power, tribal affiliation, education, religion as a result of education. Stratification is wide spread in the Kenyan communities as a result affecting the economic, political and social relationship among the Different communities in Kenya, discussed below are the factors which make Kenya be regarded as stratified. EDUCATION The education system has seen much of stratification being a key element in stratification; Kenyans have seen many disparities in the education system offered
nations, which we will further examine in the two countries – Bangladesh and Kenya. In this paper, Globalization is defined as “a complex economic, political, cultural, and geographic process in which the mobility of capital, organizations, ideas, discourses, and people has taken a global or transnational form (Valentine Moghadam 1999). Globalization has more negative effects on women in third world countries such as Kenya and Bangladesh. Corporations hire people in the third world countries, due
rather than inequality. This shows that majority of the population receives similar income. Thus, as the economy grows, the income received by the people will increase at a similar scale. According to their HDI, human development is a prime concern for development. Their focus on education and health
and is necessary for human well-being. Health not only provides intrinsic value in the form of comfort and physical integrity, its importance extends far greater than that and lies in its ability to allow individuals to exercise both civil (e.g. education and family life) as well as economic (e.g. employment) human rights. Without a decent level of health, it is very difficult to ensure economic prosperity and political participation (WHO 2008). The right to health is a fundamental part of human
countries, Kenya, Somaliland, and India. This is a nonfictional documentary where maternal mortality, prostitution, and economic empowerment tend to be common constant struggles in many developing countries. Kristof and WuDunn travel with three talented celebrity activist to witness these struggles first hand and helped spread global awareness. These celebrities come face to face with three passionate women in each country who fight daily to make a difference and change women’s inequality in their
Diversity of the causes of poverty in three different countries. “The causes of poverty include changing trends in a country 's economy, lack of education, high divorce rate which causes feminization of poverty, having a culture of poverty, overpopulation, epidemic diseases such as AIDS and malaria, and environmental problems such as lack of rainfall”. (White, Killick & Kayizzi, 2001) Almost half of the world over 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. It is said that “a country
Half of the Earth 's population from birth is more likely to have less education simply because they are female. This fact overtime has been shown through scientific studies, research, and the analysis of the demographics of those in poverty. Women are less likely than men to get a formal education whether it be at the elementary, secondary, or postsecondary level and therefore are more likely to experience poverty. This trend becomes more apparent in developing (Third World) countries were stereotypes
was to expel these pollutants, contaminating the surrounding environment. The build up of pollution has lead to undesirable climate changes; acid rain, altered atmospheric composition, land degradation and dangerously increasing water levels on a global scale. Greed has consumed humanity; it is the driving force behind new patterns of production, increased product consumption, increased natural resource extractions and greater use of technology. Industries and corporations alike bury themselves behind
Rights, adopted in 1948, states that everyone has the right to education despite race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ethnic origin, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights, yet millions of children and even adults throughout the world are left uneducated. Seven-hundred and eighty-five million adults worldwide are threatened by illiteracy alone. That translates to one in every five people who lack basic reading skills and two-thirds of this population is
being able access food. This could be due to various reasons such as: poverty, distribution, inequality etc. As a result of unjust starvation, it is estimated that 3.1 million children die annually from hunger. In 2011 poor nutrition caused forty-five percent of children under the age of five to die. (World hunger facts) Hunger is described in the dictionary as a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by a lack of food. Hunger and starvation has the potential to be diminished according to OXFAM Canada