Religion‚ Society and Politics in Southeast Asia “Women in Islamizing Javanese Society and Modern Indonesia” Okky Wicaksono kiky_wicakso@yahoo.com Among major world religions‚ many scholars believe Islam is a religion that is not very friendly towards women position. It is so pointed out as evidently Islam is more patriarchal where male extensively dominates its social hierarchy. Based on the holy Quran as one of the most fundamental source of the religion and aside from Hadith and Sunnah
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According to the excerpt from the book Little Women‚ by Louisa May Alcott‚ the March girls’ decision to help the poverty-stricken family was based on the effect it would have on them. There was a family living by them that were freezing‚ starving‚ and without much money that were in need of assistance. The girls’ mother‚ ‘Marmee‚’ asked her children‚ “My girls‚ will you give them your breakfast as a Christmas present?" (Alcott para 32). Since the girls’ mother asked them instead of telling them to
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Introduction The Army Personnel Services Detachment (APSD) does not present any form glass ceiling for women. This is primarily due to the nature and make up of the organization. The APSD is a military organization and the highest ranking officer in its composition is a captain. Currently‚ the US Army is having tremendous success in keeping equitable promotion opportunities in the junior officer ranks. The APSD has no current equal opportunity (EO) issues based on unfair treatment among the
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Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others Author(s): Lila Abu-Lughod Reviewed work(s): Source: American Anthropologist‚ New Series‚ Vol. 104‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 2002)‚ pp. 783-790 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3567256 . Accessed: 18/01/2012 15:55 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at
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Three very significant women that are part of a developing tradition by American women poets are Anne Bradstreet‚ Phillis Wheatley‚ and Emily Dickinson. Although these women are from different backgrounds and time periods their works compare in many ways. However‚ there are still some differences between these three influential writers. Bradstreet reflects puritan thinking through her poems; when she says‚ “Adieu‚ Adieu‚ all’s vanity” she is reflecting the puritan thinking about the vanity of this
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Archives Women Advance in Politics By Evolution‚ Not Revolution By CATHERINE S. MANEGOLD Published: October 21‚ 1992 In this acidic political season in which Anita Hill has become a shorthand for outrage and the "Year of the Woman" is a familiar refrain‚ it is easy to believe that revolution is at hand. But come November‚ when the voting is over‚ there will be no storming of the gates. Even a wave of victories by female candidates will not give women dominance on Capitol Hill. Should a female
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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
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Incarcerated Women: Women entering the correction system rather they are pre-trail detainee or sentenced inmates are there for the most common offence such as drug-related offence‚ property offence‚ violent offence‚ and public order offence in both prison and jail (Greenfeld and Snell‚ 1999). These incarcerated women pose no violent threat to the general public. These women come from disadvantaged backgrounds and faces economic and social problems with only a high school diploma if that‚ have a child(ren)
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By: Lavalamp72 E-mail: lavalamp72@yahoo.com DISCUSS THE EXTENT OF PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AGAINST MALE VIOLENCE BY THE STATE. For this essay I am going to look at Domestic Violence against women and what the State is doing to protect them. Domestic Violence is now a well-known global occurrence affecting not only women but also their children too. Violence against woman has been around since the dawn of time. We have all seen cartoon pictures of the caveman dragging his mate behind him by her
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rights and legal protection for women” (“History and Theory of Feminism‚ n.d.). “Feminism involves political and sociological theories and philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference‚ as well as a movement that advocates gender equality for women and campaigns for women’s rights and interests” (“History and Theory of Feminism‚ n.d.). In this essay the 1968 Pittsburgh Women’s Movement is going to be further discussed as well as its impact on Pittsburgh and women in the business world. Background
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