Romania

Women’s Bodies: A Battleground of Sexuality and Violence Women in Eastern Europe were subjected to many horrors during the 20th century, both in times of peace and times of war. They had to endure war and the killing of civilians through bombs and general warfare, but there were also violences against women that were specific to women, including military brothels, rape camps, and sex trafficking. Besides these women had many problems to deal with in the household, domestic abuse was on the rise…

new constitution also limited the power of the state, going against the Soviet model. Romania under Ceausescu asserted more autonomy in foreign affairs and intensified Romanian national sentiment. Romania was the first Soviet Bloc nation to establish diplomatic relations with West Germany. Ceausescu’s anti-Soviet foreign moves were marked by western approval, with President Nixon making a state visit to Romania in 1969. The revival of Romanian national discourse attempted to eradicate the…

Nations Population Fund, and the International Planned Parenthood Federation “in a coordinated effort to meet the country 's immediate and long-term Reproductive health needs” (1992). In other words, many organizations unified their efforts within Romania after the fall of Ceausescu in order to make their impact on the lives of Romanian citizens more beneficial for the citizens. The result of the legalization of abortion and the organizations’ aid was an improvement in the health of Romanian…

place in the history of the world. It has seen the origins of the Turkish Empire, the Russian royalty of the Dark Ages, the Byzantine Empire, the United Socialist States of Russia. Its current nation-states include: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The similarities in these countries are seen most clearly in their language, religion…

about tattoos in my native country. After a quick Google search with the key words: tattoo, culture and Romania, the following Vice article populated as the first result option with the title, “Here's a Collection of 19th-Century Romanian Tattoos and the Skin They Were Etched On” by Mihai Popescu. The title caught my attention, not just because it claims to be a historical approach on tattoos in Romania, but also because it reminded me of last week’s class discussion on what kind of body parts…

customers believe that they are contributing to the environment in a healthy way such as paying the pollution tax caused by the firm. HP is also abided by the law of the state, federal, foreign and local, regarding the environmental stability. UK and Romania Economic…

lad III was the ruler of an Eastern European region of modern Romania, Wallachia, in the fifteenth century. He gained fame as one of the most bloody and powerful rulers of that era, and as to his constant battles with the Ottoman Empire and also against the Christian forces in that region. Vlad III is known as Vlad the impaler or Vlad Tepes (in Romanian) after his atrocious ways of torture and killing and his lust for human blood. As result of this fact, many cultures have depicted him as blood…

Nadia Comaneci was an olympic gymnast in the 1970’s. She was the first women to score a perfect ten in the Olympics in 1976 when she was only 14! She was born in Onesti, Romania on November 12, 1961. She grew up in Romania in an apartment with her parents. She loved to pretend she was a gymnast with her friend, and that is where Bela Karolyi, her soon-to-be gymnastics coach. At the time, she was only six years old. Bela found her and invited her to try out at his gym. Nadia and her parents…

communications. At the end of August 1914, Japan declared war on Germany, bringing the war to Asia and the Pacific. Japan, Australia, and New Zealand seized several German colonies in the Pacific. The war also spread to Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania. Italy was a member of the Triple Alliance but remained neutral during 1914. However, in May 1915, Italy joined entered the war as a member of the Allies. The Allies promised to give Italy large amounts of land from Austria-Hungary after the…

Throughout World War Two, Germany participated in wars against various countries with intentions of conquering living space for Germany. When Germany went to war against Poland, Germany created the General Government. The General Government was a territory in the countries of Poland and the Ukraine that Hitler had set up after Germany invaded and occupied Poland. The land was then broken up into three different areas, one area being the General Government. The General Government even though…