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Amanda Stueve

Africa --COUNTDOWN TO 2015 / IPS Inter Press Service - 0 views

  • This process has to begin with an attitude change in the people.
  • The international system cannot determine for the people the needs, however obvious the needs may be.
  • MDGs are derived from the international system rather than the domestic environment. They are thus perceived to be foreign, however good the intentions may be.
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  • Institutions in many African countries are derived from developed countries’ institutions. This makes the whole idea of independence derisory.
  • elimination of proxy wars that were constantly blamed for the underdevelopment of the third world, third world leaders would re-channel their resources in worthy directions, such as health care, education and poverty eradication.
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    An opinion is put forth here that solutions for Africa must come from Africans so that they have legitimacy. Parochialism is a hindrance to solving political and healthcare issues in Africa (because people are not aware of their rights and privileges?).
elligant35

In Pursuit of Equity in Education: Using ... - Google Book Search - 0 views

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      Links the United States poblem of race, education, and poverty to a lack of accountability by the government. The government did not even recognize they had a proble with poverty until the 1960's Civil Rights Movement. The structure of the government still has some inequalities that deal with race and poverty.
Josh Sparkman

Resources : Child Soldiers : Human Rights : QUNO - 0 views

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    Has good first hand experiences from the children themselves
rhanley

LexisNexis(TM) Academic - Document - 0 views

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    Testimony of Anwen Hughes as Senior COuncil...  on Human Rights and children as soldiers
naytanda

Awesome Library - Social_Studies - 0 views

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    This site is loaded with information about world peace, heroes, human rights, etc...
elligant35

National Poverty Center - The University of Michigan - 0 views

shared by elligant35 on 28 May 07 - Cached
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      This image shows how poverty is more prevalent in single-mother families. This poverty rate is higher than all the people impoverished in the United States. The trace this chart from the Civil Rights Era. Although this has dropped, it seems to be on the rise again.
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