Critique of the RCMP Report on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Introduction Racial discrimination exists in Canada and is deeply entrenched in our history since contact. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report, “Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview” (2014), does not provide justifiable reasons and/or contributing factors for the deplorably high number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, because it does not address the underlying causality of this
Modern day Canada has been applauded and recognized as a nation which is culturally and ethnically diverse to different groups in society, but with much dismay, it does not include such diversity in the Senate. The notion within parliament is that “the senate has come to bolster representation of groups often underrepresented in parliament such as aboriginal minorities and women” (Senate, 2015). That acclaimed notion is proven not to be true and actually act as more of an unrepresentative part of
Although gender discrimination is overcome in many areas, women are still struggling for impartiality in the workplace. In my opinion, both individuals and governments should undertake the mission of overcoming this gender inequality. To start with, gender fairness needs to be promoted due to the current disadvantageous working condition for women. First, despite the equivalent skills and qualifications, men occupying the same jobs as women tend to be paid more, promoted more frequently, and receive
1.1 INTRODUCTION Indian Woman is playing a pivotal role in the expansion and growth of the economy. Over the past few years, the status of women in India is subject to many great changes. Women’s average contribution is estimated at 55% to 66% of the total labour1. A developed nation is one which has an equitable distribution of income and employment opportunities among its citizens irrespective of gender, caste, race, and creed so on. But unfortunately the whole world maneuvers as a sanctuary for
much have women progressed and the view from society changed from the Amelia Earhart’s time? For the past couple of centuries the idea of air transportation has grown very rapidly, and throughout the time none can overlook the significant contributions made by women aviators. Women have been able to break the glass ceiling and rise to the highest levels in the aviation industry since 1903. Despite the laws and policies that protect the rights of women, inequality between men and women still remains
level. Altough, later on Whitman will question religion, he does not hesitate to use a Holy Scripture reference in 4th line, parafresing the So the last shall be first, and the first last. (Matthew 20:16). By the change of roles, the author invokes an abolition of titles and a redistribution of roles and property. A new American nation would be born out of change . radix- root, change from the basic fabric In connectio to the preface to leaves of Grass, Whitman believed in the uniqueness and superiority
The introductory chapter will throw light upon the key concept of Subaltern Studies and Discourse Analysis. It gives the basic idea of post-colonialism as it is necessary to know about post-colonialism to understand subaltern theory. The postcolonial theory studies the ‘Third World’ nations as they are put in the margin by the ‘First World’ nations. Postcolonial literature is internally a diverse cluster of writers and writers. The postcolonial writers are involved in the struggle against the colonialism/imperialism
refugees that live on the outskirts of the camps. Women and girls make up about half of Dadaab’s population. and are responsible for managing the household, small-scale trading, and agricultural activities. Men on the other hand are responsible for providing for the family. Within the context of displacement and refugeehood, women have become the primary providers and controllers of income. This has led to a higher sense of self-esteem and standing for women in their communities and households as well
critically examine the causes of human trafficking. This is first done on a universial level and then on a Southeast Asian regional level. This is done in oder to deduce if the current policies of Thailand are able to successfully combat the crucial problem of human trafficking. The universal causes of human trafficking are poverty, globalization,
When intersectionality and migration is concerned, it is surprising that intersectionality as a theory or a concept is almost non-existing in migration scholarship. While the majority of ethnographic research on migrant women has an intersectional understanding of one’s experience, studying how gender, race, ethnicity class, religion or migrantness shape these experiences to some extent, the word intersectionality was almost never mentioned explicitly. One simple reason