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| There is not a growing split between the rich and the poor. |
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- often have children
- money goes home
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- does not spend moneyon infrastructure
- the only country where men can vote and women cannot
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| women are kept in sexual slavery to pay off debts |
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refers to the large number of women in poverty relative to men |
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- small loans are given out instead of large ones
- mainly for women
- default rate for financing is lower than that of regular loans
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| first microfinancing bank, founded by Nobel Prize winner Muhammed Yunas in 1983 |
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| Trafficking in Europe has increased since the fall of the Iron Curtain |
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| when men from first world countries travel to third world countries with the intent of using exotic women for sex |
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| Promoters of Trafficking and Sexual Slavery |
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- Poverty
- Globalization
- Displacement/Dislocation
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| transnational industry which tricks and recruits women into sexual slavery |
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| Thailand and Sex Industry |
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| sex industry is 13 times more profitable than other businesses |
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| Threats against Trafficked Prostitutes |
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| What determines what can be done about the sex trade industry? |
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| What makes trafficking worse? |
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| There is a growing fundamentalist movement in the United States |
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| Recruiting Location for Fundamentalist Islam in the United States |
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| Rape exists in all Muslim countries. |
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| Mohammed's first wife and employer whom he relied upon |
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- feminist role model
- events surrounding her life contribute to Muslim religious law
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- Muslim prophet
- in his last address demanded that women be treated with respect and honor
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| head covering for Islamic women |
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| body covering for Islamic women |
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| What happens if an Islamic woman is not properly attired? |
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| she is beaten and/or arrested |
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| Which country has the strictest dress code? |
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| Islamic holy war which they claim against Western society |
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| What is the punishment for zina? |
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| Islamic women always know when they are divorced. |
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| Islamic women cannot refuse sex from her husband. |
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| What happens if an Islamic woman does not produce a son? |
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| the husband may marry another woman |
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| Women can be married to the Koran. |
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| What happens when women are married to the Koran. |
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| Islamic law based on sayings attributed to Mohammed, often conservative and supportive of gender roles |
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| sayings attributed to Mohammed |
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| When are women seen as honorary males? |
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| holy city of Islam where they pray five times a day and pilgrimage to |
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| What is the fastest growing religion? |
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| Why do Westerners convert to Islam? |
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| they see safety and comfort in the religion |
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| when a man kills a female in order to preserve family honor |
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| The Koran forbids honor killings. |
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| What happens when a man commits an honor killing? |
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| Can women drive in Saudi Arabia? |
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| Does Saudi Arabia forbid honor killings? |
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| What is the most conservative Islamic state? |
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| Which Islamic state has the most liberal dress code? |
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| United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
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| About what percentage of the people in the UAE are expatriates? |
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| Have the Taliban come back in Afghanistan? |
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- Sunni Islam movement
- stric, anti-modernst ideology
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| What does Iran list women as? |
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| a threat to national security |
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| rules over relgious law in Iran |
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| current president of Iran |
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| imposition of male values in the political and economic structures |
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| Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) |
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| mutilation of the female genitals by cutting, excising, or infibulating |
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| a religious and cultural practice |
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| preservation of virginity and beautification of women |
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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| created in 1948 and lists human rights |
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| respecting cultural differences |
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| throwing oneself on the husbands funeral pyre |
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| What is a main reason women's rights are abused? |
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| because women do not know their rights |
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| policy in China restricting couples to one child |
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| What are the products of the one-child policy? |
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| sex-selective abortions and female infanticide |
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| the abortion of female fetuses when the son is desired |
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| the killing of female infant when a male is preferred |
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| How do Palestinian wome fighting alongside men feel? |
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| as though they should not serve men through Islamic law |
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