Osse, Jennifer
1. “It appears that more girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed in all the battles of the twentieth century” (p. xvii). Why is the dire state of women in impoverished cultures, as set out by the authors in the introduction, also a great opportunity for them?
• The state of women is dire in these countries; there is also a great opportunity for people to begin the movement to change the societies and the lives of women around the world. There are more women than there are men, and if we take the time out to stop harming them things would be extremely different. If more women were educated the community would see a change in their poverty rate and etc. Women can be powerful, since there are naturally more women than men the cultures would see an ample amount of improvement in their country. Women should have the equal right of an education and the ability to be independent. Ultimately, the way to emancipate women and fight global poverty is to empower women economically, especially those in developing and impoverished countries. 2. “The modern global slave trade is …show more content…
They state that having laws on the abuse of women and girls in the brothel doesn’t stop the owners from abusing and murdering them. These laws that are made need to not only be there, but they also need to be enforced throughout the countries. There should be serious consequences and hold people accountable once the law is broken. In order to control crimes and human trafficking the government needs to be stable. They say that humanitarian issues came up with the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and Indochina. Certain countries didn’t have a stable government and economy. Crimes risen greatly throughout these countries. These countries need to form stable governments in order to control crime and the trafficking of
1. “It appears that more girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed in all the battles of the twentieth century” (p. xvii). Why is the dire state of women in impoverished cultures, as set out by the authors in the introduction, also a great opportunity for them?
• The state of women is dire in these countries; there is also a great opportunity for people to begin the movement to change the societies and the lives of women around the world. There are more women than there are men, and if we take the time out to stop harming them things would be extremely different. If more women were educated the community would see a change in their poverty rate and etc. Women can be powerful, since there are naturally more women than men the cultures would see an ample amount of improvement in their country. Women should have the equal right of an education and the ability to be independent. Ultimately, the way to emancipate women and fight global poverty is to empower women economically, especially those in developing and impoverished countries. 2. “The modern global slave trade is …show more content…
They state that having laws on the abuse of women and girls in the brothel doesn’t stop the owners from abusing and murdering them. These laws that are made need to not only be there, but they also need to be enforced throughout the countries. There should be serious consequences and hold people accountable once the law is broken. In order to control crimes and human trafficking the government needs to be stable. They say that humanitarian issues came up with the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and Indochina. Certain countries didn’t have a stable government and economy. Crimes risen greatly throughout these countries. These countries need to form stable governments in order to control crime and the trafficking of