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    BOOK REVIEW That She May Dance Again: Rising from Pain of Violence Against women in the Philippine Catholic Church‚ by Sr. Nila V. Bermisa‚ MM‚ Women and Gender Commission- Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (WGC- AMRSP)‚ 2011‚ 195 pp. Sexual abuse is one of the common diseases of our country. Wherever you go‚ there are cases of women being sexually assaulted. It may be in the family‚ in the workplace‚ in the society and even in the Church where the person belongs to

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    discrimination on this part of the population? The “range” for this question indicates that the effects include: -Marginalisation (and excluding people) -Disempowerment‚ -Low self esteem (by devaluing people) -Restricted Opportunities (failure to thrive and negative behaviours)‚ -Loss of Rights is also a result (from disempowerment) While we have Legislation in this country to prevent Discrimination‚ it can be argued that these are not enough‚ on their own‚ to eliminate it. We also have

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    for people with impairment to participate within society‚ they must “receive personal assistance as of right‚ not to be dependent on care or kindness” (Shakespeare 2006‚ p. 145). The sentimentalising of the care role can also pose the risk of disempowerment in which the person with impairment “may feel taken over‚ spoken for‚ undermined‚ disempowered or even neglected and abused by carers” (Shakespeare 2006‚ p.

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    this means that you are unable to participate in the health and care services that are available. In health and social care no one should be marginalised no matter what their background is circumstances‚ sexual orientation on health status. * Disempowerment means that a group of people are discriminated‚ by the health professions it could be the nurses in the hospital discriminating against the group of people; this also means that the group of people cannot stand up for themselves because they are

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    "[13] Thus‚ promoting gender equality is seen as an encouragement to greater economic prosperity.[12] For example‚ nations of the Arab world that deny equality of opportunity to women were warned in a 2008 United Nations-sponsored report that this disempowerment is a critical factor crippling these nations’ return to the first rank of global leaders in commerce‚ learning and culture.[16] In 2010‚ the European Union opened the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in Vilnius‚ Lithuania to promote

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    explores the social and cultural expectations of this period through the moderation of the important characteristics of sense and sensibility. The novel is a sharply detailed portraiture that represents the large difference between power and disempowerment relating to that time of between the English eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries through the many areas surrounding such themes as courtship‚ the importance of marriage‚ the role and power of women‚ love‚ money and social classes. The

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    Volkswagen AG will once again exhibit a joint project at Volkswagen Automobil Forum Unter den Linden in Berlin. This year‘s theme „Impuls + Bewegung“ (Impulse + Movement) raises the issue of how consumers today are caught between self-determination and disempowerment‚ especially in urban spaces. One of the exhibits examines an everyday object from this angle - a shoe. What is so special about it? It is neither custom-made over many hours‚ nor one among many mass-produced shoes. This shoe is printed. Melonia

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    This criterion will assess the effects of three different discriminatory practices on individuals using any health and social care services. Effects of discriminatory practice: - Low self-esteem - Negative behaviours - Disempowerment Negative behaviours Negative behaviour is being aggressive and violent towards a person or a thing. For example if someone is getting discriminated for any reason such as age‚ culture‚ sex‚ appearance or many more their behaviour may become negative towards

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    her well glossed bottom lip and shrugged her shoulders.” Shrugging her shoulders give an indication of uncertainty‚ her body language implies that she’s hiding something making her fall into the weak position as women therefore highlighting the disempowerment of women. on page 105‚ “she flounced off the bed and came back with the tequila‚ and like a defiant child took a slug straight from the bottle.” This quote gives an indication of her childish behavior as she is drinking straight from the bottle

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    issues in Aboriginal peoples are all strongly tied to the process of colonialism and impact of displacement from land‚ family‚ loss of culture and traditional practices‚ hence this disconnect from spiritual‚ cultural and physical heritage led to disempowerment of many Aboriginal peoples and subsequently results in the maladaptive behaviours such as substance abuse‚ alcoholism‚ suicide and interpersonal violence (Alfred‚ 2009). Similarly‚ colonial experiences have led to the mistrust of the dominating

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