These religious leaders consider Mohammed's teachings and fables concerning female circumcision as lacking sufficient credibility (Mayer, 1995). ... Thus, regardless of the debate concerning whether African religion truly dictates the practice, a majority of the people in Africa believe it does. ... These allegations concerning female circumcision have created a bias against the practice and the people that adhere to it. ...

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Furthermore, in relation to other components of the ethical principle Autonomy (Beauchamp and Childress,1989), which suggests that anyone with the right to consent are in control of their own bodies and make the necessary decision concerning what type of medical treatment or care they will (or will not) subscribe to. ... Furthermore, professional ethics expect nurses and health practitioners to justify their decision concerning every care delivered (NMC, 2008). ...

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Contrary to common belief, women were important contributors to the popular movement during the French Revolution. They staged demonstrations and food riots, presented petitions to the National Assembly, and brought the royal family back to the governmental capital. They agitated ceaselessly for the political and civil rights that they deserved, and backed up their demands with well-thought-out logical arguments. The women of 18th century France pioneered through uncharted ideological, political, and social grounds, but their work was fruitless in establishing women's rights in the con...

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Another point to note is the legislature concerning euthanasia. ... To people who say that physician-assisted suicide is a "right", as if that should be the end of all discussion and debate, I say there are many things that are not rights. ...

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The past decade witnessed many conflicts which focused around the issues of sovereignty. States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. National separatist movements have intensified and are associated with the rise of the doctrine of self-determination among nations and ethnic groups (versus sovereign states). The decline of the concept of sovereignty, the increasing international recognition of the principles of human rights and the rise of self-determination all caused many implications on the norm of non-intervention in the do...

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The past decade witnessed many conflicts which focused around the issues of sovereignty. States have invaded other sovereign states for reasons that seem to be dubious by the international community. National separatist movements have intensified and are associated with the rise of the doctrine of self-determination among nations and ethnic groups (versus sovereign states). The decline of the concept of sovereignty, the increasing international recognition of the principles of human rights and the rise of self-determination all caused many implications on the norm of non-intervention in the do...

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Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishing the right to protection from gender violence as a core dimension of women's human rights. This is another example of the process described in Chapter 2, in which a social movement defines a problem and generates support from legal institutions and states. After describing how gender viol...

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Legality of Abortion Abortion must be a legal and attainable procedure for women throughout the United States. Abortion is a subject which easily fits into the themes of CORE 1. Abortion pertains to many issues which are involved in CORE 1. CORE 1 analyzes civil rights as well as e...

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As the United Nations has grown, other organizations have taken its model of openness, cooperation and debate and employed its tactics towards their own purposes of regional stability. ... Its progress is remarkable; "the treaty of Rome contained a minimal and disparate number of articles concerning social and employment affairs,"" whereas today's committee, although still working towards its goals of complete eradication of poverty, inequality, pollution and poorer standards of living in different regions, has made amazing progress towards its goals by increasing legislation in proactive...

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