ from his personal funds. The main building spreads across 45‚000 sq feet with a mix of Tudor and Scottish Gothic architecture. It took 2 years to build the palace‚ at a cost of about Rs 198‚158. The Bangalore Palace was built by a Wodeyar King in 1887 on the 400 acre space. Inspired
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Patriarchal society and its effect on language and literature. Patriarchy as an ideology: Pam Morris‚ in her book Literature and feminism has defined ideology in two ways. The first is that ‘ideology’ is a consciously held system of beliefs which people knowingly choose or reject‚ like a religion. The second definition says that an ideology is used to refer to the way we perceive reality. The second term rests on the assumption that as we enter society‚ we absorb and assume its perceptions
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emancipation of women‚ i.e. their liberation from religious‚ legal‚ economic‚ and sexual oppression‚ their access to higher education‚ and their escape from narrow gender roles is not easily achieved. The struggle for sexual equality has a long history and is likely to continue for some time. Even if it should soon be won in the industrial nations‚ it may well rage on in many "underdeveloped” countries. In traditionally patriarchal societies any improvement in the status of women has far-reaching
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Figure 3‚ Guarded conditions (1989) shows repetitions of eighteen polaroids of a woman in a white dress‚ with text below. Her posture signifies that she is guarded as she is facing away from the camera with her arms crossed behind her back. It is clear that she is guarding something‚ the beholder does not know what‚ but it could be assumed a identity or a secret. The position of her arms portrays a sense of nervousness‚ as though she is shielding something from the viewer. It is suggested that "Simpson’s
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souls include those all Unbaptized infants and those men and women who lived before the age of Christendom. I am going to talk more about those souls later. In the previous canto‚ Dante fainted at moments of great intensity of feeling when he is shocked by the strange sights he sees in Hell. Paralleled to his violent fainting‚ is he awakened by a great clasp of thunder. This supernatural ‘weather’ mirrors Dante’s internal condition. The faint‚ however‚ acts as to move from one location‚ the ferry
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I believe Americas working standards have greatly improved. Working conditions today are usually quite safe. The government has made laws saying that employers have to look after the workforce and provide safety equipment and other things for them. This improvement in the workforce started back as early as the 1800s where organizations such as the AFL ( American Federation of Labor) concentrated on improving work conditions‚ paying higher wages‚ and working shorter hours.( Voices;#18 ) The workforce
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AN ANALYSIS OF WOMEN DEFYING SOCIAL AND FAMILIAL EXPECTATIONS I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement B. Background of Women’s role in the society C. Objectives of the Paper II. Body A. The Striving of Gender Equality B. Rights and Privileges of Women B.1 History 1.1 Historical Background 1.2 The Enlightenment and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman 1.3 Suffrage
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roles and status of women in ancient Greece are hard to asses since there is very little evidence from that period written or illustrated from a women’s perspective. Most literature and art from ancient Greece comes from men‚ thus making it hard to evaluate exactly what it was like to live has a women in those times. Sarah Pomeroy states in Goddesses‚ whores‚ wives and salves: women in classical antiquity "the study of women in ancient literature is the study of men’s views of women and cannot become
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