...Harassment: The effects of “eve teasing” on development in Bangladesh The Hunger Project • 5 Union Square West • New York, NY 10003 • www.thp.org Imagine for a moment that you are an eleven year old girl in Bangladesh. After helping your mother cook and serve breakfast, you are preparing for school. You should be excited. You like learning and school provides a reprieve from the drudgery of household chores. But you are not excited. Instead, you are filled with dread. That is because every day, on the long walk from your house to school, you are surrounded and teased by a group of boys. The boys yell indecent things at you. They laugh. They push, pinch, and grab at you. Sometimes they pull at your clothes so violently that you are afraid they will be ripped right off of your body. By the time you get to school, your face is hot with humiliation and your eyes sting with the fear that you will have to go through the whole thing again on the walk home. *** The Insidious Everyday Reality Sexual harassment, often known as “eve teasing”, is a regular occurrence for the women and girls of Bangladesh. A recent study by the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers’ Association (BNWLA) showed that almost 90 percent of girls aged 10-18 have undergone the experience. The harassment can take a variety of forms and the perpetrators come from multiple walks of life; they are rich and poor, educated and uneducated; according to the BNWLA study, teenage boys, rickshaw pullers, bus drivers...
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... The most used method in this research was the Internet. There are many factors that cause people to live in poverty; some of them are low paid work, the fact of having no job, and inadequate benefits. The consequences of poverty can be social or political; a very distinguished one is death. A lot of people die every day because of hunger, and there are some organizations helping the poverty problem disappear as soon as possible. The most affected generations related to this problem are children. Putting more job opportunities could be very helpful to help this problem, getting volunteers to do social service in the most needed communities and sending some medicines with them so they can help as much as possible. 1.0 Introduction The purpose of this research is to explain more about the subject that was chosen and to get informed about what is happening and what is being done about it. The chosen aspect is poverty, specifically hunger. Poverty is known as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.” (Merriam Webster, 2015) Hunger is having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger; ravenous. (The Free Dictionary, 2015) The reasons why this aspect was chosen is that it is a problem happening a lot now a days all over the world and it would be very interesting to investigate about what the world is doing to get rid of it and what is happening around the world. Most of the world lives in poverty nowadays. A lot...
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...Food Banks Fight Hunger and Help Economy in Local Communities Cindy O’Sullivan Strayer University ENG 115 Composition Professor Tamra Martin November 3, 2013 Imagine if all our communities in Central Florida could provide consistent food and assistance for those in need. Hunger should not be overlooked in such an abundant country. Children need food to develop and grow. Other individuals may need food so they be healthy and maintain or reenter as constructive contributing members of the community. This part of Florida might just have the solution. The mission of The Second Harvest Food Bank is to promote and support development of their partner agencies and fulfill their mission of a hunger free Central Florida. (Second Harvest Food Bank, 2013). Food banks not only provide food for hungry children from low income families but also those in the community who have come upon hard economic times. Once a person has been fed adequately they may then take on their next challenge in life, maybe finding shelter, a place in the community and for some employment. Once they are able to care for themselves, they are more apt to give back to the community, thus helping the local economy. Despite today’s unstable economy, high unemployment and what seems an obvious need, there have been many closures of local assistance programs making availability of services for this population increasingly difficult. Some of our affected community members have never had to apply...
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... Not all human-beings are as fortunate as others. People all over Africa are suffering from famine and dying from it. One country in particular stands above all the rest looking back in history. Ethiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia in 3000 BC, when it became the first African nation, has hit its bottom and cannot get any worse. Famine, hunger, fear, and hopelessness are all emotions running through the average Ethiopian. The latest string of famine to strike was not to long ago. From 1983 to 1986, nearly 1.5 million Ethiopians died of starvation. That was the culmination of nearly two decades of famine that claimed more than seven million lives. Ethiopia was not the only African country to suffer from famine during these two decades. From around 1970 to 1987, all of northeastern Africa had gone through periods of drought. In the neighboring countries of Ethiopia, many other millions of lives were claimed, including the countries of Sudan, Chad, Yemen, and Somalia. Fortunately during this period of time, in these countries, farmers were able to produce enough crops to relieve some of the hunger and starvation. Everything in their power was done to help save the lives of others, and they even stored grain in case of future droughts. In Ethiopia, many other factors prevented the people from preparing for the unavoidable droughts. Many factors worked together with the drought conditions to make the situation even worse. As a result, Ethiopia...
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...content for the people they are assisting. There are many types of organizations around the world attempting to make the world a better place and like these organizations mentioned, Bread for the World aspires to be the very definition of a humanitarian administration which is the very reason why it was chosen. Hunger is a worldwide epidemic. Through several US organizations and assistance from the government there are still locations in Africa and Asia, and even in the US, that struggle with starvation. Starvation is a universal issue that will never fully be eliminated. However, citizens can take part in its process of termination. There can never be enough organizations alleviating hunger. However, there are very beneficial organizations out there that have not had their fair share of exposure. That’s why Bread for the World was chosen. Even though it not a famous group, like American Red Cross, its purpose and goals are worth fighting for. Because Bread for the World is such an unfamiliar organization, there was little known about the group before research and investigation. The only prior information known about this group is that it assisted in eliminating hunger for children around the world, especially underdeveloped locations. However, the vision in helping the growth of the organization is vast and unlimited....
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...World hunger World hunger is the worst problem in the world today. My goal today, is to bring to yourknowledge the facts surrounding world hunger and what you can do to help. Let’s start bydefining world Hunger. Hunger is a term which has three meanings according Oxford EnglishDictionary (1971) “1.the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite.Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food 2.the want or scarcity of food in a country3.a strong desire or craving.” World hunger is defined by the 2nd definition on a world scale. Ithink that world hunger is an unfair problem in the world and needs to be solved. Just becausepeople have fewer opportunities than me does not mean they can suffer hunger. In this paper Iwill list statistics, other information surrounding world hunger and ways you can help so thebiggest problem in the world can be solved. In 2010 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) estimated the numberof people hungry in the world. The numbers were:578 million in Asia and the Pacific, 39 millionin Sub-Saharan Africa, 53 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, 37 million in the NearEast and North Africa and 19 million in developed countries. That is a total of 925 millionpeople in the world. World Food Programme put it in a different statistic that puts a light on justhow big the problem is. They said that 1 in 7 people in the world are hungry. That is why I careabout world hunger. 1 in 7 is hungry because they have fewer...
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...World Hunger down but Still 'unacceptable'" CNN. Cable News Network, 14 Sept. 2010. Web. 28 Oct. 2014. Summary This article I’ve choose is mainly about world hunger. It’s saying even though world hunger has went down its still at an unacceptable rate. 1 billion people will still face starvation this year. The food and Agriculture Organization and The world food Program estimated that 925 million people that are almost 3 times the population of the U.S are likely to go hungry. That is 1.023 billion people less than in 2009. That is the first decrease in 15 years. World hunger is big problem not just in the United States of America but in many others foreign countries. World hunger affects us all. Evaluating From what I’ve read throughout this article the author is disagreeing with what is going on. The author is basically saying more needs to be done when it comes to world hunger because even though its reduced over the last 15 years. We should still help out and try to reduce this number because millions of people are still starving. The author seemed very calm, but still concerned. The article always states very good points and facts about world hunger too. Reflection I think we should all try and help end world hunger. I know that we won’t end it all at once but we can start off by helping our community. I see how world hunger affects people’s everyday lives and even ends their lives. We can at least get the numbers down. From what I’ve read world hunger affects...
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...The gray cub went out by himself. There were two reasons for him to go out. One is the hunger of food, and another one is to seek for fun and open his eyes. He was attracted by the beauty of the world, and started looking and walking abound. He fall down to a ptarmigan nest, and found some baby ptarmigans. He realized these creatures are some things that he could eat, so he attracted one of the ptarmigans. However, mom-ptarmigan came back immediately, and started using her wings to beat the gray cub. Unfortunately, the gray cub had to give up for the food, and he left. He was walking beside a river, and then he decided to go to another side of the river. However, during his middle way of crossing the river, he was washed away by the strong flow. He could not do anything in river, but finally the water sent him to a shore side. After feeling better, he started walking again. He went through a jungle, and then found a small weasel. He beat the small weasel by using his claws, but when he wanted to try second time, the mom weasel jumped over and sticks her laws into the gray cub’s neck. In the first place, the gray cub wanted to fight back, but he could not. His roar turned out to become crying. He was in the edge of death, but finally his mother, the she wolf, showed up. The she-wolf had a big fight with the mom-weasel, but finally the mom-weasel...
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...Hunger can be defined as a feeling of discomforting weakness due to the lack of food. The exact causes of hunger correlate to two different hormones, leptin and ghrelin. The sensation of hunger typically occurs after only a few hours of not eating and most people describe it as simply unpleasant. Stomach contractions, also known as hunger pangs, start to occur between twelve and twenty-four hours after the last consumption of food. A person’s emotional state can affect the pattern of these contractions. Stomach contractions occur more frequently in young, healthy people. Leptin, also called the “satiety hormone” regulates energy balances by preventing the body from feeling hungry. The ghrelin hormone, also called the “hunger hormone” controls...
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...The Hunger Artist is a story that describes an artist that chooses to fast as his art form. The artist sits in a cage and does not eat food for up to forty days, although the artist could fast longer than that. Audiences come from all around to see the starving artist, but audience members do not believe in the artist and would huddle in the corner hoping to give him refreshments (Kafka 353). The artist is left unsatisfied with the non-believers and eventually becomes despondent when no one wants to see the artist perform anymore. The title of the text suggests that the artist is hungry; Kafka uses a story to hint at a deeper meaning about society. Not only is the artist physically hungry, but mentally as well. The artist has spent numerous...
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...Kristina Teodoro March 7, 2013 Diverse Voices Essay Hunger In the world we live in today, many people growing up in modern America are sheltered behind the wealth that hides the uncomfortable expectancies and dulls the long term effects of hardship. The conclusion of “hunger” is evident even in our pampered lives; however, it holds a much more significant meaning in the lives touched by the grim fingers of poverty, defeat, and in these next few cases, racial discrimination. Whether it is hunger for food, knowledge, acceptance, or for love, hunger is everywhere, and harshly attacks everyone, young or old, black or white. In Black Boy, Do the Right Thing, and Color of Fear, we encounter people that suffer from hunger for love, knowledge, acceptance, and for what they believe is the right thing through the different circumstances they face. In the autobiography Black Boy by Richard Wright, Richard faces not only physical hunger, but also the hunger for love, acceptance, equality, and knowledge. He yearns for attention from people. Since Richard received little at home, he did not learn how to associate with others. In the end, this provoked a problem when he leaves home because he was unable to understand the friendliness of the new people he came across. “Nevertheless, I was so starved for association with people that I allowed myself to be seduced by it all, and for a few months I lived the life of an optimist.” (178) Since Richard’s home was a hostile environment, we often find...
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...| World Literature Assignment 1 | The Relationship Between the Corporeal Body and the Spirit In the Context of the Novels “Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer” and “Hunger” | | | | | Subject: English A1 Higher Level Session: May 2010 Word Count: 1500 The constitution of the human being is often classified into two parts: the body and the mind or soul. Whereas these two aspects of the being, supernatural and physical, are often considered two inseparable parts of a whole, they are regarded, rather, as distinct features in both the novels, Perfume and Hunger, that work together in order to form the complete individual. However, though the particular relationships between the individual’s corporeal body and the metaphysical mind or soul in these two novels are portrayed similarly in a number of aspects, they are not without their unique attributes. A distinct correlation between the portrayal of the body and the state of the individual’s internal being is seen to be present in the context of both texts. Grenouille, in the novel Perfume, is described, even from infancy, as having “…eyes…of an uncertain color, covered with a kind of slimy film…” (Suskind 16) and a nose “…like the cups of…[a]…small meat-eating plant…” (Suskind 17) It can be seen here that his abnormal and parasitic tendencies have been reflected in his physical appearance, as it is throughout the book. Because...
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...Title: Position Paper Even though there have been many years of aid from the West, hunger has continued to sweep East Africa. Why is this still happening? Is it just caused by poor rains and rising food prices? According to authors Alex Perry and Kassahun Addis (Time 2008), the United Nations estimates that 14 million people need food aid. They also mention that there a need for HIV/AIDS medicine. As college students, why should we care about the situation in East Africa? There are times when we are hungry and we just go to the grocery store or to a fast food restaurant to buy food when we have money. We don’t always think about other people who can’t do this. In Fresno, food is available even when we are in a drought. I feel that college students should know more about the starvation problem in other countries like the ones in East Africa. It is important to understand that the authors want us to open our eyes to this major world problem. The hunger situation in East Africa has been going on for a long time and it looks like it will probably continue. They did research on Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya to learn more about what is being done about supplying food and teaching the people how to grow their own food. We should also be aware that even though aid is still needed, programs were started in 2005 to provide employment to Ethiopians so they could afford to buy food grown by Ethiopian farmers. Even though there have been many years of aid, education and employment...
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...Thousands of people die a day from world hunger, while they could be living a fulfilled life. With all the people who suffer from hunger, children do at most. Hunger is everywhere in the world, but India has the most hunger. Ending world hunger seems impossible, but it can happen if we work together. World hunger is a terrible thing, so we must stop it. Every ten seconds, a child dies from hunger. (source A) Children are suffering from hunger more than anyone in the world. This is because of poverty and natural disasters. Hunger has been around forever. But, it started to get more known in the 1600s. (source B) When an adult is facing hunger, they can get a job to help pay for the food. But, when a child is hungry, they rely on their parents...
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...With the population growth of people in the world comes a growing need for food and medical supplies. Thousands upon thousands of people die everyday because they go hungry or do not have access to proper medical supplies. Peter Singer suggests that that we can easily stop the hunger trend by having prosperous people stop spending their money on unneeded things and donate that money to organizations that would use the money to support impoverished people. A child dies every five seconds due to lack of food. This number is truly despicable and we as a human race need to change this. Not only children, but many adults die from a lack of food and medical supplies. We can change this though, if we follow Peter Singer’s advice on how to fix world...
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