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Apartheid in Israel - 0 views

www.latimes.com/...-apartheid-20140518-story.html Israeli-Palestinian conflict Israel Palestine Apartheid John Kerry South Africa Jewish State
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  • mharcour on 06 Apr 15
     
    In response to remarks made by Secretary of State, John Kerry, this LA Times article examines the claims of apartheid in Israel and offers evidence in support of it.
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Gender equality? It doesn't exist anywhere in the world - LA Times - 1 views

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  • t's been more than 100 years since the world began observing International Women's Day, and yet no country has achieved full gender equality.
  • But in Yemen, the country that ranks lowest according to the same data,
  • About two-thirds of countries in the developing world have achieved gender equality in primary education according to U.N. data, but the progress is less substantial at the secondary school level.
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  • In Africa and South Asia for example, boys remain 1.55 times more likely to complete secondary education than girls, according to World Bank data.
  • Even when girls make it into the classroom they still “continue to face particular risk in chaotic conflict settings,”
  • n Pakistan, for example, the Taliban has declared war on girls' education, and frequently attacks educational institutions
  • “They don’t translate into greater equality in the labor market,” said Sarah Gammage, director of gender, economic empowerment and livelihoods at the International Center for Research on Women. “Around the world women have disproportionately been part of the informal economy.”
  • hey are typically responsible for providing care services for family members, Gammage said. Other duties include child rearing, cooking, and other household chores. It is work for which they are not paid. Women perform three times more unpaid work than men, according to the U.N.’s 2015 Human Development Report.
  • eing able to make decisions, such as voting, owning land, and deciding whom to marry “is where we see the most significant difference between the least developed and developed countries,” said Varia.
  • In Saudi Arabia, women are not permitted to drive and cannot open bank accounts without their husbands' permissio
  • Uganda forbids women to gain permanent custody of children after a divorce,
  • Honor killings, the traditional practice that allows the slaying of a family member who is believed to have brought dishonor on a family, claims thousands of women’s lives every year in South and Central Asia.
  • pvaldez2 on 08 Mar 16
     
    This article is a response to International Women's Day, saying that gender equality doesn't exist in the world. In the middle of the article, they show a chart of the gender gap between men and women. Egypt is last in the chart.
  • mcooka on 08 Mar 16
     
    This article goes into depth about the inequality in the Middle East which extends to today. This looks at the ideas of democratization which would promote higher education. Greater rights for women. and improve infant morality rates 
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Iran-backed rebels loot Yemen files about U.S. spy operations - LA Times - 0 views

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  • Iran-backed rebels loot Yemen files about U.S. spy operations
  • tdford333 on 13 Apr 15
     
    The loss of the intelligence networks, in addition to the escalating conflict, contributed to the Obama administration's decision to halt drone strikes in Yemen for two months, to vacate the U.S. Embassy in Sana last month and to evacuate U.S. special operations and intelligence teams from a Yemeni air base over the weekend.
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Egypt's youths feel disenfranchised after revolution - Los Angeles Times - 1 views

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  • katelynklug on 06 Nov 14
     
    Egypt's 2011 uprising was often referred to as a youth revolution, but two years after longtime President Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office, many in the younger generation say that they are not represented by the Brotherhood or any other oppositional forces. The demands of the revolution the youth led have not been met. Conditions are worsening. The youth are increasingly disillusioned with the idea of political hope and feel like leaving the country may be their best option for fulfillment. The youth feel their is a large disparity between their ideas and demands and the political desires of the older generation who is favored for their wisdom, experience, and resources. Although the youth have popular support, they lack the resources to successfully run a political race and are therefore left out of the process of change. This means it is left up to the older generation of politicians to appease their demands, if only to prevent more protests.
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Op-Ed The neocons: They're back, and on Iran, they're uncompromising as ever - 1 views

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  • jordanbrown16 on 13 Apr 15
     
    Neocons say "the U.S. has no choice but to go on the attack before Iran explodes a nuclear bomb and becomes a regional superpower with the ability to destroy Israel."
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Syrian army gains in north and south; two rebel-held towns agree to cease-fire - 0 views

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  • blantonjack on 10 Feb 16
     
    As the Syrian army pushes toward the Turkish border in the north, the government is also achieving major gains in strategic southern Syria near the Jordanian frontier. Aided by Russian airstrikes. Syrian officials have vowed to close off the Turkish and Jordanian borders, long crucial conduits
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Islamic State-linked fighters seizing oil-rich land in Libya - 0 views

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  • cthomase on 11 Feb 16
     
    This is another example of how ISIS or ISIS inspired fighters are increasingly moving their operations Westward into Libya. As they continue to lose ground and support in Iraq and Syria, they find an area that is basically the wild west when it comes to terror. Libya has no stable government and no real solution to combat the influx of ISIS.
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Al Qaeda in Yemen using chaos of war to carve out terrorism haven - 0 views

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  • jherna2a on 05 Apr 16
     
    According to the article, Al Qaeda has taken advantage of the chaos going on in Yemen. With Saudi Arabia preoccupied with the Houthis, the terrorist organization has captured a military base, stolen more than $1 million from a Yemeni bank, and freed prisoners from a prison in Mukalla.
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