...Social Movements Reginald Blount HIS/135 july 26, 2014 University of Phoenix Social Movements Women did not always have the rights that they have today. On March 8, 1975 in New York more than 50 women’s groups marched on Fifth Avenue to celebrate International Women’s Day. Women had demands that included 24 hour a day child care, equal job opportunities that included equal pay, access to contraceptives and abortions, civil rights, and equal pay for equal work. Originally the march was for equality, development, and peace however there were many other reasons for the march (Klemesrud, 1975). A woman’s role was restricted and they were to take care of their husband, children and the home. They were allowed to work if their husband was at war however they must return to their prior responsibilities after they returned home. The Women Liberation Movement was an opportunity for women to make a change and become independent and were able to become career minded (Kramer, 1976). Women were deprived and often kept isolated in their homes. Organizations that formed help bring the women out of the home and marching for their rights. Women wanted equality more than anything in the early 1960s. The organizations taught women social skills and political skills. Bring women together and sharing their personal concerns, personal feelings, and personal experiences with other women in the groups (Freeman, 1971). Jobs that were available to women were very few and paid poorly. The region’s...
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...History of National Women's History Month The Beginning As recently as the 1970's, women's history was virtually an unknown topic in the K-12 curriculum or in general public consciousness. To address this situation, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women initiated a "Women's History Week" celebration for 1978. We chose the week of March 8 to make International Women's Day the focal point of the observance. The activities that were held met with enthusiastic response, and within a few years dozens of schools planned special programs for Women's History Week, over one-hundred community women participated in the Community Resource Women Project, an annual "Real Woman" Essay Contest drew hundreds of entries, and we were staging a marvelous annual parade and program in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Local Celebrations In 1979, a member of our groups was invited to participate in Women's History Institutes at Sarah Lawrence College, attended by the national leaders of organizations for women and girls. When they learned about our county-wide Women's History Week celebration, they decided to initiate similar celebrations within their own organizations and school districts. They also agreed to support our efforts to secure a Congressional Resolution declaring a "National Women's History Week." Together we succeeded! In 1981, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) co-sponsored the first Joint Congressional...
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...Happy women’s day! International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. This day women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day. 8th March is celebrated as International Women’s Day, worldwide. The day is observed to bring a social revolution aiming at gender equality. In fact, in some countries like China, Nepal, Vietnam, Russia, it’s an official holiday! Here are some fun-facts about Women’s Day and areas where women excel, which is sure to make every woman proud of herself! 1. The first Women’s Day was observed on 19th March 1911. More than 1 million women and men attended rallies to support women’s right to work, vote, hold public office and to end gender discrimination. Over the years, 8th March was fixed as International Women’s Day. 2. Research suggests that women possess much stronger verbal skills, compared to men. Women are naturally more articulate. 3. Yellow mimosa is the symbol of Women’s Day in Italy, Russia and Albania. In Italy, men give flowers to women. Chocolates and yellow mimosa tops as gifts in Russia and Alba 4. Women have better empathy and can interpret emotions better. Women are also faster to identify something visually different than usual. 5. According to scientists...
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...Veil For this critical review analysis paper, I have chosen to do set four of the project. I will begin to analyze and break down the fundamental themes in each of the articles from the sources provided by the professor. My examination of the texts, Islamic and Body Politics by Asma Barlas and Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil by Katherine Bullock, will be purely academic. Both these articles share similar views of the concept of veiling and portrayal of the female body by opposing the monolithic and secular views given to the veil by the majority of the world. The view given to the veil is simple and is explicitly cited in Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil, it is that "the popular Western notion that the veil is a symbol of Muslim women's oppression is a constructed image that does not represent the experience of all those who wear it." My stance on the subject of veiling will be in support of: those who wear the Veil (or as I will interchangeably mention it in this paper, "Hjiab" - Arabic term for head scarf) do it so by their own will and not to represent the view of oppression that has been deemed on it, also, to reiterate that the Qur'an or any other Islamic text do not support the views of oppression of women. Through my investigation of the two given articles, I will support my view with the help of three different articles that share the same type of commentary on the issue of Veiling. My inclusion of the article Eastern Veiling, Western Freedom by Nancy J. Hirschmann...
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...Women and Work in Canada - Sociology 345 Assignment 3 Essay Prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace is a concern in Ontario. It is agreed that sexual harassment is a form of gender discrimination and is recognized as a violation of human rights, however it still exists today. Sexual harassment violates women, lowers their self esteem, and leaves them feeling helpless, and in some cases trapped in a job that they cannot afford to quit, so they endure the harassment. Employers suffer because it creates a hostile work environment, productivity may decline, absenteeism increases and there is a high turnover of staff which can lead to the loss of valuable employees. Although there are laws and Acts that prohibit sexual harassment, it is not easy to stop. Most women attempt to deal with their situations informally instead of taking formal action because they fear reprisals, such as losing their job or being treated unfairly (Hughes & Anderson, 2010). In addition, the inherent inequalities and social conditioning that occurs between men and women plays a major role in the struggle women face within the workplace. Although the government of Ontario have put several initiatives in place to counter-act sexual harassment, it is not certain that any of these initiatives are making a positive impact on the situation. This paper will examine the different initiatives taken to negate sexual harassment against women in the workplace. According to "Women and Work in Canada:...
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...Top companies of India that use diversity as one of their strengths: 1. Infosys The diversity team at Infosys focuses on propagating and promoting diversity and inclusivity among employees through ACTION which stands for: * Audit inclusivity and diversity levels * Create change agents * Train the managers * Initiate and implement alternate work models * Organize and assist affinity groups * Network with external bodies to benchmark practices Infosys Women Inclusivity Network (IWIN) promotes a gender-sensitive work environment. IWIN recognizes the unique aspirations and needs of women. It provides avenues for vocational, personal and psychological counsel to enable professional and personal development. Infosys won the first NASSCOM-India Today corporate award for excellence in gender inclusivity in 2007. Infosys actively seeks to hire and train persons with disabilities. In 2006 and 2007,Infosys BPO received the Helen Keller award for the best employer from the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP).Infosys announced an intake of 300 graduates from universities in the US in 2006 and about 25 from universities in the UK in 2007 as part of itscommitment to create a diversified workforce. The new employees will develop their engineering skills at Infosys Development Centers across India for six months before returning to Infosys offices in the US. 2. Google India Diversity is an essential component of the culture...
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...Google commits $1mn to bring more women into technology sector PTI Mar 7, 2014, 02.01PM IST * (According to the National…) NEW DELHI: Search engine giant Google has committed $1 million (over Rs 6 crore) to 40 startup-focused organisations, including Nasscom 10,000 Startups and Jagriti Yatra from India, to promote participation of women in the technology space. The efforts, a part of '#40 Forward' programme under Google for Entrepreneurs', are aimed at finding new ways to advance female entrepreneurs, the Internet giant said ahead of International Women's Day. Google is committing $1 million in aggregate to 40 startup-focused organisations, challenging them to increase the representation of women in their respective tech communities, it added. "From simply changing the times of events to accommodate busy moms to teaching young girls to see themselves as entrepreneurs, 40 of our partner communities will soon launch new programmes and outreach initiatives to encourage women founders," it said. Some of the selected organisations include 1871, American Underground and Galvanise (US), Campus for Moms (Israel), Club Kidrepreneur (Australia), Cc Hub (Nigeria), Jagriti Yatra and Nasscom 10,000 Startups (India) and Outbox (Uganda), among others. "Along with our 40 partners, we hope to create more inclusive networks and to move the needle for entrepreneurs like my mom and young women like me who aspire to be like her," Google Global Entrepreneurship Manager Bridgette Sexton...
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...the third ICC World Twenty20competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies between 30 April and 16 May 2010. It was won by England, who defeated Australia in the final. Kevin Pietersen was named as player of the tournament. Although the tournament was held every two years beginning in 2007, the scheduled ICC Champions Trophy One Day International tournament to be held in the West Indies in 2010 was revised to a Twenty20 format because the 2008 Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan was postponed due to security concerns and there was a need to correct the international cricketing tournament calendar. This ICC World Twenty20 took place only 10 months after the last one. As before, the tournament featured 12 teams – the Test-playing nations and two qualifiers. Matches were played at three grounds – Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados; Providence Stadium in Providence, Guyana; and Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. The tournament was organised in parallel with the women's tournament, with the men's semi-finals and final each being preceded by the semi-finals and final from the women's event. England new players Craig Kieswetter (born 28 November 1987) is an England cricketer of South African and Scottish heritage. He is a wicket-keeper batsman. An aggressive batsman, he began his career with the South Africa Under-19s, before stating that he wished to play international cricket for England. He began playing county...
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...21st May 1997: A date that has annoyed, irritated or in some cases tormented many a cricket fan. It was on this day that Saeed Anwar broke Viv Richards’ record for the highest ever score in a One Day International. The record was thus passed on from a legend of the game to a player who was merely good, but by no stretch extraordinary – Anwar averaged 37.62 against the major nations in ODIs, and away from home his average shrank to 26.70. Then last year, another name joined Anwar at the top of the list: Charles Coventry. Even after he scored 194 not out, a lot of people in a lot of cricketing discussions over lots of beers in lots of pubs, would still be asking: Charles who? The anomaly at the top of the record charts was begging to be corrected. I was waiting for this day since that fateful May night almost 13 years ago. I was not alone. There were thousands – millions probably – who felt that the name that belonged at the top of the table was that of Sachin Tendulkar. In what is proving to be a golden twilight of his career, Tendulkar has systematically gone about checking all the un-checked boxes in his cricketing CV. One important one was ticked when he led a mammoth fourth innings chase against England at the same ground that he had failed to complete the job against Pakistan in 1999. Another was accomplished on 24th Feb 2010, with the world’s highest ODI score and first ODI double-century. No other name seemed to have belonged so naturally at the top of the list than his...
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...Assignment Paper Course Title: News editing and Translation Course Teacher: Nazrul Islam Course Code: MSJ11322 Submitted By: Sourav Ghosh I.D: 113012035 Department: MSJ Date: 24-November-2013 Sachin Tendulkar: A great human being more than a great player 26th December 2004, there was the second one day match Between Bangladesh and India. The match was just about to start. A boy aged most probably ten was walking around the pavilion of Bangabandhu national stadium in Dhaka. The father of that boy was trying to feed him something but it was not ready to take. Then he asked him why not you are eating, would please tell me? He did not reply and pay attention at all. His eyes were strung on stairs towards the dressing room. Suddenly he cheered up, here is Sachin tendulkar ! After hearing the shout everyone was on their feet whether it is true or not. As soon as the boy saw him he at once agreed to eat. It is so much surprising that a sports person can make such impact on a child that he even refused to eat! But it was not so unusual to see a youngster left his food to see one of the greatest cricketers ever. This is `how Sachin Tendulkar has made himself as the cricket god to his fans. There is nothing to tell...
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...Phonics: Restoration of a Valid Instructive Technique Millions of people in the United States suffer in silence to the inability to read. Due to the illiteracy rates today not only do these individuals suffer, but the economy of the country does too. Since the omission of the use of phonics, in exchange for a whole word method of learning, illiteracy rates have risen in high numbers. Restoring the use of phonics will improve the literacy rates in many schools. Phonics is simply the system of relationships between letters and sounds in a language. Learning phonics will help students learn to read and spell. Written language can be compared to a code, so knowing the sounds of letters and letter combinations will help students decode words as they read. Knowing phonics will also help students know which letters to use as they write words. In 1930, John Dewey and Arthur Gates moved society away from the use of phonics when they invented a new method to teach reading called the whole word method. Since the implementation of this method the United States dropped from number one in literacy ratings to nearly last in just a few short years. According to a recent report of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), there are over 33 million K-12 students reading at least two grades below level-over two thirds of all K-12 students (Levine, 2003). Illiteracy in schools leads to many students giving up and dropping out. With these drop outs, many aspects of society...
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...Winfred91@gmail.com send the work to this mail. Samuel Asare Knutsford University Writing Skills Topic: High Rates of Literacy What is Illiteracy? The condition of being unable to read and write, and also the condition or quality of being ignorant or unknowledgeable in a particular subject or field. Causes. Parents with little schooling; Lack of books at home and lack of stimulation as to the importance of reading; Doing badly at or dropping out of school—many have not completed high school; Troublesome living conditions, including neediness; Learning incapacities, for example, dyslexia, and so on. Effects. Limited ability to obtain and understand essential information; Unemployment: The unemployment rate is 2–4 times higher among those with little schooling than among those with Bachelor’s degrees; Lower pay; Lower-quality occupations; Lessened access to deep rooted learning and expert advancement; Reduced access to lifelong learning and professional development; Low self-regard, which can prompt separation; Discussion. According to new data released by the UIS, literacy rates for adults and youth continue to rise. Young women aged 15-24 are making the strongest...
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...Aysha Qureshi Teacher Faisal HSC4M Why is the global literacy rate higher for boys than for girls? What beliefs do such literacy statistics reflect? Worldwide, only 30 percent of all girls are enrolled in a secondary school. The cause of the low literacy rate for girls has been due to global issues such as gender inequality. In most countries around the world girls are brought up with the mindset that they must not think like a man rather a mother and a wife. This has brought about a decrease in the number of girls being allowed to go to school. Early marriages also have a great impact on the decrease of literacy rates among girls. The global literacy rate that has been higher for boys than for girls is a result of girls not being allowed to go to school, being married at an early age and compelled to have the attitudes of a mother and wife. In many countries around the world, girls are not allowed to go to school for various reasons. One such reason is the society's mentality, that boys are superior to girls. Quite a few people out there-- mostly men-- think that girls can never, and should never compete with boys. Even in countries with high literacy rates for girls, boys still can’t get used to the idea of having a female boss. Patriarchal societies discourage the idea of girls getting an education, because they know that if these girls become educated, they will fight against the injustice done to them. The high[->0] [->1]rate[->2] [->3]of[->4] [->5]child[->6]...
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...Sachin Tendulkar (i/ˌsətʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/; born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.[4][5][6][7] He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International, the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.[8] and the 16th player and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs or more in all forms of domestic and international recognised cricket.[9] In 2002 just half way through his career, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[10] Later in his career, Tendulkar was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.[11]He had previously been named "Player of the Tournament" at the 2003 edition of the tournament, held in South Africa. In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[12][13][14] Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv...
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...End of an era & my childhood Whatever comes to life, has to come to an end. We all have learnt that the end is inevitable. But, still we fear it, don't we? I ran a few errands during the day & now that I have some quiet time with myself, I am thinking about something, which was, for me, the news of the day. Yes, the RETIREMENT! I knew it had to happen someday, but still eyes are filled with tears. Why do you spread this numbness, Sachin? I, like many other kids in India & probably all over the cricketing world, grew up watching him bat, watching him take on legendary bowlers, watching him destroy their careers, watching him break all those records, and most importantly watching him create madness about the game in the entire nation. To me, he is a combo of talent, persistence, patience, hard work, and innumerable such qualities. As I grew up, everything around me changed: schools, colleges, friends, people, virtually everything. But there was one parameter which was constant in life, it never changed. Sachin! His century was a solution to everything, from bad performance in a test to fight with a friend. His runs were our runs. With Sachin gone, Cricket definitely won't be the same. I won't stop taking interest in the game. But, many people will! I want to say sorry to Sachin on behalf of the media & the fans. They put so much pressure on him towards the end when he wanted support (he didn't need it!). ( FYI- I hate the fact that there were people who wanted...
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