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Research Question

How has the violence against women and girls in Iran violated human rights?

What does discrimination against women and girls in Iran effect gender equality?

How does the violence against women in Iran compare to other extremes within the culture?

*What parallels can be draw between the violence against women in Iran and women's roles within their society?

How does gender discrimination in Iran define its society?

How does the role of women in Iran change from gender discrimination?

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-19/world/iran.human.rights_1_human-rights-iranian-revolutionary-guards-corps-resolution?_s=PM:WORLD

I will have to look at specific cases where violence against women is being used within the country. I will also have to learn about what laws if any are in place to fix the issues and what women are doing about it. If they are able what is being done. I think that I will also need to look at what other nations are doing about the issue helping to improve it.

Research Proposal

I am interested in looking at women rights. Specifically I think I want to look at how women are being held back in their communities by things that they can't control like having their menstrual cycles. With this I want to look at the work that Elizabeth Scharpf did in Mozambique and developing inexpensive sanitary products. 


I also want to look more into other womens health issues in this country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/magazine/24volunteerism-t.html
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2010/oct/13/creator-banana-tree-sanitary-products-wins-major-award/


Possibly off of this I would want to do a different topic pertaining to womens health in the middle East or Africa. I know its a current issue and I'm really interested in know more about it.


I also want to look at women and education and in what ways they are being held back or discriminated against. I know that in some countries young girls are not able to go to school because they have to take on the duties of the home.

Deomocratic Republic of Congo

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/01/congo.atrocities.un.report/index.html?iref=allsearch-U.N. releases 'heartbreaking' human rights report on Congo

This article talked about crimes against humanity. The articles focused on the report that the United Nations released that documented these crimes and focused also on how these events are affecting women and children. They want to find ways in which to deal with the laws that are being violated "to deal with the legacy of these violations, including truth, justice, reparation and reform." From the article I think that the steps that are being taken to solve these problems are good. I think that by making the violence against these women publicized it will help the country in the future so that the young generation will not be one filled with violence. Ileka Atoko ambassador to the United Nations found the report appalling but that these events were not new. He alone with the Congonese government believe that justice must be taken.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/opinion/21herbert.html?_r=1&ref=congothedemocraticrepublicof  

This article talked about a Invisible war that is tearing apart the society. Its talking about the war of rape and destruction against women. I found this really sad because these women and children are no longer safe in their own homes being that there own husbands are the ones who are committing these acts. But what makes these more extreme is that the rapist are violating their victims with the guns and other tools making these brutalities even more shocking. These women have been public traumatized and mutilated and his had drastic physical and mental consequences.

Small Groupd Discussion Review

1.An idea that is still lingering after my discussion is how the Europeans were able to live with the way they were treating the Africans. I know it was talked about in the chapter but it is still something that I am continuing to think about

2. Evaluate your final group discussion.
I think the discussion started out well but the more we looked into the questions it got harder because a lot of the questions were repetitive. I liked working in the smaller group because we were able to build off of more of the ideas. I also liked how everyone was able to feel comfortable talking and giving their ideas and opinions.

King Leopolds Ghost Response to Reading pg. 1-31.

While reading I found myself very interested in the section about Affonso and his time while on the throne in Africa. What I liked in the reading about him was how it talked about him trying to end the slave trade. Something that I also thought was interesting was the Europeans vision Africa as whole before they began to have their own explorations there and it was all based on what other people has said. Ranulf Higden has done a map of the world and has said that Africa contained one eyed people who used their feet to protect their heads. The Europeans based their first impressions off of misconceptions. After Higden when other geographers explored that area more misconceptions came about. Europeans had no reason not to believe them so instead of looking for themselves they just trusted these geographers. But then in the fifteenth century when Europeans began leading their own explorations did they start to see that the country had many things for them to gain to help the Industrial Revolution.

I also like reading about Henry Morton Stanley. What I enjoyed most about reading about him was how his name changed many times before he settled on Henry Morton Stanley. He took on many identities based on were he was in his life and I liked how the book talked a lot about his travels and his explorations in Africa and in North America.

Open ended discussion questions:

1. Since there was not written language in the Congo when the Europeans arrive how were the events that happened recorded if they were by the people in Africa?

2. Who were some of the other people like Edmund Dene Morel besides George Washington Williams who tried to get the attention of the rest of the world about King Leopold's Congo and what actions were they taking?

End of class thoughts

1. What did you learn?
I learned a lot about colonization and what it actually is. Before I new a little about it but not a lot. I also liked talking about new and old imperialism. 
2. Questions?
3. Something you're curious about investigating further.
I'm curious about learning more about different African countries and their history because after class today and after reading my summer reading book I just want to know more about the country as a whole. I also am interested in learning more about old imperialism.