Women's Empowerment Collaborative Essay
Post your paragraphs here. Indicate the argument: thesis or pro-argument; antithesis or con-argument; synthesis or conclusion. Puts the names of the authors on the post.
For homework, develop an introduction and take three paragraphs and structure an essay.
Complete the exercises on pages 329-332 (1st edition) and pages 319-323 (2nd edition). These exercises help students with in-text citations. If you want to continue in the book, the next exercises (ellipses will be assigned for the Synthetica essay.)
Homework is to continue reading in Half the Sky. We will spend Monday and Tuesday in Literature Circles and writing about themes from the book. We will complete the Synthetica essay in class next Thursday. Wednesday we will do Grammar Exam 1. Come to class on time.
Post your paragraphs here. Indicate the argument: thesis or pro-argument; antithesis or con-argument; synthesis or conclusion. Puts the names of the authors on the post.
For homework, develop an introduction and take three paragraphs and structure an essay.
Complete the exercises on pages 329-332 (1st edition) and pages 319-323 (2nd edition). These exercises help students with in-text citations. If you want to continue in the book, the next exercises (ellipses will be assigned for the Synthetica essay.)
Homework is to continue reading in Half the Sky. We will spend Monday and Tuesday in Literature Circles and writing about themes from the book. We will complete the Synthetica essay in class next Thursday. Wednesday we will do Grammar Exam 1. Come to class on time.
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Con Argument Group - Andrew Yount, Cristian Barrionuevo, John Rawson, Crystal Cortez , Phil Redd
The empowerment of women can lead to a constant tug of war between genders. You can compare the situation to that of a parent with two children, if one is favored over the other then the other child will want the same treatment and thus a never ending cycle forms. By giving women more rights than men, we are making women seem weak and inferior by giving these chances to them instead of letting them achieve them on their own merit. Although, we are against the idea of giving more rights to women than men, we do support the idea of having equal rights for both genders in all aspects of life.
Juan Li
Prof. Wanda Sabir
English 1A 8:00-9:00am
“Half the Sky”
My group has discussed the pro-agrument thesis yesterday. Here is a paragraph which we worte:
The book “Half the Sky” focuses on women’s issues in the developing world. I t tells some true stories and tries to help the reader to see the problems that women have in the world. For example, kidnaping, brothels, and beating women. It makes the reader think about what really happens to half of the world’s population—women. Careing women’s empowerment is improtant and equality is everybody’s basic rights. Women needs to attain for their own rights and our society need to accept women’s empowerment.
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Jonathan Howell
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50
4 March 2010
Half the Sky Womens' Empowerment
Womens' empowerment is essential to overcome gender inequality which is experienced throughout the world. Half the Sky focus on three “…particular abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender-based violence,…and maternal mortality.” It is a compilation of stories regarding the unfortunate state of women’s affairs that is felt in every rung of every society. This state particularly effects the impoverished. Once knowledge is instilled into young women they are much more likely to stand up for themselves and take control of their lives and situations. Half the Sky suggests “…solutions such as girls’ education and microfinance.”
Ivorionda Owens, Cortny Lozano, Arely Razo
Professor Sabir 8-9
English 1A
4 March 2010
Pro Argument
Women in Control
In many parts of the world, women are not in charge of their lives. some have been sold into prostitution or have been abused by their husbands. some of these women are tired of being treated like this and would like to get control of their lives. Through organizations women have been able to gain more control of their lives.
Goretti was a women that was abused and controlled by her husband. she heard of a CARE program and thought of attending but her husband did not allow her. Although Goretti was not allowed to go she went and “The members promptly elected Goretti as their president” (p200). Through this program Gorreti received financial help to help grow her crops. This made her business of banana beer possible. Now she was in control of what the money would be spent on and her husband stopped abusing her. Goretti was able to give her children the education that they deserved. Life for her and her family became better.
Juan Li
Prof. Wanda Sabir
English 1A 8:00-9:00am
“Half the Sky”
My group has discussed the pro-agrument thesis yesterday. Here is a paragraph:
The book “Half the Sky” focuses on women’s issues in the developing world. It tells some true stories and tries to help the reader to see the problems that women have in the world. For example, the book talked about, "Momm, like many brothel girls, had become addicted to methamphetamines. Often the brothel owners give girls meth to keep them compliant and dependent. In her village, the craving had overwhelmed her, and she was consumed by the need to go back to he brothel and get some meth."(page39) It makes the reader think about what really happens to half of the world’s population—women. Careing women’s empowerment is improtant and equality is everybody’s basic rights. Women needs to attain for their own rights and our society need to accept women’s empowerment.
Huarui Wu
English 1A 8am
The trafficking and brutal treatment of women in some countries today is as common and overlooked as it was some centuries ago. The book “Half the Sky” cites some of the most horrifying examples of women being treated brutally and inhumanly. Human trafficking and modern slavery are caused by social and gender inequality while the persistence of such activities are due to the corruption within law enforcement and a general lack of opposition and sympathy from the general public. This is not only inhuman in that basic human rights are being denied to women, but also bars half of the population from contributing to society. Many men and women have already helped to educate and standup for women in these countries, and have shown the success of women empowerment. Through their work and care, these women are able to receive education and eventually go on to continue the process of empowering women themselves. The United Nations Development Program summed up the mounting research very well: “Women’s empowerment helps raise economic productivity and reduce infant mortality. It contributes to improved health and nutrition. It increases the chances of education for the next generation.” Clearly women’s empowerment is not only helpful but necessary for the development of these countries and society as a whole.
Victor Ani
Gerren Franklin
Leonardo Martin
Julian Shipnuck
Edith Gonzalez
English 1A-9am
Across the globe women have been oppressed by many factors since the beginning of time. Women’s empowerment is not something new to the world but risen amongst women over the past century. One act that happened in the early 1900’s was when women stood up for themselves so they would be seen as equals and have the right to vote in America. The book written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn titled, Half The Sky, focuses on discussing women oppression in all four corners of the globe . The book focuses on three specific issues: “sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender based violence, including honor killings and mass rape; and maternal mortality” (xxi). Women empowerment is key to eliminating women’s oppression.
Romina Sarmiento, Jennie Lo, Lisa Huey, Nico Baquiran
Professor Sabir
English 1A 9-9:50a
4 March 2010
Pro Argument Half the Sky
For many years, women around the world have been victims of extreme violence that is hard to comprehend. Learning to speak up is the strongest empowerment training. It can show girls that femininity does not entail docility, and can nurture assertiveness so that girls and women can stand up for themselves. The authors, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, of Half the Sky state, "The first step toward greater justice is to transform that culture of female docility and subservience, so that women themselves become more assertive and demanding"(53). HEAL is a hospital in Congo that treats battered women. Women get treatment for their wounds: physical, mental, and emotional. They also receive education about their economic options. The authors state that Harper’s skills training program for women awaiting surgery helps the women occupy their time “learning to sew, read, weave baskets, make soap, and bake bread. Typically, a woman chooses one of the skills and then works with the trainer until she is confident that she can make a living at it. When the women leaves, HEAL Africa gives her the raw material she needs,” which she then uses to establish her own economic autonomy (91). Women’s empowerment is the ability of women to overcome obstacles to achieve gender equality.
Chelsea Eomurian
James Barker
Brittany Tuazon
Aptisam
English 1A
9-9:50AM
Synthesis
Women's empowerment is crucial to family households, communities, and the society of a country. Giving women more financial power through microfinance can bring a family out of poverty but also create tension between the dynamics in a marriage. Some men, like Bernard of Burundi, have a new found appreciation for their wives. “I see my wife making money now, and bringing cash into the house,” he said. “I have more respect for her now” (Kristof and WuDunn 203). Education and women’s empowerment helps women gain a more powerful role in the family and elevates the society as a whole.
Sabah said
Kimthuy Tran
Lupe Romarez
Ahu Yildirim
English 1A
March 4.2010
Mon- Thurs
Group Introduction to Women Empowerment
“Half The Sky” shows how women are treated in various situations. Women should have the same rights as men. Women have the rights to be free from all forms of domestic violence. Women have the same rights to bodily anatomy as men as regards to their reproductive organs. For example in chapter 3 Usha stood up to Akka YAdav gang in fear for her life because she filed a police report, and the Akka Yadav went after Usha and threatened her of raping and killing Usha. But Usha refused that would happen. She cursed them and threatened to kill them. Later the Neighbors united as one and stood up to help Usha when they saw her fighting back. This is an example of women empowerment.
Sabah said
Kimthuy Tran
Lupe Romarez
Ahu Yildirim
English 1A
March 4.2010
Mon- Thurs
Group Introduction to Women Empowerment
“Half The Sky” shows how women are treated in various situations. Women should have the same rights as men. Women have the rights to be free from all forms of domestic violence. Women have the same rights to bodily anatomy as men as regards to their reproductive organs. For example in chapter 3 Usha stood up to Akka YAdav gang in fear for her life because she filed a police report, and the Akka Yadav went after Usha and threatened her of raping and killing Usha. But Usha refused that would happen. She cursed them and threatened to kill them. Later the Neighbors united as one and stood up to help Usha when they saw her fighting back. This is an example of women empowerment.
Kyle Williams
David Atchison
Corinne Williams
Veronica Flores
Lucia Fallah
Against Women’s Empowerment
In many countries, the mistreatment of women is the norm and “these attitudes are embedded in the culture and will change only with education and local leadership” (Kristof and WuDunn, 67). If this is normal for the culture and women aren’t going to stand up for themselves, why should there be any help to rise up and stop it. In certain areas in Africa, the value for food or other things is much more than it is for the children and women because they are willing to put them on the line for the rest of the family. There is ultimately no punishment for a rapist. In Ethiopia, a girl was raped and then forced to marry the man who raped and abused her. Being that there was no punishment for the man, the man was able to marry the young girl after his crime was committed. This action was done on purpose because the man was not able to pay the dowry to the family for her marriage. This can is a good thing because now the girl does not have to worry about finding a man and doesn’t have to worry about another man trying to court her. Since Marriage is a main goal for girls in these cultures, isn’t this a good thing?
Is rape a good thing if the goal for most girls is achieved through this vehicle?
In Ethiopian society prior to the advocacy work of former victims, such courtship was seen by those in charge "men," as a good thing, but after becoming educated about the harm this causes to the relationship, often irrevocable harm, men and boys see that the price for such wins is not worth it when it brings such sorrow. One boy in the film, "Wonshiet" (sp) said he would marry a woman who chooses him as well.
Many of the student arguments here are well-stated and supported. The antithesis or con-argument, is the hardest; who wants to be against women's empowerment, but obviously many people in the world are, otherwise there would not have been a need for the book, "Half the Sky." When one thinks about female circumcision, bride prices, rules to keep girls "pure" or "fresh virgins," and other rules which ignore a girl's right to education, often these practices are traditions which have not been examined.
One man in the film expressed surprise that women worked so hard and so much more than the men in his culture and promised to help around the compound to lessen their burden.
It seems as though measuring a person's worth through how much they contribute to the household income is not just a western concept. Look at the economic boon in American households and the shift in women's rights during WW2 when women left their homes and went to work in the shipyards. When the men came back, these women didn't retreat into their former docility, they kept their positions as breadwinners and the men had to adapt.
Housewives as a vocation didn't gain any dignity until recently when men started taking advantage of female breadwinners and started becoming the primary caregivers for their kids or house husbands. I think this is the wrong attitude, a patriarchal one at that, that despite gains in women's rights, the lens is still male-centered and changes only when men step into shoes previously occupied by women.
The woman who earns money gains respect, PERIOD, in the United States and in Niger, Ethiopia and Burundi and elsewhere in the world. The poor woman is a burden her family wants to quickly shift to someone else, namely an in-law. I wonder if women and girls are treated so callously, what happens to the natural environment, do such societies take care of the land and its foliage and wildlife?
Monday, we will look at a few or these arguments and edit them for clarity, practice signal phrases and block quotes.
Veronica Flores
Professor Sabir
English 1A
5 March 2010
Women’s Empowerment Essay
Half The Sky” shows how women are treated in various situations. Women should have the same rights as men. Women have the rights to be free from all forms of domestic violence. Women have the same rights to bodily anatomy as men as regards to their reproductive organs. For example in chapter 3 Usha stood up to Akka YAdav gang in fear for her life because she filed a police report, and the Akka Yadav went after Usha and threatened her of raping and killing Usha. But Usha refused that would happen. She cursed them and threatened to kill them. Later the Neighbors united as one and stood up to help Usha when they saw her fighting back. This is an example of women empowerment.
Mass rapes have been reported at stunning levels in recent conflicts. Half of the women in Sierra Leone endured sexual violence or the threat of it during the upheavals in that country, and a United Nations report claims that 90 percent of girls and women over the age of three were sexually abused in parts of Liberia during civil war there. Honor rapes arise from an obsession with virginity and from the authorities’ indifference to injustices suffered by the poor and uneducated. Sherahah Syed, a prominent gynecologist in Karach, says that he frequently treats young girls from the slums after rapes. However, after he treated rape victims, he would tell the girls not to go to the police because the police would rape them (84). Will this be a way to prevent rape? Should we encourage the girls and women speak up or to hiding? This is really become an unsolved problem if no one come up to speak, however who can risk herself to speak up if the police is the danger stranger?
The empowerment of women can lead to a constant tug of war between genders. You can compare the situation to that of a parent with two children, if one is favored over the other then the other child will want the same treatment and thus a never ending cycle forms. By giving women more rights than men, we are making women seem weak and inferior by giving these chances to them instead of letting them achieve them on their own merit. Although, we are against the idea of giving more rights to women than men, we do support the idea of having equal rights for both genders in all aspects of life.
Women’s empowerment is crucial to help make this world a better place. The importance of women’s rights in developing countries is neglected because many women do not have the courage to speak. Some would way that if women cannot take a stand for themselves, then why should anyone else? This is why we should help bring attention to this issue, and be the voice that these women lack. Education takes a big role in women’s failure to speak up. They lack the knowledge of the rights that they deserve. We must take a stand for education in developing countries. With education, all else will fall into place.
SunJungPark
Emmily Manown
Summera Farooq
English 1A 8:00-8:50
Professor Wanda Sabir
March, 8 .2010
"Half the Sky" group
Women’s Empowerment helps raise economic success, contributes to improved health as well as increasing the chances of education in developing countries. Woman like Saima were able to buy back her family and recruit other woman to join and improve the community (185). Or women like Edna who built a maternity hospital for poor woman (123). Brothels in third world countries take away women’s rights and chance for an education. Ainul Bibi’s brothel kept women and their children so the girls cannot run away (71). In “Half the Sky” women’s empowerment helps accomplish situations and health as well as taking away their freedom of choices.
Joshua Duong
Mokhtar Mohamed
Victor Guerrero
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50
4 March 2010
Womens' Empowerment
Womens' empowerment is essential to overcome gender inequality which is experienced throughout the world. Half the Sky focus on three “…particular abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender-based violence,…and maternal mortality.” It is a compilation of stories regarding the unfortunate state of women’s affairs that is felt in every rung of every society. This state particularly effects the impoverished. Once knowledge is instilled into young women they are much more likely to stand up for themselves and take control of their lives and situations. Half the Sky suggests “…solutions such as girls’ education and microfinance.”
Brittany Tuazon
March 11, 2010
Wanda Sabir
English 1A 9:00AM
Empowerment essay
In order to affect the lives of these women, they must be liberated from the oppression of their society. We cannot change all hearts of men that they’ve been condition to believe since their grandfathers. But we can influence these women to believe in their inner power. The women that were liberated and empowered influence their community in variable ways. Many other women so badly abused, with no stark of hope for the future rebuilt their lives. However, those who were saved reconstructed their communities with banks, schools, and personal businesses to bring money into their homes. In hopes these changed women can inspire the people, the children to change the future of their present countries. Half the sky suggests, “The solution begins with women. Educate and empower them and change will follow.”
In many parts of the world, women are not in charge of their lives. some have been sold into prostitution or have been abused by their husbands. some of these women are tired of being treated like this and would like to get control of their lives. Through organizations women have been able to gain more control of their lives.
Goretti was a women that was abused and controlled by her husband. she heard of a CARE program and thought of attending but her husband did not allow her. Although Goretti was not allowed to go she went and “The members promptly elected Goretti as their president” (p200). Through this program Gorreti received financial help to help grow her crops. This made her business of banana beer possible. Now she was in control of what the money would be spent on and her husband stopped abusing her. Goretti was able to give her children the education that they deserved. Life for her and her family became better.
The empowerment of women can lead to a constant tug of war between genders. You can compare the situation to that of a parent with two children, if one is favored over the other then the other child will want the same treatment and thus a never ending cycle forms. By giving women more rights than men, we are making women seem weak and inferior by giving these chances to them instead of letting them achieve them on their own merit. Although, we are against the idea of giving more rights to women than men, we do support the idea of having equal rights for both genders in all aspects of life.
Women's empowerment is crucial to family households, communities, and the society of a country. Giving women more financial power through microfinance can bring a family out of poverty but also create tension between the dynamics in a marriage. Some men, like Bernard of Burundi, have a new found appreciation for their wives. “I see my wife making money now, and bringing cash into the house,” he said. “I have more respect for her now” (Kristof and WuDunn 203). Education and women’s empowerment helps women gain a more powerful role in the family and elevates the society as a whole.
Nseke Ngilbus
Prof Sabir
Eng A
March 16, 20 Half the Sky
The book Half the Sky written by the two brilliant Nobel peace prize winning journalists Nicolas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn exposes the horrific treatment that women are force to endure in less develop nations. These women have virtually no freedoms and are constantly oppressed. Oppression manifests itself in women being beaten, rape, dehumanize, and even killed. The factors that contribute to women oppression are the failure of politics, education system, and the culture and the religion. Half the Sky illustrates how many women can only achieve freedom through educating themselves; women who are educated have the power to confront and challenge the problems that lead in their oppression.
Half the Sky illustrates that politics is oblivious to women’s freedoms and allow them to be oppressed; in turn, women can only achieve freedom through educating themselves. According to the United Nations, human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise around the world, it spans over 120 countries and has more than three million girls being traffic. Most of the victims originates from less develop countries. The major reason why human trafficking is prevalent in these nations is because of their government impunity; the government has “the tool to crush modern slavery…, but the political will is lacking (24).” Uneducated women are the ones primary effected by trafficking; the government does not value their lives. In India, an intelligence officer said that CDs are more important than these women lives; he stated that he would arrest someone stealing a CD rather than someone kidnapping them. In addition, a “women went to the police to report she had been gang-raped…, the police responded by gang-raping her themselves (36).” These governments do not protect the interest of these women, in turn; these women have to change the government. Education is the first step to change; these women have been ignorant for centuries making their rights simple to usurp. By educating themselves, they will attain knowledge of the injustice that they are confronted with everyday. With this knowledge, they would galvanize, organize, and begin to protest against the establishment. They can get into politics and make women oppression a key issue; beleaguer men until they pass legislation that will stop oppression. As women education expands, and ignorance decline; men will have no recourse but to stop usurping their rights, and grant them their freedom.
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