West Fraser Timber further cutting capacity Hank Ketcham‚ CEO of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.‚ said that lumber producers will have to further reduce capacity because of low product prices. He said that to determine the right operating strategy‚ “we’re looking at our operations daily.” West Fraser’s output has already been cut “by 13 percent during the long recession in the forest industry.” Because of the collapse in the housing market‚ the industry has gone through “extensive suffering”‚ and has
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References: Freymeyer‚ R.‚ & Johnson‚ B. (2007). An exploration of attitudes toward female genital cutting in Nigeria. Population Research & Policy Review‚ 26(1)‚ 69-83. doi:10.1007/s11113-006-9016-3 Haines‚ D Mberu‚ B. (2007). Household structure and living conditions in Nigeria. Journal of Marriage & Family‚ 69(2)‚ 513-527. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737
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Politicization of the Ban of Female Circumcision and the Rise of the Independent School Movement in Kenya. The KCA‚ the Missions and Government‚ 1929-1932”. Journal of African Studies 33(2):137-158‚ 1998. [29] Birch/Abril‚ Nicholas. "An End to Female Genital Cutting?"‚ Time Magazine‚ 2008-01-04. Retrieved on 2008-01-08. [30] Vento‚ Mary (1998-03-07). "One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins‚ Popularity and Demise". Retrieved 2008-01-08.
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Peck 1 Deserae Peck Paola Brown ENG 102 3 March 2008 Female circumcision is also known‚ more accurately‚ as female genital mutilation and female genital cutting (FGC.) There are three forms of FGC. The first is a clitoridectomy‚ the cutting and/or removal of the hood of the clitoris and all or part of the clitoris. The second is an excision which removes the clitoris‚ the hood‚ and the labia minor (the inner folds of the vulva that is responsible for producing lubrication.) The infibulation is the
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Men and women are born to live alongside one and another and they are obliged to collaborate in order for a particular society to achieve prosperity and long-term unity. In ancient time‚ men held most of the higher positions‚ and thus‚ women had to endure living under harsh unjust social discrimination. In present days‚ due to massive demonstration and revolution‚ women have gained most of their rights back. As a result‚ bizarre cultural practices like foot-binding have been banned. Sadly‚ female
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Female Genital Mutilation: A Case of Cultural Relativism (Or Not?) Abstract Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a cultural practice that involves the cutting of external female genitalia. Issues that need to be considered regarding FGM are its health consequences‚ the fact that it violates basic human rights and democratic principles (of paternalism)‚ and that the reasons why it is performed are completely unjustified. Supporters of the practice argue how it is a cultural right‚ and hence universal
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happiness that reflect off these women in the end when they burned the knives used to bring suffering to generations of women who feel under the dreadful practice. As Collé and the village women in their struggles end the practice of female genital cutting‚ they began their own feminism movement revolutionizing their purpose in
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or herself (45). Another reason many people self mutilate by branding‚ cutting‚ scarring‚ and piercing are because they are in a tribe. For thousands of years people have cut their bodies to produce scars (Williams 56). This cutting is usually for a rite-of-passage within their tribe. In Papua New Guinea‚ it was common to initiate girls at puberty with markings on the abdomen. The first menstrual period was a time for cutting her under the breast and on the
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Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation Multi-Agency Practice Guidelines: Female Genital Mutilation 1 AcknowledGeMents We would like to thank the Royal College of Nursing‚ Leeds Teaching Hospital‚ London Safeguarding Children Board‚ Metropolitan Police Service and the Forced Marriage Unit from whose materials much of these guidelines were adapted. Details of these and other materials available can be found in Appendix E. We would also like to thank members of the
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English 102 Refutation Paper Richard C. Hoagland: Cutting Edge Visionary or Pseudoscience Elvis? How in a scientific age as ours‚ with legitimate data and reasoning as close as a Google search‚ can people believe in crazy unsubstantiated theories? Pseudoscience has been around longer than true science has‚ but with all we know‚ wouldn’t folks wise up? According to Wikkipedia‚ “Pseudoscience is any body of knowledge‚ methodology‚ or practice that is erroneously regarded as scientific”. (Wikkipedia)
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