According to Amnesty International, the practice of FGM is performed on more than 2,000,000 women out of whom 600,000 are in Africa. (Kalev, 2004, p. 339) Rarely does FGM simply involve a symbolic small cut on the hood of the clitoris, as it misnome Continue Reading...
" (Gellately; Kieman, 2003, p. 325) This was the real thing: more than a half-million Tutsi murdered- three-quarters of the population -- and the attempt by the Rwandan state and the Hutu majority to exterminate every last Tutsi." (Gellately; Kieman, Continue Reading...
"The United States engaged in a pattern of conduct beginning in or before 1989 intended to lead Iraq into provocations justifying U.S. military action against Iraq and permanent U.S. military domination of the Gulf. 2. President Bush from August 2, Continue Reading...
Moreover, most of the police officers believed that criminalization was not an appropriate or effective method to deal with batterers because it "leads to the break-up of the family" (Ganapathy). According to a 2004 study of 1,200 women in Banglade Continue Reading...
To remove women survivors of intimate partner violence to a stable and theological mindsetIntroductionWife abuse is not desirable, but at times it is not inevitable. Many wife abuse incidences occur mainly in bad marriages. Domestic violence occurs t Continue Reading...
He deplores the hiding of true violence. That hornet reference really came down to this, Huxley says; "in other words, to go and throw thermite, high explosives and vesicants [i.e. chemical weapons...] upon the inhabitants of neighboring countries b Continue Reading...
Afterward, the soldiers dismembered her father in front of her. In another case, a woman reported repeated rapes in front of her nine-month-old daughter. When the daughter cried, soldiers beat her with rifles (Bureau of Democracy, 2004). While ther Continue Reading...
Using the same theme he moved from issue to issue. For example using the phrase "human dignity," he introduced the issue of Aids, human trafficking, human cloning, poverty, corruption, debt burden of the developing economies, ethnic and religious vi Continue Reading...
Lao Tze and Sun Tzu "War" Chicago citation War has been a part of the human condition since humans first stood upright thousands of years ago. Every culture and society has engaged in it, while simultaneously attempting to control and eliminate it. Continue Reading...
However, during war it becomes all too easy to look for convenient ways to disregard even the most important laws. The first, and most dramatic, effect of war is to increase the general fearfulness of a population. Fear and anxiety rocket way up du Continue Reading...
It was after one of them bombed Cairo in July 1948, that the Israelis were able to establish air supremacy. Succeeding victories came in rapid succession on all three fronts. The Arab states all negotiated separate armistice agreements. Egypt was th Continue Reading...
Racism and Police ViolenceCant you just shoot them? Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump in response to Black Lives Matter racial justice protesters exercising their lawful First Amendment rights, Summer 2020The epigraph above reflects one prominen Continue Reading...
The Civil War was one of the most defining events in the nation’s history, and at the time was the most important event since the American Revolution. Whereas the Revolution embodied the ideals, values, and principles of the new nation, setting Continue Reading...
Cold War and Film Generally speaking, the Cold War has been depicted as an era of spy games and paranoia in popular films from the 1960s to the present day, but the reality of the era was much more complex. The Cold War was a period of military and Continue Reading...
First, the relative quiet produced by the surge permits the United States to withdraw its forces far more safely than if the country were in flames; if this opportunity is seized, the surge will have made an important contribution" (Zelleke & Du Continue Reading...
The two different parts of the Qur'an represent his idea; "The Meccan teachings are eternal, the Medinese teachings are for the historical context." This argument is constructed out of the words of other scholars. The piece uses a historical approa Continue Reading...
In 1999, the average person in England and Wales watched 26 hours of television and listened to 19 hours of radio per week - this amounts to 40% of their waking life, and the figures are higher for youth and in particular working class youth (Young Continue Reading...
Star Wars culture and its evidence that the cinema has a direct impact on America history through the phenomena that it causes. The writer explores the Star Wars movie from the 1970's and argues that it is possible for a film to create an entire cul Continue Reading...
Gun Violence in the United States According to the Gun Violence Archive, which keeps track of gun-related violence in the United States, 2016 has had 53,602 known incidents, resulting in 13,854 deaths and 28,505 injuries. There have been 363 mass s Continue Reading...
Historical Context of the Film To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird starring Gregory Peck is a 1962 film adaptation of the 1960 novel by Harper Lee of the same name. The film was produced during a decade in which the Civi Continue Reading...
Treatment of African Americans During WWI & WWIIIntroductionThroughout World War I and World War II, African Americans faced profound challenges and discrimination both in the military and on the home front. Despite their unwavering commitment to ser Continue Reading...
United States in the United Nations When the United Nations was first formed, it was done with noble ideas and motives. Indeed, many of the actions and deeds executed or supported by the United Nations over the years have mostly been positive and p Continue Reading...
U.S. war response The United States, for better or worse, is fully engaged in a war like no other before war previously fought. Put simply, the rules have changed for armed combatants and, while treatises such as the Geneva Convention and the Law of Continue Reading...
Reconstruction After Civil War The liberation declaration in 1863 freed African-Americans in rebel states, and after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment liberated all U.S. slaves wherever they were. As a result, the mass of Southern blacks now f Continue Reading...
Civil War After the last shots of Civil War were heard, and following the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln, the South had been humiliated and devastated. The repercussions of war included loss of life, land, and livelih Continue Reading...
Because of this, Austria-Hungary reached out to Germany in order to make sure that if this happened that Austria-Hungary would not be alone. Germany was aware that any further toleration of Serbian maneuverings would weaken Serbia's continuation as Continue Reading...
Student Unrest and the Vietnam War It is certainly a fact that the widespread and sometimes violent student unrest in the 1960s was largely based on young people's objections to the war in Vietnam. But it should be noted that the youthful rage again Continue Reading...
military narrative of the American Revolutionary War is often depicted in clear, bright shades of red, white and blue, with the "Star Spangled Banner" blaring loudly in the background. However, the lived reality of the American Revolutionary War was Continue Reading...
Introduction The United Nations (UN) was established in October 1945 in the immediate aftermath of World War II with the overarching mission to prevent future international conflicts. To this end, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations was form Continue Reading...
The government has made moves to privatize its major electricity providers and other utilities. Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda have formed the East African Community (EAC), which, much like the European Union, promotes economic growth through the elim Continue Reading...
Psychology of War in "Acts of War" by Richard Holmes In the book "Acts of War" by Richard Holmes, the theme of war psychology is one of the primary topics that are discussed as it applies to information dissemination and developing the soldiers' se Continue Reading...
Aytch: A Confederate's Memoir of the Civil War The Civil War was one of the bloodiest periods in American History. In contemporary times it has also proved to be one of the most glamorized periods of American History. Films such as Gone with the Wi Continue Reading...
Boy War not only causes one country or group of people to attempt the destruction of another, but can even lead a nation or population of individuals to fear, degrade and hate their own friends, family members and other countrymen. The Civil War wa Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Geopolitical Implications of the Gaza War 2023: This essay would explore how the Gaza War 2023 has affected geopolitical relationships in the Middle East and beyond. It would analyze shifts in all Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Role of International Diplomacy in the Gaza War 2023: Successes and Failures: An analysis of the interventions and diplomatic efforts undertaken by the international community prior to and during t Continue Reading...
Unreached People Group Project (Iraq) Language Culture Economy Religion Family A Survey of Mission Work History of Mission Work Current Status of the Church Number of Known Believers Challenges Present Strategies Unreached People Group Pr Continue Reading...
The causes of political turmoil and instability are always complex. The civil war in Syria, the insurgency of the Islamic State, and strife in Yemen, Bahrain, and other regions of the Middle East are extensions of decades-old, even centuries-old, con Continue Reading...
