Factsheet briefing on gender issues in migration and urbanisation as they relate to poverty Produced by UN Women as a supplementary briefing for the Consultative Group meeting 6 December 2011 Hanoi GENDER AND MIGRATION International context and standards: Michelle Bachelet‚ Executive Director of UN Women: “The absence of legal and social protections in many countries – and failure to implement and monitor gender-sensitive labour and migration laws where they exist – makes care workers vulnerable
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Why did the U.S enter the Vietnam War? Background: Much of Vietnam was occupied by France before ww2‚ but these French territories were lost during the War as the Japanese set up a puppet regime in this time. The French tried to regain their former territories around the Early 50s‚ but failed in their attempt as they were defeated by the Communist general Vo Nguyen Giap. They left behind them a buffer zone splitting the North and South of Vietnam. After French troops had withdrawn the Vietnamese
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South Vietnam winning the war. It is a shame that neither Kennedy nor previous presidents could see that Vietnam only wanted to be a free and independent country ruled only by themselves (Moss‚ 2010). Kennedy’s assassination was a turning point in the war for many reasons. Under Kennedy there had been talks about removing troops from Vietnam. Kennedy wanted to lessen American’s involvement into the war. When he was assassinated‚ this led to yet another leader taking charge of the war in Vietnam
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United States Learned from the Vietnam War The United States made lots of mistakes in Vietnam. It stayed too long in the war‚ it failed to gather intelligence that could have saved lives‚ and we made rash decisions regarding the public’s reaction to us being there. The United States‚ at the most part‚ ignored these lessons as we continued some years later to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. But one mistake we did learn from was the allowance of free media in the war zone‚ and how never to do
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Jesse Arneberg American History Group 4 Collaboration Weapons Used in the Vietnam War The Vietnam War‚ which lasted from 1954 to 1975‚ ushered in a new era of weapons‚ bringing forth new tactics and technology. The Vietnam War was a war located mainly in the jungles and forests of South Vietnam. The war was fought between the communist regime of North Vietnam and their counterparts in the south‚ the Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam‚ who had allies like the USA‚ and resulted in over 3 million deaths‚ including
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The Cold War: Communist China The Cold War was a tension-filled period that started when the anti-communist beliefs and the anti-democracy beliefs clashed. The main conflict in the Cold War was between the Soviet Union and the United States of America‚ and it lasted from 1947 to 1991 (44 years). From the USA point of view‚ communism was an idea that wasn’t right. The country believed that the world would be a much better place if communism was replaced by democracy. However‚ the countries that supported
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did the US lose the war in Vietnam? Answer with reference to the concept of insurgency/guerrilla warfare. The longest war in the history of the United States of America has taken place in Vietnam during the Cold War. “The US fear of a communist Europe led them to intervene in a war that was not seen in a vital importance or that would not be in the country`s interest to gain any advantage” (Bernstein 1987/8‚ p. 86). One of the main reasons why the US lost the war in Vietnam was the lack of preparation
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The Vietnam War was a civil war‚ a war between the ideologies of capitalism and communism and a war that involved the great powers and their smaller allies‚ including Australia. The Australians were involved in the Vietnam War from 1962 until 1972. The main reasons that the Australians were involved were the fear of communism‚ the forward defence policy and Australia’s commitment of troops to the United States and the two alliance agreements. The main reason that made Australia involved in the Vietnam
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Grade 12. How did ideology fuel the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was a battleground for opposing ideologies‚ a proxy war‚ and a holdover from the Second World War and the prewar conflicts. This escalated tensions between opposing the 2 opposing ideologiesof the world Capitalism held by America and the western world and communism held by the Soviets and Chinese The French had been a colonial ruling power in Indochina which comprised of what was to be Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia in the 1800s.France
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public distaste for the Vietnam War had a huge effect on the cold War and Proxy war. Richard Nixon was elected President after promising that he end the war honorably and get our troops home. The Vietnam War left a lasting effect on how proxy wars are conducted today. The US is today more likely to just provide aid and assistance rather than sending in ground forces as proxies (Trueman‚ 2017). The reluctance of the US to send ground troops to Syria during its civil war is proof that the US has
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