Latino Women
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A 6 page paper which examines the process that Latino women have gone through in the United States from a position involving culture and discrimination. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RAlatwmn.rtf

Letter from Jasmine
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(5 pp). This "letter" has as its history the novel Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee (1989). Jasmine's daughter is now twenty and has asked her mother about her recent past here in the United States. "I never understood how you could leave Bud, and go off with Taylor. What did your leaving Bud have to do with being Indian? Female? Hindu? American? Can you explain it to me …"
Filename: BBjasmen.doc

Letter to Senator: Female Circumcision
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An 8 page letter to Senator Hillary Clinton, addressing the problem of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa and requesting that the Senator become involved in the campaign against it. Includes statistics on the percentage of girls undergoing FGM in African nations and the types of FGM they generally receive. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KSfemCircLetr.rtf

Like Water for Chocolate / Movie and Book Comparison
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In 7 pages, the author compares the movie and book versions of Like Water for Chocolate or Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel. It is a story that is too hot to handle: forbidden love, matriarchal dominance, the supernatural, and the special Mexican recipes that become more than enticing dishes. The protagonist is Tita, the youngest daughter in a family of three daughters who, because of a tradition imposed by her mother, is not allowed to marry the man she loves. When comparing the movie version and the novel, one will note that the movie version evokes images of mistreatment, disdain, and provocation, which are not in the book. A free Roman Numeral Sentence Outline is included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PClwfc.doc

Marjorie Shostak’s “Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman”
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This 6 page report discusses Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak (1981). The story of Nisa herself reveals a world that still exists but that most Westerners have only experienced through National Geographic documentaries. During nearly two years Shostak spent interviewing !Kung women in the Dobe area of northwestern Botswana, in the northern Kalahari Desert, she did make connections, especially with 50-year-old Nisa. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWnisa.rtf

Minority Women and Domestic Violence
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A 5 page paper which examines some of the problems specific to minority women in relation to domestic violence and the proposed solutions offered by two articles on the subject. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGminvio.rtf

Moral Justification in the Issue of Female Genital “Mutilation”
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that human rights organizations ranging from Amnesty International to the United Nations’ High Council on Refugees estimate that there are between eight and ten million women and girls in the Middle East and in Africa who are at risk of undergoing one form or another of genital “mutilation.” However, countless millions of those women and girls do not perceive the process as mutilation but a coming of age ritual, a rite of passage. As such, Westerners do not have the right to object to or campaign against the practice. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWrelfgm.rtf

Mujerista Theological Perspective
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10 pages in length. Religion - as with virtually all other components of life - has historically been managed with a patriarchal hand; through this controlling male perspective, such aspects as the interpretation of Mary's image and the value of poor parishioners have long suffered erroneousness and indignity. Mujerista theology - whereby Hispanic women are empowered by Mary's image of strength and appreciate the value of the poor who harbor a much clearer understanding of reality - has established an entirely divergent approach to the Catholic faith and, in the process, opened up the door for Latinas to embrace their faith in the manner by which female gender is entitled. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCMujerista.rtf

Muslim Women Under The Taliban Control
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10 pages in length. Muslim women under the Taliban control have long suffered at the hands of their male counterparts. Whether the torture culminates as emotional, physical or both, the patriarchal influence has been a strong power upon the very essence of being female. The lives of Muslim women under the Taliban control have been designed by men under religious and social assumptions which have served to guide every part of their lives, including sexuality, mannerisms, physical appearance and education, along with their role in society. These designed programs serve not only to control the female gender, but also to block entrance for women in many areas so that they remain chained to the patriarchal influence. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCtlban.rtf

Nationalism And The Postcolonial State In Africa: Woman's Point Of View
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14 pages in length. The writer discusses what the concept of rights truly means in relation to African gender inequity, with the general consensus reflecting the respect for and appreciation of one's own unrestricted distinctiveness amidst the broader social spectrum. This is the basis upon which contemporary African women's human rights groups glean their strength and continue to move forward in their quest for equitable gender treatment. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: TLCAfNatlWm.rtf

Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) Immigrant Women in the Australian Workforce
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A 10 page paper in which the writer provides an overview of the problem and research surrounding the issue of NESB. Critics have suggested that large populations of non-English speaking background (NESB) unemployed overburden the welfare and social security systems, and in their attempts to enter the workforce, also strain the country's remedial adult education programs. But in light of maintained immigration levels over the past decade, the path towards changing the negative perceptions of NESB immigrants within the workforce is imbedded not only in a system designed to enhance language skill development, but also to dispel the myths related to their lack of skills and their long-term impacts on the job market. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Nesb.wps

Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf : A Choreopoem"
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses patriarchy, gender and ethnic oppression as they relate to Shange's work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCcolrd.rtf