Burundi

Between “Hear Her Roar” by Rana Foroohar, which in 2009 was published in Newsweek and “Life on the Global Assembly Line” by Barbara Ehrenreich and Annette Fuentes, among the first readings to recognize the importance of working women globally, we are able to realize how women in different regions of the country face everyday reality. The undeniable fact that women in the workforce, globally, have not yet reached a level of equality to men is at the heart of both “Hear Her Roar” and “Life on the…

Education access to children refugees in the host countries is unbalanced because it depends on the camp, urban setting, and gender. Gross Enrollment Ratio show children enrollment to a specific education level irrespective of age when expressed as a percentage sometimes surpasses 100 percent because of the late entry of children refugee into schools or repetition of grades. Primary GER in 2009 for the refugees was 76 percent from 47 urban areas, 92 camps from 73 countries. Meanwhile,…

Eriksen, Marcus. JUNK RAFT: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution. Boston: Beacon, 2017. Print. Marcus Eriksen, a clear water advocate and a co-founder of the 5 gyres institute, wrote Junk Raft in July 2017 as a recollection of his experiences of rafting across the ocean in 2008. Eriksen wrote of his experiences and connected them to real water pollution problems with possible solutions in order to inform his readers of the extreme problem of water pollution.…

Again we are using the thought of the “God” in The Strength in What Remains is a Christian God. A Christian God is loving, caring, helpful, and there for us no matter what. In Deo’s life, however, this “God” is not the definition that fits. In Burundi Deo’s family fought to live, fighting for food, water, and even shelter. It gets worse when the genocide starts. The Hutu’s turn on the Tutsi’s after the assignation of their president. Thousands of people lost their lives in brutal ways for…

Critical Reflection In the first reading the author Jessica Lopez explicits the story of a young teenager who came from two different ethnicity background. she attended a predominantly white high school. The young teenager had to confront so many challenges because of her race, and how terrifying it was to be a woman of color . After graduating from high school, the young teenager attended St. Kate’s University to pursue a high level of education. As she found herself being in a class where…

Africa, the second most populous continent in the world with about one billion people, and over one thousand languages spoken. This level of cultural splendor and beauty can only found in Africa. The home to the world’s largest land animals, the world’s tallest animal, the fastest land animal, the world’s largest reptile, the world’s largest primate. Home to the Pharaonic civilization which is one of the world’s oldest and longest-lasting civilizations. Housing over 30% of the earth’s remaining…

Miriam Aburmaieleh Professor Jason Keiber Terrorism and Genocide 16th November 2016 Rwandan Genocide The Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter of the Tutsi population in Rwanda. It was carried out by the Hutu majority government. The roots to this genocide leads back to the colonial era. During the colonial era, Belgium had control over Rwanda during World War I. During this time, Belgium issued identity cards for the Hutu and Tutsi community. This help create barriers between the two…

deliveries of supplies and food. The issue of sexual abuse comes up a lot during these peace missions, stated by the New York Times, "the United Nations mission has received at least thirteen allegations of sexual abuse by troops and police officers from Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Morocco. The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, stepped in last month and fired the head of the mission, Babacar Gaye, Chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, said no one is above the law…

hectares during that time. But, the larger nations do not always yield the greatest deforestation percentages. A small island country off the coast of Madagascar, Comoros destroyed 60% of its rainforest (Causes of Deforestation). Also in Africa, Burundi totaled to 47%, which for a miniature nation, it seems like half their country…

In 1961, Rwanda receives their self-determination from Belgium. The Belgians gave Hutu 's control of the over public actions under which, Tutsis are managed as lesser subjects. Later on in 1985 a social event known as The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), formed to demand an end to social segregation against the Tutsis. 1990 came around and the RPF radical from Uganda assaulted Rwanda, in hatred to starting a typical war against the Tutsi. In April of 1994 is the point at which everything started,…