“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty‚ promoting sustainable development and building good governance.” (Kofi Annan) In Paulette Jiles’s poem‚ “Paper Matches” and in Judith Ortiz Cofer’s poem‚ “The Changeling” the theme described is gender roles. In the two poems the women do not feel appreciated. These two poems are very similar in theme‚ content‚ and figurative language. However‚ the structures of the two poems are very
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Sharia Goodman Global Societies 09/09/10 My understanding of a Global Society is that it brings people of all nations closer together‚ through a common ground. It’s like a growth towards countries coming together economically and not only seeing themselves through their national individuality‚ but as well as a part of the world as a whole; whether it is through ethnicity and culture‚ politics‚ education. Ethnicity and culture factors into global societies in many various ways‚ it
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Hannah ENG3UV Mrs. Kosterski Friday‚ July-04-14 Post-Secondary Education for All After high school‚ students enter the next part of their lives known as college or university. This is a big step in a student’s education‚ but many students cannot go forth for one reason or another or simply because they were never given the opportunity because of their financial situation. Every student should have the right to free post-secondary education. Not only would this help those students a tight
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Nasim Basiri Kofi Annan‚ Secretary-General of the United Nations‚ declared in a 2006 report posted on the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) website that: Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten‚ coerced into sex‚ or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her‚ (Kofi Annan 2006) One of the key issues addressed at the
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Somdev Devvarman becomes 2nd Indian after Leander paes to break into the top-100 of ATP rankings‚ reaching a career-high 96th with total points of 540 as on 2nd August 2010 India finishes 2-1 to clinch the bronze medal in the inaugural Asian Women Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Busan‚ South Korea India’s 7th fastest supercomputer at a computation(HPC) cluster 1.5 Tera Byte memory and 30TB storage space cluster capacity ’Annapurna’ was unveiled at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences(IMSc)
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Environmental Education Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments function and‚ particularly‚ how human beings can manage their behavior and ecosystem in order to live sustainably. The term is often used to imply education within the school system‚ from primary to post-secondary. However‚ it is sometimes used more broadly to include all efforts to educate the public and other audiences‚ including print materials‚ websites‚ media campaigns
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INTRODUCTION Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in the southern Great Lakes region of East Africa. Kenya has a very diverse population that includes most major ethnic‚ racial and linguistic groups found in Africa. The majority of the country’s population belongs to various Bantu sub-groups‚ with a significant number of Nilotes. Kenya’s diversity is such that its largest ethnic group‚ the Kikuyu‚ make up for less than a fifth of total population. The 2009 census figures give the ethnic composition as
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Dasha Martinez Global 4 Period 8 4/4/12 Current Events #7 The article‚ “Coalition Vows To Supply Syrian Opposition‚” by The Associated Press [1] speaks of the developments that are happening in Syria concerning the Syrian Uprising (2011-ongoing)‚ which is part of Arab Spring. Arab Spring was when a wave of independence movements against totalitarian governments in the Middle East began to break out across the Arabic states. Egypt is one of the few that has been liberated from its totalitarian
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ability to kill 1‚000 Tutsis in 20 minutes‚ leading to the extermination of the Tutsis. (Melvern‚ 4) Dallaire had requested permission for the protection of the informant and his family. Kofi Annan‚ head of United Nations peacekeeping operations‚ repeatedly prevented the operation until a decision was made. Annan did prevented the possible actions‚ (Dallaire‚ 46) even as genocide had started and knowing of the situation‚ despite having the authority for
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educational process. One method is the social institutions’ academic role to students by establishing norms‚ rules‚ and standards‚ which guide students upon school’s expectations. As Kofi Annan says‚ “knowledge is power‚ information is liberating and education is the premise of progress‚ in every society‚ in every family” (Annan‚ n. d.). School can be considered as the second mother‚ who teaches students tactics about how to start the education process‚ attain their aims‚ eventually leading to having a
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