Broken Bodies - Broken Dreams
Author : UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Page : pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 200?
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Author : UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Page : pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 200?
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Author : Jeanne Ward
Publisher : UN
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
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This publication gives an insight into the exploitation and violence that affects the everyday lives of women and girls around the world by examining different types of violence through the cycle of women's lives including discrimination at birth and at school, child prostitution and pornography, child marriage, domestic violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, servitude and abusive cultural practices. It contains a CD-ROM with training and advocacy material, including a documentary film 'Our bodies, their battleground'. This publication is part of the long-term commitment of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Integrated Regional Information Network to promote human rights and to raise awareness of the gender-based violence which exists in all societies.
Author : Lisa Ernst
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Page : pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 2007
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Author : Seth M. Holmes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520399455
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives, suffering, and resistance of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. Seth Holmes, an anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes was invited to trek with his companions clandestinely through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with Indigenous families in the mountains of Oaxaca and in farm labor camps in the United States, planted and harvested corn, picked strawberries, and accompanied sick workers to clinics and hospitals. This “embodied anthropology” deepens our theoretical understanding of the ways in which social inequities come to be perceived as normal and natural in society and in health care. In a substantive new epilogue, Holmes and Indigenous Oaxacan scholar Jorge Ramirez-Lopez provide a current examination of the challenges facing farmworkers and the lives and resistance of the protagonists featured in the book.
Author : J. Matthew Nespoli
Publisher : World Audience Inc
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 13,88 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 193544445X
Broken chronicles the tragedies of several strangers who are trying to find happiness in the city of Los Angeles. As their paths cross with one another, each of them becomes an integral thread in the fabric that unifies them and helps them heal. Skye is a teenage homeless musician battling a drug addiction who dreams of unattainable rock stardom. She's befriended by Amber, a young mother on the run from two dangerous men from her past. The two girls form a mutually indispensable bond, one that could ultimately save them. Dylan is a pseudo-intellectual-Chuck Palahniuk wanna-be, and a total cynic. He lives with TJ, an out of work actor, who fails auditions by day, and wears a hamburger suit outside a burger joint at the mall by night. TJ and Dylan are artistic failures in need of a muse to kick start their careers. Broken follows several other interesting individuals (all based on real people), each with their own humorous twisted narrative as they try to put the pieces of their lives back together.
Author : Janie L. Leatherman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 34,76 MB
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745658350
Every year, hundreds of thousands of women become victims of sexual violence in conflict zones around the world; in the Democratic Republic of Congo alone, approximately 1,100 rapes are reported each month. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and responses to sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict. It explores the function and effect of wartime sexual violence and examines the conditions that make women and girls most vulnerable to these acts both before, during and after conflict. To understand the motivations of the men (and occasionally women) who perpetrate this violence, the book analyzes the role played by systemic and situational factors such as patriarchy and militarized masculinity. Difficult questions of accountability are tackled; in particular, the case of child soldiers, who often suffer a double victimization when forced to commit sexual atrocities. The book concludes by looking at strategies of prevention and protection as well as new programs being set up on the ground to support the rehabilitation of survivors and their communities. Sexual violence in war has long been a taboo subject but, as this book shows, new and courageous steps are at last being taken Ð at both local and international level - to end what has been called the “greatest silence in history”.
Author : Guy Parrish
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,53 MB
Release : 2007-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1600348823
The Rest Of Us Have To Swim is a book filled with irrefutable truth and is seasoned with humor and enhanced with slivers of history. It is an enchanted book that is sure to leave you fascinated as well as informed. From Superman to the Lone Ranger, Guy Parrish uses these fictitious characters to reveal the non-fictional realities of God's grace. You are sure to find that there is no other word for grace but amazing!
Author : Pray Now
Publisher : Saint Andrew Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0861539958
A collection of beautifully crafted prayers, mediations, and blessings to help deepen your relationship with God, allowing time to think and space to listen.
Author : Random House
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,74 MB
Release : 2001-03-01
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ISBN : 9780099827825
Author : Farrell Mason
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0593444167
Soulfull is a gentle nudge to reorient our intentions and want more for our one precious life: a collection of spiritual reflections, recipes, activities, and prayers that come together as an encyclopedia of hope and spiritual direction. “Soulfull rebuilt and bolstered some corners of my soul that had been worn away. What a gift!”—Shauna Niequist, New York Times bestselling author of I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet Are we truly living the life we want to live? Sometimes, but not nearly enough. Our souls crave authentic experiences, but seeking them is a challenge in our overcommitted world where often we are more focused on “making it through” than on “making it sacred.” We need regular soul wake-up calls and holy daily rhythms to live a life that feels good from the inside out, shines with meaning, and radiates joy. In this refreshingly original invitation to soulful living, Farrell Mason speaks to the universal human experience: navigating relationships, coping with change, rebounding from a setback or loss, finding peace, and prioritizing food, fellowship, faith, and regular joy. Soulfull offers balanced and creative ways to pull a little bit of heaven down to our patches of earth. Whether you’re taking a walk in nature, reading a meditation on hope, finding comfort in a prayer, creating a sumptuous recipe for family and friends, or planting an herb garden, Soulfull is an adventure—a mothering toward new growth, an exploration of life-giving experiences, and a joyous resource to nourish your soul and welcome a life filled with more wonder, delight, and meaning.