In older days the birth of a girl child was considered as auspicious. As per an Indian proverb‚ "A home without a daughter is like a body without soul". The birth of a daughter in the house was compared with the advent of Goddess Laxmi‚ the Goddess of wealth and Goddess Saraswati‚ the Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom. No ceremony was considered to be complete in absence of women. The belief was that "No home is complete without a woman." Worst of all she is often killed before being born while
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and repulsive. For a black girl‚ the connotation of the word transforms from unpleasant to unworthy; repulsive thus becomes invisible. “Ugly” was initially written as a way for me to be in conversation with the Webster Dictionary word. However‚ over some months the piece began to be a conversation I was having with myself‚ other poets‚ and black girls in general. After ten months of working on this collection‚ I found myself in deeper thought with the tradition of being a black female writer speaking
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Right of a child to free‚ compulsory and universal primary education— Section 2 (15) of the Child Rights Act signed by 16 states in Nigeria) “Any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.” — Section 29 (4b) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Social media was awash last weekend with news that the Senate had signed a ‘child marriage act’ into law‚ legalizing marriage for girls under the age of 18. Although lawmakers have corrected this notion‚ saying that the section stated above only
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Phil McGraw once said “There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.” In both stories ‘Araby’ by James Joyce and‚ ‘A&P’ by John Updike‚ two very diverse young men feel they are in love with a girl whom they know very little about‚ and who do not notice them in a romantic way‚ then later in the stories they grasp insight that they do not love these girls. On thus journey of coming to realization that it is not love but infatuation‚ both young men face a series of struggles
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long period of time nourishes the criminal thoughts in their minds. So‚ prolonged victimization increases the risk triple fold that the victim will become offender at some point in her life. According to pathways theories‚ there is not much difference between victimization and offending. Both are two sides of the same coin and cannot be separated from each other. This idea was first launched by the feminists but now in criminal justice system there are numerous evidences that prove involvement in
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cultural differences as they exist in American and Vietnamese culture and suggest some ways to overcome them." CONTENT The difference of culture impacts so much to the way to living‚ the way of thinking and the way of doing business. America and Vietnam have a big difference in culture‚ religion and business. However‚ we live in a world where it is called flat world‚ where there is no restriction between countries. It requires us to integrate in order to work and study together. America is a huge
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The American Revolution and the time before the Revolution occurred in the Seventeenth Century was the start of building America as an independent nation away from outside influences and control. The Thirteen Colonies had been divided into the North and South. Even though both the North and South were experiencing and working on becoming independent from outside influences like the British‚ there were changes that not both were existing in their colonies but there were some changes that were occurring
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Empowering the girl child | | | | Thursday‚ 19 July 2012 00:00 | View Comments arai Kuvirimirwa Features Writer With sacrificing family resources to educate a girl child and a potential future leader still a big societal challenge‚ any effort to see the education of a girl is a huge boon. So when millions of dollars are poured into the effort‚ the impact cannot be overemphasised. The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed)‚ introduced some few years back‚ has seen remarkable change of fortunes
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Spreading like a virus A recent media workshop on the issue of sex selection and female foeticide brought home the extent of the problem. Held in Agra in February‚ the workshop was organised by UNICEF‚ Business Community Foundation‚ and the Centre for Advocacy and Research. Doctors‚ social scientists‚ researchers‚ activists‚ bureaucrats‚ journalists told their stories of what they were doing to fight the problem. If the 1991 Census showed that two districts had a child sex ratio (number
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15th Sept :- I Can feel my heartbeat 14oct :- I have Little hands‚ legs head and a stomach. 13Nov :- Today i was in a Ultra scan WOW ! I m a girl 14Nov : I was DEAD! My mom and dad Killed me. WHY? Is it just Because I was a girl? People love to have a MOTHER ‚ A WIFE‚ and of course a GIRLFRIEND too Then WHY NOT A DAUGHTER? “SAVE GIRL CHILD” FEMALE FOETICIDE : AN EVIL IN INDIA HERE I AM BRINGING IN NOTICE AGAIN A VERY SERIOUS AND SINFUL
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