Assignment #1 GWST 2510B 9.0 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies Isabella Desmarais-212061727 Leyna Lowe‚ Tutorial 3 October 23rd‚ 2013 Chosen Subtopic: Violence against Aboriginal women in Canada. Justification of Database Search: For this assignment I choose to search all databases in which were provided to me by the York Universities library link through the Women’s Studies tab. I found both of my scholarly journals on the ‘Women’s International’
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Women have always been seen but nothing more than objects since way back when. Especially with today’s media‚ women and their bodies are used and exposed to sell and promote products. Corporations today encourage women to exploit their bodies and sexuality because they know sex sells not only to males but it also does end up catching the attention of women. Women are grabbed by these images because of the women that are chosen for the ads. Everywhere you look whether on television‚ in magazines or
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household. Two articles will be overviewed to help show the progression and the difficulties of women trying to gain more rights and to break out of their current social status. The article “Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Toward a Re-Vision of Human Rights” by Charlotte Bunch discusses the many issues involved in women’s rights‚ specifically about how gender is a leading factor in the lack of rights women have. The second article‚ “From the Second Sex to the Joint Venture: An Overview of Women’s
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.[2][3] From equal status with men in ancient times[4]through the low points of the medieval period‚[5] to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have adorned high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the President of India‚ the Speaker
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Women in the United States have long fought for the right to be included in many facets of society such as the right to vote to breaking into professions like the medical field and getting females elected to major government offices. But one of the most intriguing questions of integration has yet to be fully answered. Apart from all others is the battle to allow women the right‚ the honor‚ and the privilege of serving and defending their country as part of the United States Armed Forces. Being in
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Please read: a personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Read now Close Women in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article’s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help improve the article by updating it. There may be additional information on the talk page. (October 2012) Page semi-protected Women in India PratibhaIndia.jpg Pratibha Devisingh Patil was the 12th President of the Republic of India and
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Women and Welfare Women are beginning to face several problems in today’s time. Ranging from being treated as only sex symbols to having to live the stereotype of "you have to be skinny to be beautiful"‚ the last thing women need is another rising problem. Unfortunately for women and even society though‚ one exists. Several factors in the American society are to blame for the positive correlation between women and welfare‚ and if nothing is done about it‚ it will soon become a problem that needs
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include objectives like spying on enemy’s‚ taking care of their wounded men and providing a home for terrorists to stay. Over the years women involved in terrorism have been transforming from caretakers to bigger and more influential roles. Women have been known to participate in suicide bombings themselves and engaging in violent attacks. One example of women in terrorism the book (Terrorism the Bottom Line) was about a lady whose name was Thenmuli Rajaratam also went by the name Dhanu. It was
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RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN LEGISLATIVE HOUSES: TOWARDS EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill‚ 2010 as approved by Rajya Sabha recently‚ seeks to reserve as nearly as possible one third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha‚ the lower house of Parliament‚ and the state legislative assemblies including Delhi. Rajya Sabha and Legislative councils in States are excluded from the purview of this reservation‚ justification for which was not explained anywhere. The allocation of
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How would you empower women in today’s India In India‚ today‚ women appear to rule the roost. India as a nation is revered in a feminine form i.e. ‘the Bharat Mata’‚ the first citizen of our country presently is a woman‚ many important government posts are occupied by women and educated women are pouring into the professional workforce with profound implications for national and multinational corporations. However‚ ironically‚ these are accompanied by news about dowry killings‚ female infanticide
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