NGOS such as the National Council Women's Organizations (NCWO), Perkumpulan Wanita (WI), Organization Act of Muslim Women (PERTIWI), Pertubuhan Bantuan Wanita Islam dan Lembaga Kebajikan Perempuan Islam and other women's organisations have set up various development programs in the form of brand and other support facilities. ... One of the strategies is to strengthen HAWA as a weapon of national development and now have been placed under the Ministry of National Unity and Social Development. The role of the HAWA should be level with enhanced powers and establish its relationship with...

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In the essay, "unpacking the Knapsack," Peggy McIntosh contracts multiple rhetorical strategies to contain her readers to validate her claim about racism as well as privilege. ... This act of acknowledging was most likely achieved just by reading through her essay, which means that the reader who agrees with her has nothing else that he/she is burdened to do. In her attempt to persuade her readers, McIntosh has used various strategies as those mentioned earlier. One of the most important strategies that she uses is what she does at the end of her essay. ...

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The most "primitive" law takes more of an evolutionary standpoint and focuses on obstacles that our ancestors had to face for mating strategies, which are still part of the social norm. ... Each gender has its own set of mating strategies that remain unchanged since the dawn of time, and work to guarantee the survival of the species. ... One act of sexual intercourse, which requires minimal male investment, can produce an obligatory and energy-consuming nine-month investment by the woman that forecloses other mating opportunities (Buss 19)." ...

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Some of the strategies used are informing the general public and policy makers of the importance for women equality. ... NOW today continues to fight for the Fair Pay Act that prohibits wage discrimination based on gender. ...

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However, although this is seen as a positive act, males are now trailing far behind, with the vast majority of society overlooking the stereotypes that discriminate and connote negatively towards males. ... Buss (2008), "Breaking up Romantic Relationships: Costs Experienced and Coping Strategies Deployed," in relation with the aforementioned articles, I propose to answer this question by employing a critical summary, an analysis of my data, and a conclusion of my findings. ... Buss (2008), "Breaking up Romantic Relationships: Costs Experienced and Coping Strategies Deployed,&q...

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As she puts it aptly, "Feminist criticism is a political act whose aim is not simply to interpret the world but to change it by changing the consciousness of those who read and their relation to what they read. . . [The first act of a feminist critic is] to become a resisting rather than an assenting reader and, by this refusal to assent, to begin the process of exorcizing the male mind that has been implanted in us."1 On the thematic level, then, the reader rejects stereotypes and examines woman as a theme in literary works. ... Critical Strategies Feminist Criticism functions to facilita...

• Word Count: 1975
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In my paper, I will use these two poems to explain a number of strategies that had utilization by the Victorians to treat women and their sexuality. ... Her gender, her domesticated fate, and her act of weaving all represent Tennyson idea of an ideal woman of the Victorian age who was to be expected, "withdrawal from the world, with women cloistered awaytrapped in the private hell of suicidal contemplation.... This is evident through his act of equating womanhood with seclusion by placing a domesticated woman on the tower instead of a male. ...

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Instead of a recognizable genre, lesbian literary narrative, is in reality, a disputed form, dependent on various interpretive strategies." ... Killing the snake is perhaps the only act of bravery the reader witnesses from Jim, which as aforementioned can be viewed as a strategic symbol. ... As Cather gives Antonia the title role, it is expected from the reader that she will be the one who ends up happy and independently successful, but Cather undermines this dominant narrative strategy and allows Lena to be seen as the fortunate female in the novel. ...

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There are numerous organizations such as organization such as National women Association of Bhutan (NWAB), National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC), Women and Children committee, and Labour Employment Act to support women in order to bring up women's empowerment (Tshering, 2009). ... According to Helvitas-Bhutan gender strategy (2013) generally, Bhutan is regarded as having a high level of gender equality in comparison to countries in South Asia. ... Strategies to empower women and promote gender equality was identified and included in Bhutan's tenth five year development pl...

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Bringing a live human being into the world can be very intimidating, especially if it is for the first time. Every parent questions their parenting style whether or not it is because they don't know if their style is effective or if they are being "good" parents in general. Thankfully there are thousands of books and information out there to help guide people in being a successful parent(s) including Laura E. Berk's ninth edition Child Development text book last published in 2013. There are at least ten pieces of parenting advice that can be found in Berk's book whic...

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Children are given specific roles in society and are influenced by their family, peers and the environment on how to act in a particular community. ... The theory of Symbolic Interactionism, states that individuals behave and act towards things according to what meaning it has for them. ... Butler (1990), in her book "Gender Trouble", coins the term "performativity" and argues that the act that an individual does and performs is one that has been there before the individual came to the context. ...

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It also sells a certain body image of a fit woman with the mop, which essentially can be aligned with many current advertisement strategies for women's brands in the United States. ... Individuals act upon their emotions and can make decisions quickly based on these feelings that arise from various aspects within an advertisement. ...

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Gender communication is communication about and between men and women (Ivy and Backlund, 1994). Recognizing gender differences in communication enables both sexes to communicate better with each other. According to Deborah Tannen, (1992, p 17), many women and men feel dissatisfied with their close r...

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