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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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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Andrews A.P English September 19‚ 2014 3rd period The Bravest Girl in the World Malala Yousafzai was just 15 years old when she was shot in the head by the Taliban. The article "The Bravest Girl in the World" by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb was presented in the December 9‚ 2013 issue of the upfront magazine. The article explained that the Taliban imposed harsh laws in the Pakistan region-including the banning of schooling for girls. Malala Yousafzai and her father defied those laws and spoke
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1. There are 3 levels of management‚ Strategic‚ Tactical and Operational. Strategic consists of a small group of executives who manage the overall organisation. They create the goals‚ overall strategy and operating policies for the organisation. Tactical is being responsible for making the decisions on the policies and plans of top managers. Operational managers are those who supervise and co-ordinate the activities of operating employees. The main activities and processes of a manager: *
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“Only a girl” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” she tells a story about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society infested with gender roles and stereotypes. The story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm outside of Jubilee‚ Ontario‚ Canada. During this time‚ women were viewed as second class citizens‚ but the narrator was not going to accept this position without a fight. Munro’s invention of an unnamed character symbolized the narrator’s lack of identity‚ compared to her younger
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Hi‚ so welcome to my new story‚ I’ll be trying to update quicker and more often with this story. So the girl on the bottom is Lily‚ and her outfit is the yellow&white one‚ and the one on the top is Izabella‚ her outfit is the black one. Izabella is 16 and Lily is 14. I hope you like the story and umm adios! ••••• Izabella’s POV "Will all the girls starting from ages 12 through 16 come downstairs please! We have visitors‚ please dress appropriately!" Our orphanage director shouts through the loudspeaker
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The bond between a young bride and a much older husband is one always filled with much confliction‚ but security. In the short story “Another Evening at the Club” we explore this very bond. Samia‚ a Muslim woman who have found herself to be suited with a man‚ a rather wealthy‚ important man named Abbond Bey. Within the story‚ Samia displays much submissive behaviors while Abbond shows more dominant traits. These two factors radiate the idea of how Samia plays the role she has been practicing for
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Women have been oppressed by those of the opposite sex for years‚ which has led us to where we are today. “Girl” seems to have been written during a time period when women were looked down upon and had to act a certain way in order to maintain a good image. A little back story on the author allows you to see the point of view from which this short story was written. “Girl” was published to bring Antigua’s rich history to light where the author experienced what is was like to be a female in a poor
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I chose the scenario‚ A teenage girl is "in love" with her 17-year-old boyfriend. He is encouraging her to have sex with him saying that he will make sure they only have "protected" sex. This actually happens often these days with youth; they have the want to experiment a lot. There are five components in which wise judgments could be used. First‚ there is emotional intelligence which has four components; emotional perception and expression‚ emotional facilitation of thought‚ emotional understanding
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Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father
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