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ethnicity, class, or gender should not be the determining factor for the eligibility for needed resources. The place where anyone, including minorities can come and live the “American Dream”. Therefore, society as a whole must take a stand to rid our nation of the inequitable educational opportunities that plague poor, disinvested, disadvantage communities, because it is unjust. Although there are multiple reasons why disparities in educational opportunities exist, the one key factor that must…

the fittest), the main difference arguably is that the tier two model allows for developing countries to negotiate terms with developed nations through multilateral organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A major distinction between the two models is that the tier two bargaining is based on micro-economic factors such as market size of host nation, product differentiation and technology, while tier one model is largely driven by macro-economic and political considerations…

The Cold War took place between Russia and the United States, and Russia was trying to spread communism while the United States was trying to stop that. During the Cold War period, the communist government influenced the way that the Salvadoran government acted, known as the Domino theory, as the Salvadoran government began violating the human rights of the citizens. A civil war came out of this unequal treatment of citizens, and a peace treaty was formed twelve years later to permit this from…

1960 's the International Whaling Committee (IWC) tried to manage the commercial hunting of whales but realized that they needed a complete ban to prevent extinction. Whales are very slow to produce which makes them vulnerable to extremely quick population collapses. The IWC enacted a law prohibiting commercial hunting in 1986, but because they have no law enforcement or marine defense, over 300,000 whales have been killed since then. Whaling is an extremely cruel and slow death. The death of a…

“In the early 1800s, an estimated 80 percent of the world’s population lived on today’s equivalent of $1.50 a day or less. It took more than 150 years . . . to cut that share in half (the first time). The miracle is that mankind has managed to cut the ranks of the poor in half again, this time in a mere 25 years” (Griswold 2) But what is this miracle? How did we manage to achieve these astonishing results? The answer lies on the increase in globalization in recent years. Through the use of…

that the flat markets in Western Europe can take advantages from the influx of refugees. According to United Nation, the population of Hungary, Croatia, and Serbia all declined at a rate of at least 0.3% between 2010 and 2015. As the Europe’s population remain flat or decline, many countries required a huge amount of workers to avoid the labor shortage and maintain the level of growth, as well as fund the government to solve all entitlements the country such as military, common resources. Based…

The United Nations (UN) knew that they had to do something about this problem, playing their part in changing the mindset by introducing the concept of ‘human security’ and by discussing HIV/AIDS in Africa at the Security Council in January 2000. In 1994 the UN…

The third millennium development goal encompasses education, political participation, and economic empowerment with equality for women as a primary focus. This essay focuses on four projects that UN Women have implemented in order to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal three. The projects covers the HeForShe solidarity campaign that promotes gender equality by…

Blind to Eye Care in Pakistan Introduction The United Nations as created an agenda for 2030. Within this agenda, there are seventeen sustainable developmental goals (SDG) that aim to transform our world. These goals are to be met through numerous different means: government policies, public change, non-government organizations (NGO), and a variety of other ways. NGO’s are a large way to help meet these goals and impact the world for the better. LRBT, an NGO that focuses on eye care for those…

Global Health in Relation to Early Childhood Development OVERALL TOPIC The function of global health is to promote and improve health worldwide through research and intervention. Authors Frances E. Aboud and Aisha K. Yousafzai, in their review “Global Health and Development in Early Childhood,” discuss these goals with a focus on infants born in low- and middle-income countries. Their article reviews evidence from multiple studies showing how health and nutritional risks and inadequate…