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Gender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual…
Roots of Gender Inequality
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Sarah Bradshaw argues that if we want to change rates of violence, we have to change the way violence is understood and change attitudes about violence in society. In…
Social Communication for Social Change
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How we understand humanitarianism has been changing. People have been reconsidering whether we should be more selective in terms of who we give aid to after the Rwandan…
"Do No Harm": The Rise of New…
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Poverty has been an important part of the development agenda since the 1990s, but the way that we measure poverty has changed drastically over the years. Inequality is…
Ideas of Poverty and Wellbeing
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1 in 3 women will suffer from or feel threatened by violence, including sexual violence and the fear of violence. This is not confined to a particular region or culture.…
Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal…
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This chapter discusses the linkages between ecological processes and water. Learn about water management and the state of available water in the world. This video is…
The State of the World's Water Resources
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Violence against women can be seen on three levels: the international, national, and intimate levels. We can look at psychological as well as patriarchal factors, and…
Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against…
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In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set the international policy framework for development across the globe. Critiques of the MDGs are that they were…
Sustainable Development and Rights
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is considered a violence against women, and it seeks to subjugate women by taking away sexual urges and controlling them by removing…
Culture vs. Rights: The Case of Female Genital…
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The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the…
Advancements in Women's Rights
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This chapter explains the concern about atmospheric aerosols, which are liquid droplets or particles that are suspended in the atmosphere. They absorb and reflect light,…
Aerosol Loading
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Gender wasn’t on the development agenda until the 1970s. At that time, it was recognized that development could harm women as modernization brings increased…
Attacking Gender Inequality within Development
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There is a gendered experience of poverty: women and men experience poverty differently, and women may experience poverty differently from one another. In the case of…
The Gendered Experience of Poverty
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This chapter uses two examples to give further insight into the processes that have been incurred in the context of social exclusion. First–The British assimilated…
Social Policies to Combat Social Exclusion
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The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the…
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…
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Sarah Bradshaw discusses the concept of disaster and its imapct on vulnerable populations. First, she stipulates that there is no such thing as a natural disaster; there…
Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters
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