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    others to fight for what they believe in, but she along with many others who fight experienced it themselves. When she was younger, “She knew that her brothers and sisters, her father and mother, and all the other people who lived in the quarter, men, women and children, were slaves. At the same time, someone had taught her where to look for the North Star, the star that stayed constant, not rising in the east and setting in the west as the other stars appeared to do; and told her that anyone walking

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    outcomes, such as poverty, suffering of women, genocide,etc…, the list keeps going going, but all that matters is that it is all starting from indifference towards one another. With this indifference, many people are affected, as an example women are being restricted from multiple rights, and opportunities. As an ABC News film presents, Malala Yousatzai, a story about a young and small girl, that has been shot in the head and survived. Where she comes from women are just seen as housewife and servants

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    Autonomy Kimmel Summary

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    people typically think that men and women are completely different. He believes, however, that women and men are more alike than they are different, and they have similar interests. Kimmel's book attempts to explain to men that feminism doesn't have to be confusing and that it's in men's best interest to support feminism. Kimmel beings reading from his book from the "autonomy" section, asking men to imagine not having the same rights and privileges that women didn't have over the past couple centuries

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    struggled as she grew up. People judged her for her Autism and it was hard for her to understand. So she learned, learned what was the right thing to do. Malala grew up receiving an education from her father and that was nearly taken from her. Many young women lost this right, so Malala fought for girls education. Again doing what was right. Chris decided to join the military shortly after his previous career ended. Words quoted

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    Combat often substantially affects the soldier’s minds, but post-traumatic stress disorder can follow after a personal assault too (Wiley, 875). Post-traumatic stress disorder develops in response to a traumatic event. About 60% of men and 50% of women experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. For most people they will have the symptoms of PTSD for about days or weeks after the event happened, but for others the symptoms are way more sever and long lasting. The reasons on why some people develop

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    president), October 11, 1975; children: Chelsea Victoria. Education: Wellesley College, B.A. (with high honors), 1969; Yale University, J.D., 1973. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Methodist. Memberships: American Bar Association (chair of commission of women in the profession, 1987-91); Arkansas Bar Association, National Democratic Party. Ms. Clinton is a politician, diplomat, lawyer, and writer. She has served as U.S. District Court of Arkansas, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1973, admitted to the bar of the

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    Women In The Middle East

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    the Middle East, women have recognizably far fewer rights than men have. The lack of rights that is affecting the women is becoming more and more about gender more so than just a culture. This issue is not only affecting the women of the Middle East, but also women everywhere. Many organizations have been created to try and eradicate the problem, but an issue this big cannot simply be resolved overnight. All human beings, regardless of race or gender, deserve the same treatment, and are entitled

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    A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) is the story of two women who are not of the same age or the same family yet what connects them is being women in Afghanistan, which will have many consequences later on. Mariam was born as an illegitimate daughter to wealthy merchant. She is always called harami by her mother. Nana committed suicide and Mariam has moved to her father`s house. She is then forced to marry a man of her father`s age who used her as a means to have a son. The reader is then introduced

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    With the introduction American into the Operation Enduring Freedom Campaign, Afghanistan was not the enemy; however, they did give birth to the Taliban. After the Taliban forcefully extended its strict Muslim belief onto the people, the natural way of life in Afghanistan changed dramatically. NATO took the initiative on the situations and gathered its allies for a plan, to restore the war stricken nation

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    For the last decade, the Army has been actively engaged in the War on Terror. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban and Al Quada targets in Afghanistan. Even though United States President Barrack Obama announced the drawdown of Armed Forces in Afghanistan by the end of 2016, OEF would have lasted 15 years, becoming the Army’s longest war in the United States history (Taylor, 2014). On the other hand, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) lasted approximately

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