significant problem. The termination of a female based entirely on her gender is not only morally unacceptable‚ but also represents the gender bias and lack of equal rights and opportunities for women in India. These abortions represent and reinforce devaluation of girls and further entrench gender prejudices.[2] Many demographic and socioeconomic factors affect the frequency of sex selection. These abortions have numerous implications for the entire Indian society‚ especially for the women. Legal and feminist
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NTRODUCTION China and India are now seen as the world’s fast-growing large economies [News Week‚ August 22-29‚ 2005]. Both countries have radically different economic models but both have outperformed many countries and they have become the main engines that drive Asia’s and world growth. In particular‚ their trade and investment growths have a tremendous effect on the world economy. The liberalizationlib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized‚ lib·er·al·iz·ing‚ lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal
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Evaluate feminist views on the role and functions of religion in society today. Feminists see religion as an instrument of patriarchy which means that society is based around male domination; they believe that this is a set of beliefs and practices responsible for women’s subordination. However functionalists believe otherwise and argue that its function is not to oppress women but to keep society stable whilst Marxists believe that religion oppresses the working class not females. Most religions
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1. Debts leads to underdevelopment The capacity of the country to develop is greatly undermined by debt crisis because the country is always involved in the repayment of the principle loans of the interests. This is a significant outflow of capital to finance debts. Excessive debt‚ burdens the poor nations since they are forced to drain away all the resources meant for development in order to finance their debts. Underdevelopment is worse when the money borrowed is embezzled hence ending up in private
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Items and/or transactions are said to be exposed if the following two conditions are met: they are denominated in foreign currencies and they are translated at the current exchange rate. The three types of foreign currency exposure are; Translation‚ Transaction and economic exposures Translation exposure Translation exposure measures the effect of an exchange rate change on published financial statements of a firm. Translation exposure results when a multinational corporation (MNC)
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won’t hire a female because she is simply that‚ a female. People say “It’s the notion that the worst thing you could possibly be is a woman” (http://feminspire.com/this-is-what-sexism-looks-like/). The denotation of sexism is “discrimination or devaluation based on a person’s sex‚ as in restricted job opportunities; especially‚such discrimination directed against women”. Though the connotation is different. It defies more than just job opportunities. It takes away self-respect and dignity for the
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My Major and My Future. Thesis: My major and my future is not so promising. Outline: a. China-Vietnamese relations. 1). Territorial dispute. - South China Sea. 2). Diplomatic tension. - evacuations of Chinese nationals. b. Economic outlook. 1). Principal challenges. - inflation‚ etc. 2). Foreign investment. - confidences
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According to (http://archive.adl.org) Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another‚ that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racism brings many problems to this world. Racism has existed throughout human history. We have had many conflicts because of racism. Racism has been a problem for the past 500-1000 years. It has influenced wars‚ slavery‚ and the formation of many nations. We have had many cases
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Part II opens up with a strange description to highlight the vagueness of the Marabar caves. The caves harbor an evil echo; they serve as strengthening halls‚ increasing the fears and desires of anyone who enters. Georges H. Thomson (1961) states that Mrs Moore’s belief in the divine‚ human and hope is torn apart in the caves (pg 52). In the caves‚ Mrs. Moore is mysteriously completely changed. Unexpectedly‚ Mrs Moore believes that it is meaningless to have a relation between man and man. In the
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In 1929 a severe worldwide economic depression known as the "Great Depression" began. The Great Depression lasted until the late 1930s‚ early 1940s. The depression started in the U.S in September of 1929 with a decrease in the stock market that later collapsed on October 29‚ 1929. In the 1920’s the United States economy was great . Stocks were bought using credit without worry because values kept growing. In the 1920’s all investments did well. During this time period there were not government regulations
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