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Every year, between 600,000 and 800,000 people, eighty percent being women and children, are victims of human trafficking. The United Nations defines human trafficking as ”the recruitment, transport and receipt of people across borders by improper means for an improper purpose, such as forced labor or sexual exploitation." Human trafficking generates about 32 billion dollars each year and is the third largest source of illegal trade, behind guns and narcotics. Human trafficking has a traumatic…

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) as many as 34% of the world’s children have had their development stunted due to a lack of clean water or proper nutrition.1 Due to these factors we see many negative effects upon both their immediate and long-term health. It has been shown through many studies that under-nourished or otherwise unhealthy children are at risk of cognitive development deficits. In what is becoming a constantly more globalized world, that is increasingly propelled…

a lack of universal primary education contributes to a lot of the world problems. There are many nations that have worked toward the millennium development goal of achieving universal primary education by 2015. Ethiopia is an example of a nation that is set to achieve universal primary education at the deadline, though there is still many obstacles they must overcome to achieve this. Many other nations still have a majority of their youth…

is for greater globalization towards the end goal of one world. His argument is encompassed and generalized in his sub-title, Asia, The West, and The Logic of One World. Asia of the sub-title describes the Asian region of the world and the Asian population, detailing the explosive growth of the countries and the individual. The West of the sub-title describes the power…

Democracy prides itself on giving people freedom. Before the 1920’s women did not have the option to vote much less any other freedoms given to white men. It’s a great controversy over where the line between women’s rights ends and cultural repression begins. Feminists will argue for and against for many different reasons why a niqab or burqa should or shouldn’t be worn. The niqab and burqa area hindrance to women and their rights in Islamic, male dominated countries like Iran and Afghanistan…

Success of the United Nations Halle Seydel 030:060:A01 Intro to International Relations Introduction Ronald Regan once said that “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means”. Although created 35 years before Regan’s Presidency, the United Nations supports a similar ideal. The UN Charter, signed on June 26, 1945, states the following main purposes: 1.) To maintain international peace and stability 2.) To develop friendly relations among nations…

Historical View on Hunger Hunger has established itself throughout many centuries and many nations. Countries in all stages of development experience hunger in various degrees. According to the Director of Economic Studies at St. Arthur University, countries can be classified into three stages of development: developed, developing, and undeveloped. Underdeveloped and developing countries have a low standard of living and GDP per capita value, while developing countries have more advanced and…

they did in the past because we turn our heads away from this issue” (“Hunger in a World” qtd. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2006). The issues of poverty, hunger, corruption, inequality, and poor leadership are detrimental to developing nations. These problems are not going the fix themselves and it is important to understand that all countries need to work together in order to reverse this process that kills millions of people every year. There are many solutions and changes that…

meaning an active conservation of a bond between nations, "the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area" (Dictionary.com, 2015). By definition, a united nations act of force. To breakdown those four words one has realise the true meaning of such; a truce is violently acted upon, but when one steps in, it is no longer keeping the peace. To make peace, is to suggest that two or more nations were/are already at war with one…

Often, economists have skirted around the economic impact that geography plays for developing nations. For many of these countries, their location contributes to the prevalence of tropical diseases. In order to overcome this obstacle, a developing country should focus its efforts on expanding the nation’s healthcare infrastructure by constructing a network of accessible and affordable medical and emergency services and dedicating resources to the research and development of vaccines against…