Women in the Philippines

characters. In the same way, some people do not want to be friend with a classmate because of what that classmate did in the past before they get to know about that classmate. There are also some men who judge women on their pasts, and then they confuse to have serious relationships with those women who did some bad things in the past. In Twilight, Belle just loves the person standing in front of her, Edward Cullen. His past does not matter to her. If people judge the friends, the lovers, and…

Sex trafficking is the illegal trade of people with the purpose of exploiting them for income. It is the fastest growing international crime. There are many forms of human trafficking in which traffickers can exploit their victims, 18% of victims are introduced to labour where they are forced to commit acts of slavery or practices similar to slavery and servitude. 3% of victims are in the ‘other’ category which can involve the removal of organs and the remaining 79% of victims are used for…

Millions of people have migrated to the United States in search of a better life. Until the middle of the 19th century, most of them came from England, Ireland and Germany.23 The “melting pot” metaphor was used to describe the heterogeneous society of immigrants with different cultures becoming more homogeneous through blending together all the races.20 Chinese immigrants joined this mass migration to America in three waves, beginning in the 1840s and extending to the present era. During these…

Four “Lamb or Monger” “What's this?” Clay had slid a white piece of paper to Buff with the words “ELECT BUFF LAMB for SHERIFF” on it. “Guff, I want you to run for sheriff.” The words hit Buff in the face like a northern cold wind. “I'm not running and I want you to take my place.” “But what about Rex Thompson? He's your deputy and he says he's going to run!” “Rex is a good deputy but I've known you a lot longer. This county needs a man who won't back down from trouble. Besides, Rex is…

White. The color that represents openness, cleanliness and purity. At that age, I admired all of the white surrounding me in that hospital and awed at how fascinating and different this setting was compared to the normal, everyday places I visited. I was sitting in a chair with my feet dangling and swinging back and forth, just like what every five year old would tend to do. Next to me, sitting in the vast hallway, was my cousin who was the same age as me. We laughed and played joyfully as we…

The ultimate goal for any athlete or coach is improvement in performance. Beginning with the ancient Greeks, coaches and athletes have sought methods and techniques for improving speed and strength. Over the last decades, the application of scientific principles to improve athletic performance has received greater attention and has brought about some remarkable results. Increased knowledge of muscle type, muscle biochemistry, neuromuscular response, and the effects of various form of training…

Introduction Disaster management is a complex activity which includes pre and post disaster activities. Pre disaster activities are those of mitigation and preparedness, post disaster activities are those of response and recovery (Clary 1985; Prater & Lindell 2000; Haddow, Bullock and Coppola et al., 2008). Taken together these activities are referred, by emergency management practitioners and scholars, as (a four phases) the comprehensive emergency management cycle which comprises four phases…

INTRODUCTION/ CULTURAL DRIVERS Throughout history, communication has played a significant role in the development of cultures and more specifically effective communication. Effective communication facilitates people to understand each other, breaks down language and cultural barriers, and builds trust and respect for one another. Today people have evolved, so as the way they communicate. We can trace the first form of communication to cave paintings around 130,000 B.C.E. The theory is that the…

resort to the use of child soldiers, as these groups often revolt against the current regimes. Now the adults may have already been recruited into the armed forces. To combat this deficiency in their ranks they resort to abduction of children. In Philippines, around 1300 children are used by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front; In Chad…

Since the late 19th century to the 21st century, different historical events such as wars and political ideology has shaped America’s involvement and goals with foreign conflict. Even in the establishment of the United States, Americans were engaged in foreign affairs. Public opinion has to be altered depending on the time and values the people upheld. Conflict of interest is another reforming aspect with the visions of the two political parties being incompatible. This rich history in the…