Child Marriage: A Silent Health and Human Rights Issue Abstract Marriages in which a child under the age of 18 years is involved occur worldwide‚ but are mainly seen in South Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America. A human rights violation‚ child marriage directly impacts girls’ education‚ health‚ psychologic well-being‚ and the health of their offspring. It increases the risk for depression‚ sexually transmitted infection‚ cervical cancer‚ malaria‚ obstetric fistulas‚ and maternal mortality. Their offspring
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The Contrast Between Malacandra and Earth Elwin Ransom‚ the main character in the book‚ a professor of philology of the University of Cambridge‚ is a brave‚ open-minded man full of curiosity. I would describe him as brave because he acted very calm during the time he was being prisoned by Weston and Devin. He almost seemed a willing captive in the beginning of the story. Unlike Devin and Weston‚ Ransom had the courage to find Oryarsa and to sacrifice himself to ensure the safety of Malacandra.
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offer 1 to say that you are willing to give someone something‚ or to hold something out to them so that they can take it : offer sb sth: You haven’t offered Grandma any ice cream. | They offered him a very good job but he turned it down. | offer sth to sb: Offer some coffee to the guests. 2 to say that you are willing to pay a particular amount of money : offer (sb) sth for: They’ve offered us £75‚000 for the house. | The police are offering a reward for any information. 3 to say that you are
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Out of the Silent Planet “All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.” -Plato In C. S. Lewis’ book Out of the Silent Planet‚ the protagonist‚ Ransom‚ was kidnapped while on a leisurely journey and was taken to Malacandra (which was later identified as Mars). The two who kidnapped him were‚ according to the native Malacandrians‚ bent hnau (a hnau being a rational being) by the name of Weston and Devine. These two thought that Oyarsa‚ the ruler of Malacandra
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Janet Ainsworth’s journal article‚ “’You Have the Right to Remain Silent. . .’ But Only If You Ask for It Just So: The Role of Linguistic Ideology in American Police Interrogation Law‚” addresses the complexities that arise when attempting to invoke Miranda rights. Ainsworth begins the article by explaining how the Miranda rights were established as a compromise with its initial goal to alleviate pressure from those detained. She references the Davis v United States case as a key example due to its
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What is required of one to be considered a virtuous person? Avoiding evil is not sufficient to be virtuous; one must also actively choose to do good. Ransom‚ in C.S. Lewis’s book Out of the Silent Planet‚ performed three virtuous acts‚ one in promising an old woman to find her boy‚ two in tearing himself from the hrossa in order to prevent two unsavory characters from disturbing them any longer‚ and three in sharing his unparallelled experiences. When Ransom promised an old‚ worried woman that he
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1. David Pimentel #35‚ Is Silent Spring Behind Us? Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson in 1962 that discusses the effects of pesticides‚ specifically DDT‚ and how they have had a negative impact on the environment. During the time between 1945 and 1972‚ chlorinated insecticides had become widely used in efforts to protect crops. As a result‚ these insecticides had seriously reduced the populations of predatory birds‚ fish‚ snakes and other reptilian populations‚ as well as insects and
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two clearly predictable groups that emerge and square off for battle‚ the conservative orthodoxy and the secular or liberal progressives. As each side vigorously defends the extremes of their positions‚ they have apparently and unwittingly created a silent majority that may also wish to be heard. A recognized educational policy maker acknowledges a sampling of some contemporary issues of debate in the educational policy arena: For American public schools‚ the interplay between public policy has been
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An Analysis about the Disturbing Story of the Biblical Passage: 1 Corinthians 14: 33a-40 (Women to be silent in the Church) Introduction A Bible reading has been an important part of human faith and religious devotions. Passages are to be analyzed‚ interpreted and contemplated to get the real meaning and to allow certain learning to justify an issue of social situations. For countless years‚ it has been upheld that the Bible endorses anti-female favor or sentiments. On the other hand‚
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spring returns‚ the pewit screams’ by John Clare and ‘A Broken Appointment’ by Thomas Hardy. Both poets express their loss of love within these two pieces although different in many ways there are some obvious similarities‚ which may be due to the attitude of the age. For example the attitude towards women and what was expected of them during a romance and the reaction when this role is not fulfilled. In the 2nd and 3rd stanzas of ‘The spring returns‚ the pewit screams’ Clare writes in a very
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