International Poverty Center Poverty‚ Growth and Income Distribution in Lebanon This article highlights Lebanese aspect: This Country Study is based on a full national report that is the first to draw a profile of poverty in Lebanon based on money-metric poverty measurements of household expenditures. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the characteristics of the poor and estimates the extent of poverty and the degree of inequality in the country. It finds that nearly 28 per cent
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Student Suspended for Speaking Out In the article Emily Gipson and the video she made‚ “Welcome to Lebanon High School”‚ were discussed‚ and the story was told in detail. Emily Gipson‚ a sixteen year old student at Lebanon High School‚ made a video about suicide and bullying. She posted the video on YouTube‚ which got 600‚000 views‚ and eventually received a two-day suspension for violating school policy on making videos in a classroom without permission. The video was clean with no violence or
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Women and Work Summary In the article‚ "Women and Work: Then‚ Now‚ and Predicting the Future for Women in the Workplace" Susan Heatherfield discusses women experiences in the workplace from the 1950’s to the present day. In 1950‚ there were less women participating in the labor force because most jobs were given to men. Today that is not the case because the number of women in different careers has increased rapidly due to obtaining higher education. With the increasing number of women in
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Shkarni ENG 110-04 9-6-2013 Discrimination This has been on my mind lately. We grow up in the world where equality is preached all around us. Because of this‚ a person may just believe that modern societies are void of discrimination‚ that we’ve evolved‚ that it’s a thing of the past. But discrimination happens every day and on many levels: race‚ disability and‚ religion. One day‚ you wake up and realize equality may just be a myth. You realize this when discrimination happens to you. While I
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Women‚ work‚ and politics Women have been influential in Latin America through out the same time that they were influential in the rest of the world. Places like in Argentina were groups such as Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo were very influential in the history of the country. These women stood in this plaza with pictures of their loves who the military had taken away from them. The government respond to them calling them crazy since they would appear there day after day claiming for a respond
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Should women work after marriage? The question whether married women should take up jobs or not has attracted much attention lately and there are sensible reasons for advocating both the courses of action: going to work and not going to work. It would be fair to assume that this is by and large a middle class problem. Amongst the working class there is no taboo on women - whether married or single - taking up jobs outside the home whether it is in the field or the factory. It is a normal practice
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Discrimination when ShoppingProfessor: Edward Hernandez‚ PhD Course: Intro to Sociology: SOC100 Discrimination when ShoppingI am choosing this topic based on the amount of help you receive based on the way you are dressed in a store. Introduction If you are dressed with your hair done‚ your make up on‚ nice clothes‚ no ravels or wrinkles‚ your gold jewelry on‚ etc. store clerks are more apt to assist you because they think you have a lot of money to spend in their establishment. If you are
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Women who are serving in battle are still waiting to be recognized for their dedication and hard work while at the same time facing different issues‚ such as domestic violence and sexual harassment. Actually‚ military women constitute almost one-sixth of the armed forces and more than 80 percent of military jobs are now open for women. Although these positions are available to be performed by women‚ they are kept out of the battlefield. “The Department of Defense moved in 1994 to ban women from serving
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A lot has been done since 1950 to combat discrimination against Black people in the U.S. Legislative and judicial action have been taken aimed at racial equality. Integration becomes a widely accepted goal; the civil rights movement grows; attention shifts to affirmative action. However‚ some political and social factors have hindered change. ?De facto? segregation and social barriers were used to sustain segregation. I. Work towards racial equality. A) Legislative actions. 1. 1964 ? Title II
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re vital role in society in this century‚ the stereotypical view of women as house makers still stay. One of the reason to why many debate that women should not work after marriage is because it is the wife’s duty to stay at home to look after the children. However‚ and in my opinion‚ I disagree with this sentiments. Women‚ in fact‚ should work after marriage. A good relationship between husband and wife depends on the level of mutual respect they have for each other. This means never
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