Essays on Cultural Survival

Feminism and women empowerment are growing across oceans at different levels. Today, in the 21st century, the issue of violence against women, inequities between men and women, among many other injustices are becoming a popular advocacy not only in the West but also in the developing countries. Women and feminist movements are even gaining its grounds in the grassroots. However, despite this development especially today in the 21st century, there are still countries that are lagging behind. Middle Eastern countries are now one of the hot spots regarding the regression of women empowerment. The dominion of patriarchy is still ...

Bilingual education

Definition ◊Bilingual education is the teaching of academic content by the use of two languages.

Development

◊Historically, the use of this concept began in USA. According to records, it was first used by the Poles community. Later, it was sanctioned in the United States of America(USA) by the Bilingual Education Act(1968) and further reinforced by the Supreme Court in 1974 (Baker, C., 2008). ◊Today, it is used to help students who have a limited proficiency in English. They can be taught using their native vernaculars. ◊The use of bilingual education in US has been majorly as a ...

On the 1st day of May 2013 the president of Guatemalan, Otto Perez Molina, declared a military action on four municipalities of his nation which would last for 30 days. They included the places surrounding El Escobal Silver mining. The El Escobal Silver mining is under the control of mining experts from Canada who were hired by the government. According to the Cultural Survival Organization the State of Siege suspended essential lawful rights of the indigenous people. The State of Siege banned any public assembly as well as peaceful protests, authorizing the military to search and lock up individuals protesting. ...

Luis Carcamo takes into analysis of Mapuche Political Prisoners who had gone to the court to seek justice in the Inter-American Court of Human rights. His analysis is based on the challenges that individuals are getting in the process of seeking justice based on the international law (Carcamo, 2013). The article aims at ensuring that there is full consideration of justice in the case of injustice that revolves around Mapuche community leaders who were subjected to pain in the United States of America (Carcamo, 2013). The article analyses that these individuals were exposed to extensive challenges in ...

Background

Over the past 100 years, more than 60 percent of world’s wetlands have been destroyed as people search for land to settle on, farm, and establish other types of business investments. Currently, wetlands cover 6 percent of the world’s surface providing a wide array of environmental services, including soil erosion control, water storage and filtration, a buffer against flooding, biodiversity maintenance, nutrient recycling, nursery for fisheries, and carbon storage among others.

However, destruction and drainage of these ecosystems has led to large amounts of carbon emissions equivalent to 40 tons of carbon per hectare per year for degraded swamp ...

The president of Guatemalan, Otto Perez Molina, on the 1st day of May 2013 made public military action on four municipalities for a period of 30 days. The municipalities included the areas around El Escobal Silver mining which is under the control of mining experts from Canada. According to the Cultural Survival Organization the State of Siege suspended essential lawful rights. The State of Siege banned any public assembly as well as peaceful protests, give the military the authority to search and lock up individuals. The president further explained the state of Siege was not aimed at barring any ...

Sometimes called the "unknown country" (Terra Australis Incognita), Australia is south of Indonesia and New Guinea, between the Pacific and Indian oceans. This magnificent continent has long been unknown. Even when detected, many years it was necessary to fully disclose. Many people thought that it was under the veil of magic and they were afraid to explore. The first people who settled in Australia were the ancestors of today's Aborigines. They arrived in this country about 40,000 years ago by swimming shallow seas that were later separated Australia from Asia. As the sea level rose, they retreated ...

Over the course of these readings, I learned a great deal about aboriginal relations among Native Americans, both in the United States and Canada. In this learning statement, a series of articles will be reflected upon following my reading of them, as well as how they fit into my spectrum of learning.

Duane Champagne’s article, “Self-determination and Activism Among American Indians in the United States 1971-1997” (1997), details the attempts by Native Americans to better their individual and collective situations in the face of rampant discrimination and disenfranchisement. The “Red Power” movement of the 1960s became a powerful symbol for radical ...