The definition of humanity‚ by the dictionary‚ is human nature or the condition of being human. How is one to understand what “being human” is if there is nothing said on how to do so? Does the condition of being human mean to be civilized? Educated? Being able to communicate? Does it mean to be powerful? Most people would say that these are definitely qualities a human being must possess‚ but they seem to forget about the meaningful qualities one should possess. There are qualities that people are
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leaving little to their less developed partners. As the first paragraph in the book Globalization for development has noted‚ ”(t)he relationship between globalization and poverty is not well understood. For many‚ globalization is held out as the only means by which global poverty can be reduced. For others‚ globalization is seen as an important cause of global poverty”. However‚ the
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Empowerment of Women in Fairy Tales Throughout the centuries‚ the format of fairy tales has changed drastically. Ancient fairy tales started out aimed towards an adult audience‚ talking about sex and violence and taking a mainly patriarchal view. Twentieth century writers have not only changed the style and format of more modern fairy tales‚ but they have also retold the traditional fairy tales‚ aiming them more at children and diminishing the patriarchal views. This essay will compare ancient
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Women Empowerment in Southern Punjab (Pakistan): An Empirical Analysis Imran Sharif Chaudhry Associate Professor‚ Department of Economics‚ Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: imranchaudhry@bzu.edu.pk Farhana Nosheen PhD Scholar‚ Department of Economics‚ Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: farhananosheen@hotmail.com Abstract Women empowerment is one of the momentous issues of contemporary development policies in developing countries. Since empowerment is considered
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THE NEWLY NEGLECTED GENDER Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual‚ political‚ social‚ educational‚ gender‚ or economic strength of individuals and communities. Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has called on society to support endeavors to educate the boy child‚ even as it advocates girl child education. “Having done so much for the girl child‚ what do we do for the boy child who seems to be lagging behind? I personally think that it is time we encouraged the boy child in his
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National Policy for Empowerment of Women‚ the Government of India had declared year 2001 as Women’s Empowerment Year. It was said‚ "Our vision in the new century of a nation where women are equal partners with men". Many new projects were launched like Swashakti and Stree Shakti for women’s empowerment; Swayam Sidha to benefit 100‚000 women through micro-credit programs‚ Balika Samrudhi Yojana for the girl child and many more. If you think a lot has been done for woman empowerment‚ think again. Cases
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Women empowerment “No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you; we are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ 1944 Women empowerment refers broadly to the expansion of freedom of choice and action to shape one’s life. It implies control over resources
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Empowerment of any section of a society is a myth until they are conferred equality before law. The foundation of freedom‚ justice and fraternity is based on the recognition of the inherent dignity and of equal and inalienable rights to all the members of the society. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1948‚ envisaged in Article 2 that "every one is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this
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Proverb Analysis “Okonkwo was as slippery as a fish in water.” “(Chapter 1)” “Context:” retelling of how Okonkwo beat Amalinze battle tactics used in contrast to the “willy craftsman” that is Amalinze “Analysis:” fish on land can do nothing‚ but in their element‚ they are fast and agile okonkwo seems to have been born to fight he is swift and light on his feet “A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing.” “(Chapter 3)” “Context:” conversation between men in village Obiako “gave up his
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Women Empowerment It has been said that women constitute the largest minority group in the world. Even if they constitute a great portion of the world’s population‚ they are considered a minority group because of the conditions imposed on them by society in which they live.1 The selected informal sector is the women and the desire agenda for the said informal sector would be one of the main focuses of this paper. The paper would also discuss how the chosen informal sector was able to advance their
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