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    Feminism, a highly controversial issue in the late eighteenth century England, and the key figure of this particular movement is John Stuart Mill and Mary Woolstonecraft is seen to be the leading figure, who fights for social equality among men and women, especially by providing equal opportunities and rights in the fields of education and marriage. Women’s rights were a disputatious topic during the eighteenth century and Austen certainly concerned herself therefore, Feminism, is a belief that…

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    CARE is one of the worlds leading humanitarian organizations (CARE) fighting poverty, hunger and disease across the world. However despite their long history of aid CARE, like many other organizations, falls short of positive change when it pertains to women in the developing world. In reference to women and girls CARE 's Women Empowerment branch focuses on Education, lessening gender based violence, ending child marriage, and brining women out of poverty. By examining the organizations…

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    organisations including the UN have issued policies against GBV which have been adopted worldwide by some nations committed towards ending GBV (Moreno et al, 2005; Vincent and Eveline, 2014). These policies are aimed at curbing GBV and ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment is implemented by governments around the globe (Vincent and Eveline, 2014; Heise, 1998). However, some of these nations including Tanzania face problems in effecting full implementation of these policies and are held…

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    can inspire young girls and women to be the same. Female representation is important because without it, gender equality will never be reached. Until girls can say that they want to be president when they grow up without people looking at them pityingly, until women who work twice as hard as men in their same position aren’t just considered token members of political groups, true equality will never…

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    country. With the help of women advocators, women for many generations after them were able to gain the rights to become closer to equality with men. Just like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton were advocating for women's rights, Billie…

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    During the 1960s, several socio-cultural and political events like students’ protest, anti-Vietnam war agitation, liberation for lesbians and gays andthe Women’s Movement shook the American literary scenario. The new generation of playwrights used drama as a potent medium in depicting the ongoing turbulence that prevailed in the society deftly. However, the Women’s Movement gathered women from allwalks of life, to come to the streets to record their protests and speak their voices. In spiteof…

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    Stephen Covey once said, “Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.” In this quotation, Covey explains that once you determine your beliefs and what you stand for, use your voice to inspire others to do the same. The same concept applies in the two works “Ain’t I A Woman” by Sojourner Truth and “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou. The main focus of these pieces is about women taking action and using the power of their voice to change the living for women and the levels of society.…

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    Problem Statement The purpose of this research was to examine young adults’ attitude and relevancy towards feminist/feminism. This research itself has meaning of exploring general viewpoints towards feminist/feminism from young adults and get to know more about how far the gender equity has achieved until this time. Feminism, as a social movement ideology started from groups of women, has attributed significant progress in women’s right and was successful to bring society’s attention to inequity…

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    nation are females. The number of women playing sports has increased by 10 times since 1972 for multiple reasons. But the main reason is Title IX. This educational amendment enforces gender equality in any educational program, sports, student housing and federal assistance. Title IX has greatly improved the equality of women 's sports and brought vast amounts of attention to women 's sports. One example of gender discrimination in women 's sports is the playing conditions. In December of 2015,…

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    Women faced struggles because they were thought of as less than a man. Women’s abilities were limited because they had to follow certain traditions. For women in America, there were no equality rights. As a result of this, women began fighting for their rights by protesting. All the courageous women that led these protests started a movement called the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination based on gender. The relation…

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