sessions of the General Assembly on behalf of women. Maathai has been given numerous awards because of her philanthropic work with the Green Belt Movement and other organizations. The most notable award given to Wangari Maathai was the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. (Les Prix Nobel‚ 2005) In December 2002‚ Professor Maathai received another honor when she was elected to the Kenyan Parliament with 98%
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Human Rights Activists Human rights are immanent to all humans no matter what race‚ religion‚ gender‚ or language. Unfortunately‚ there are cases where human rights are involuntarily taken away from individuals. There are countries where women cannot have an education or job simply for being women. There are also countries where children cannot have an education because of poverty. Human rights activists are here to speak for those who are being kept away from their rights. Two very important and
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LESSING’S BIOGRAPHY Doris Lessing‚ a British writer‚ was born in 1919 and awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007. Her father‚ who had lost a leg during his service in World War I‚ moved his family to Persia (now Iran)‚ in order to take up a job as a clerk. Doris was born there. The family then moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to farm. Her mother‚ obsessed with raising a proper daughter‚ enforced a rigid system of rules and hygiene at home‚ then she sent
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Roosevelt is such a president because he was shot in the chest during a campaign speech. And finished. Roosevelt was also one of the most dignified presidents because of his intellectual and physical elements. As well as the fact he had won a Noble Peace Prize for his efforts as a president. The article “Shot in the Chest 100 Years Ago‚ Teddy Roosevelt Kept on Talking” by the History Channel‚ informs readers about the events that conspired on October 14‚ 1912. Roosevelt was shot in the chest during
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they were all critically injured. This assassination attempt sparked an international support for Malala and her family.Suddenly she was in many interviews and documentaries. On 10 October 2014 she was announced as the co-recipient of the nobel peace prize for her work on letting children have the right to go to school. She was 17 at
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was up on January 2011 in Sana’a University which is in Yemen’s capital. The leader of the protests was Tawakel Karman from Yemen. This essay will explain who Tawakel Karman is and why her accomplishments were recognized to the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Tawakel Karman is one of the greatest political activists in the world. She was born in 1979 in the port town of Taiz‚ which face with the Red Sea. She has been active in searching for freedom of expression and women rights in the Arab
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a member and founder of the Settlement House Movement. Along with her companion Ellen Starr‚ Addams founded the Hull House‚ which is located in Chicago. If that is not enough‚ she was also the first woman from America to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. You may wonder how this woman was able to fulfill all of her achievements‚ being a girl from a small community in Illinois. She was from a large family; her father was a well-to-do gentleman; her mother was very kind‚ she also had five brothers and
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My Ideal Person One woman‚ one mission—that’s all it takes to change the world. Mother Teresa‚ born Agnes Gnocchi Bojaxhin‚ in South Yugoslavia in 1910‚ came to Kolkata at the age of 18 to pursue her life’s mission of caring for the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa‚ an Angel of Mercy‚ was God’s greatest gift to mankind. Her life was a true story of love and compassion. It was she who brought shine on the faces of millions who were sick and poor. Throughout her life she did the service of the
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT Every culture is indeed unique and diverse‚ shaping and molding its belief systems‚ values ‚ and knowledge. In Africa‚ particularly Nigeria‚ we have traditionally been an oral society‚ in that from the days of slave trade‚ our forefathers have passed on the art of story-telling from one generation to another. Today‚ some of the stories have been compiled and taught as legends in our education systems and some are still being told by our fathers and grandfathers
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In these pages a few years ago‚ I reported on some of my findings at having reached very old age. I was then in my early 90s. Five years further down the hill‚ I have a few more matters to note. Certainly I have not gained in wisdom‚ but due to so little physical activity and fewer social goings-on‚ I have begun to inhabit the static house of my head. To my surprise I find it a somewhat well-furnished abode‚ occupied with what I remember‚ have heard recently‚ and observed. Ernest Hemingway boils
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