Bhutan is a small landlord country nestled in between China in the north and India in the south.The nation is well known to the rest of the world due to the philosophy of Gross National Happiness which was introduced by His Majesty the 4th Druk Gyalpo King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in the year 1972 with renowned phrase "Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product. " The philosophy focuses on the conservation of environment and preservation of its culture. ... The gender inequality in Bhutan is has not reached that far in comparison to Muslim country but that doesn'...

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The first time the well type scene appears is when Abraham sends a servant back to his own country to find a wife for his son Isaac and that servant meets Rebekah at a well. ... In this speech to his servant, Abraham invokes the importance of the preservation of bloodlines: "you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live, but will go to my country and to my kindred and get a wife for my son Isaac'" (Genesis 24:3-4). ... Isaac's wife must be of Abraham's family so that Isaac's children through that wife will be able to inherit the ...

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A Cross Cultural Perspective of polygyny As an institution, polygyny, the social arrangement that permits a man to have more than one wife at the same time, exists in all parts of the world. ... It is always in fact the repetition of marriage contract, entered individually with each wife, establishing an individual relationship between the man and each of his consorts (Benson 1971). Where each wife has her separate household and the husband visits them in turn, polygynous marriage resembles very closely a temporarily interrupted monogamy. ... In many cases, the first wife takes the initiativ...

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It could be argued that there are other factors behind the reason why the rate of gender inequality has been high in Middle Eastern countries. ... Some may think it is alright for the man to be "wrongful" towards his wife, and treat her ill but what God says according to Barlas (2002:14); "God" never does any zulm to anybody and to do"zulm" and if God does not do zulm ; in that case God's "people" cannot do zulm either. ... The reason behind this is also cultural, since in middle eastern countries; sons stay with their families and support them e...

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Rome, the national capital, is located in the center of the country. ... The southern part of Italy is hot and dry, while the northern tip of the country is much cooler. Most of the country is covered by mountains, but some areas have coastal lowlands and plains. ... In some cases, a wife, daughter or sister may work in the firm. ... There are still many Italian men who prefer a wife who does not present a great social or intellectual challenge, and marriage to a younger woman makes it easier to establish this kind of relationship. ...

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" (292) The book describes the painter, an eccentric obsessed with his art of painting and worships it more than anything even more than his beloved wife. One day the painter asks his wife to pose for him in order to portray her beautiful face. ... Weeks passed and the husband, ignorant of his wife's fading health, continues in portraying and wife smiles without saying anything to disturb her husband, although she became pale for not having any meals and rest. ... "But turned to his wife discovering that "she is dead". ... It is written right before the death of his...

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He wanted to establish a new society, a new kind of country. ... The tide country was not yet ready for Hamilton's progressive ideas. ... The tide country is not very far from Calcutta and the mainstream Indian society – only ninety seven kilometers away. ... The tide country people have an epic narrative of origins which they pass on orally from generation to generation. ... He never supported his wife's single-handed efforts to bring about a qualitative change in the lives of the people. ...

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The countless stories of seduction and cuckoldry, the stereotypes of fop and rake, wit and coquette, country wife and country cousin all provide us convenient pegs to hang the true elements of restoration comedy (styan 2). ... Each event affected both the theatre and social norms of the country. ... We, therefore, have Sancho and Lucetta from the dregs of the society, Pedro and Antonio as the representation of aristocracy, country squire in Blunt, sophisticated courtesan in Angellica, the Aristocratic-virgin Florinda who needs protection. ... Willmore, the rake-hero of our play, epitomizes the...

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The life of Eva Maria Duarte Peron compared to the life of Ernesto Guevara Lynch de La Serna. Evita Peron, born Eva Maria Duarte, in contrast to the heights to which she rose, came from very humble beginnings. Eva was born in 1919 in Los Toldos, Argentina to Juana Ibarguren. Eva's fat...

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As a wife, the patriotic Frenchwoman was faithful and fecund; as a girl she was required to be virgin. ... The cahiers des doleances, May 1789, served as the first opportunity for the women of France, along with the rest of the country, to share their grievances. ... A combination of his words, and the killing of two of his guardsmen prompted Louis to comply, which brought "the baker and the baker's wife" back to Paris (6). ...

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But Stalin's grip on power was not shaken, save perhaps in his home, where his wife Nadezhda committed suicide in 1932. ... After Germany fell, he used Red Army troops to forcibly install Communist governments in Eastern Europe and further his country's interests around the world. ... Part 1:The Great Terror and the Nazi-Soviet Pact In the early 1930s, a famine developed in the Ukraine; learning of the suffering there, Stalin's wife Nadezhda confronted him, demanding that he remedy the situation. The couple had a tremendous fight, and Stalin ordered the arrest of the students...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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Prostitution in these countries is illegal and the US Government claims to be against it. ... First, because so many Asian countries have been affected by this institution, whether directly or indirectly. ... In Korea the women that engage in these activities are referred to as "kiaeng" meaning "rented wife." ... What they do not have in their own countries. ... The injustices that come with militarized prostitution in Asian countries are astounding. ...

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But the suggestion on climate can be ruled out as the distribution of suicides cross the globe point out that suicides occur in all climatic conditions nd in all countries, such as Italy, whose climate remains unaltered yet it has witnessed great changes in their suicide rates. ... Despite common assumptions of suicide rates being higher during the dark and gloomy winters, statistical data point towards suicide rates being higher during the warmer months, without exception in any country. ... Durkheim says that if imitation or contagion was the cause of suicide, there would be central geograph...

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A predominantly Muslim country like Pakistan owes a lot of its political identity to the religion of Islam. ... As a direct consequence the majority of the masses within these countries are illiterate. ... In most countries the conservatives have met with success but there are countries in which they have failed to prevent the reformist from bringing about change. ... An army general who led a coup d"etat against the leader of the nation Iskander Mirza, Ayub Khan was the first to impose martial law in the country. ... "These laws gave married women certain rights which acted as a restraint on...

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He had compassion and humanity for others including his wife of 22 years. Prior to writing his books, he had helped his wife to commit suicide by taking a vial that Derek had asked a physician to give him. At that time, his wife was suffering from terminal cancer and because she felt that there was no quality in the life she had left, she chose suicide. Derek Humphry respected his wife's wishes and he supported her. ... In the United States and countries all over the world, the topic of assisted suicide has become a highly controversial topic because it is hard for people to decide if ass...

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William Thompson] stated that he would never give his pregnant wife a flu shot because of its high concentration of mercury. ... This leaves our country with less and less people who have lived to see the diseases that were a serious problem in America's past. ...

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Anderson compares the service that women provide a country when they give birth to a child with the service that men give in war, stating that upon returning from war, men are treated with respect and given assistance and training to return to the work force and get adjusted to a new lifestyle. ... The traditional way of thinking about the role of a wife and a mother overshadowed the abilities and motivations of many women from separating themselves from the workforce. ... Many women were expected to be brought up in a household where they would learn how to be a nurturing and well-rounded wif...

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'However, customary and Islamic laws practices in the country negate the equality of women as guaranteed in constitution of Pakistan' (Usman 2006). ... 'Domestic violence in Pakistan takes the form of wife beating, stove burning, acid throwing, honor killings, and forced marriages. ... 'Many of these attacks occurred over an arguments between wife and mother in law, over dowery or money. ... Similarly, dowry demand is the leading cause of wife burning. Further, husbands and in-laws are the leading suspects in the cases of wife burning' (Siddiqui, R, Hamid, S, & Siddi...

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Abstract Ravaged by war, violently pushed out of their home country, separated from their extended family and friends, and evacuated to a foreign country where they have no commonality, Vietnamese refugees faced the worst after the end of Vietnam War in 1975. ... In fact, they have left their country of birth behind forever. ... Unlike other groups who immigrated at will, the first-wave Vietnamese refugees were pushed out of their home country, fleeing from fear of persecution. ... Although having to leave their birth country behind, Vietnamese immigrants did not abandon their indigenous c...

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The outbreak of war in 1914 required the male population of Britain to fight for their country. This generated space in the Workforce at home, women were essential in order to maintain the stability of the country as well as support the war effort. ... Over two million women were involved in the war effort by 1915, and three years later around seven million women were volunteering in war work and maintaining the stability of the country.4 They were employed in various sectors of the employment force ranging from manual work to office work, many of the work was unfamiliar to women and it was da...

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Instead of entering into the debate of wether this area should receive top priority or not, we shall simply maintain, that the population problem has been defined and formulated not wholly indigenously, but to a large extent at the instigation and assistance of donor countries, and organizations. The population explosion related as it is with the gradual shrinking of the world's resources, is a global phenomena which affects rich as well as poor countries. ... Kiefther, Assistant Administration for Population and Humanitarian Assistant in the US Congress.4 It was maintained that for the...

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African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. ... Still, the revelation that there exist people who do not worship her mother and are not under her control pleases Nel: "She [Nel] felt both pleased and ashamed to sense that these men, unlike her father, who worshiped his graceful, beautiful wife, were fuming with a hatred for her mother" (Morrison 22). ...

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For example, in 1999/2000 a virtual working group under the auspices of UNIFEM conducted an email exchange about approaches to violence against women which included 2300 participants in 120 countries. ... A worldwide petition campaign gathered over 300,000 signatures from 123 countries, putting the issue of violence against women at the center of the conference (Friedman 1995: 27-31). ...

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One exercise we will try to pursue in this context would be to contrast them with the rise of women politicians like Uma Bharti whose increasing prominence was part of the rise of Hindu nationalism in the country. ... The personalization of authority occurred at a very fundamental level in each of the cases so as to alter the social, cultural and political fabric of our country. ...

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