Female Genital Mutilation – Violating Women’s Rights and Bodies Female Genital Mutilation is often abbreviated “FGM” and is also known as Female Genital Cutting (FGC) or Female Circumcision. According to the World Health Organization‚ there are 4 major types of practices. The most common one is the Clitoridectomy‚ a partial or total removal of the clitoris. The Excision is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora and/or the labia majora‚ the inner and outer lips
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UNU.EDU‚ “Of 15.4 million farmers that planted GM crops in 2010‚ over 90 percent (14.4 million) were resource-poor farmers in developing countries‚ including in three African countries: Burkina Faso‚ South Africa and Egypt. Almost 100‚000 farmers in Burkina Faso cultivated GM cotton crops‚ which have benefited Burkina Faso’s economy by over US $100 million per year.” By adding GMO’s into the economy‚ farmers are now able to gain so much profit and these GMO’s are boosting the economy. All in all‚ GMOs
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The longitude against which Indian Standard time is set passes through Allahabad‚ India. British India did not adopt the international standard time zones until 1905 when the meridian passing through Allahabad at 82.5º east (of Greenwich Meridian) longitude was picked as the central meridian for India‚ corresponding to a single time zone for the country at 5 hours and 30 minutes in advance of GMT. This went into force on January 1‚ 1906. However‚ Calcutta time was officially maintained as a separate
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areas of a child’s life. The IKEA Foundation funds UNICEF and Save the Children education programs. IKEA Soft Toys fund the IKEA Foundation’s contributions to Schools for Africa. In 2012‚ the IKEA Foundation funded UNICEF education projects in Burkina Faso‚ Niger‚ Mali‚ South Africa‚ Mozambique‚ Madagascar and Ethiopia. Concept Map: TASK 3 People | How are they affected by the lack of education in Africa | * The future generation of Africa | * The future of Africa depends on what
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2.8 Mental Development and Improvement in Academic Work On the topic of mental development and academic improvement‚ mention can be made of the study conducted by Simeon and Grantham-McGregor (1989) which focused on unearthing the effects the intake of breakfast produces on mental development and functioning among 90 pupils between the ages of 9 and 10 who placed on different nutritional levels. The focus of the study was to really examine the impact of the omission of breakfast on the mental development
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(Graph2) are compared to the income per person of the country‚ the biggest inequalities are present in Sub-Saharan(dark blue dots) and South Asian (light blue dost) countries. The male graph shows that in 2007 the lowest literacy rate was in Burkina Faso and Chad with around 40%‚ while the worst female literacy rates were recorded in the same countries with around 20%‚ which is only the half of the male literacy rates. These data clearly support the statement that gender gap exists. Gapminder
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EDU E. AKPAN REG NO: 05423047 DR. AGBER COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (THA 718) FEBRUARY‚ 2007 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY IN THE THIRD WORLD INTRODUCTION The importance of communication in any country whether developed or developing is so obvious. Every human society‚ from the most primitive to the most advanced; depend on some form of communication network. It will be virtually impossible for any group of people to define their collective identities or make decisions about
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structured democracies. Within it holds a slender piece of territory stretching North for about 400 miles. The river that constructs a portion of Benin’s Northern margin with Niger is the Niger River. It is lined to the east by the Nigeria northwest by Burkina Faso and west by Togo. Benin’s official capital is Porto Novo. Cotonou is not only Benin’s largest city but it’s also its largest chief port and its de facto administrative capital. The official language is French but other languages spoken are Fon
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Problems in formal education may prevent the achievement of two important Millennium Development Goals namely: universal primary education and gender equality. ➢ Describe the importance of these two goals. ➢ Describe how the pupil explosion and inequalities in education may prevent African countries from achieving these two goals by 2015. Use practical examples in your discussion. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The purpose and link between Millennium Development
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Herman Koch explores numerous social issues in his novel. He does this consciously to stir a reaction from the readers‚ however‚ as he says when talking about the reception of the novel‚ his delivery of these issues can go any way: "In my own country‚ they get it as more of a satire; in southern European countries‚ like Italy or Spain or Greece‚ it’s like very serious social criticism‚” (). Regardless of a region’s response to the novel‚ the controversy of what he discusses is undeniable. So much
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