Genocide does exist today in countries around the world today like Darfur, Sudan. People in Darfur, Sudan are experiencing genocide. Sudan is in the North East side of Africa. Darfur is the South Western part of the country. The genocide in Darfur, Sudan has already caused hundreds of thousands of Darfuris to die and cause more than 2 million people to be homeless.
Both are horrific practices prominent across the world and evident throughout history. Alice Walker, an African American author and activist, who grew up in the South, witnessed the effects of domestic violence and racism firsthand. Both domestic violence and racism are cyclical practices that play a prominent role in Walker’s debut novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland. Under the domination of white men in the sharecropping system, Grange Copeland begins the pattern of domestic abuse, eventually driving his wife to commit suicide. The cycle continues with Grange’s son, Brownfield, as he brutally abuses his wife and children—murdering his wife in the end.
Political leaders who might have been able to take charge of the situation and other high profile opponents of the Hutu extremist plans were killed immediately. Tutsi and people suspected of being Tutsi were killed in their homes and as they tried to flee at roadblocks set up across the country during the genocide. Entire families were killed at a time. Women were systematically and brutally raped. It is estimated that some 200,000 people participated in the perpetration of the Rwandan genocide.
Olga Kontarovich Dr. Nado English 1001 11/22/10 Unit Four Essay It has been reported that over 2.5 million people are abducted each year and trafficked across borders and forced into labor or sexual exploitation (Costa 6). Specifically, in Ecuador, trafficking has evolved into a major problem, endangering both citizens and foreigners across the world. Mike Ceaser, author of “A Dark Window on Human Trafficking,” summarizes the journey of Tracy O’Dowd and Sergio Velarde, two educated social workers, who embark on a journey to end the exploitation of young girls in a local club, La Luna (Ceaser 170). The author analyzes the situation in Ecuador through cultural and ethical elements in order to create an impact amongst his audience. Evidently, human trafficking is more condensed in areas with low economies; however, even in America, many noncitizens are compelled to suffer.
Retrieved 18 October 2012 Donny Meertens, in his article, “Facing Destruction, Rebuilding life Gender and the Internally Displaced in Colombia” elaborates the refugee crisis in Colombia with different aspects such as violence, forced displacement, Gender violence, displaced women in Cordoba, The “Before”: Destruction and Uprooting, The “After”: Survival and Reconstruction, and the conclusions of survival, organization and construction of a new future. One of the key things in this article is how this crisis effects men and women differently and violence. As said in the article, “During the 1900s this complex of violent actions has produced an annual death toll of 25,000 to 30,000, which represents a rate of 85 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants”(Deas and Gaitan Daza, 1995: 223-231; Eschandia, 1999: 99-149). Majority of the deaths that occur in Colombia are of males in fact “Almost 90 percent of violent deaths in Colombia are males” (Comision Colombiana de Juristas, 1997; Meertens, 1998). In his article, Meertens seems to be arguing the difference of violence towards different genders, how the violence towards males murders results in, many cases, families being forcibly displaced.
Many people have been killed retrieving the gems; about 3.7 million have died in diamond-fuelled wars. Millions of others have lost their homes and livelihoods. Neighboring countries are also suffering from illegal diamond trade, since nearby countries can be used as trading and transit grounds for the illegal gems. Other countries like The Congo and Angola suffer from wars within themselves between warlords who fight over the mined diamonds to be smuggled into the industry. Dozens of rebel forces also exploit the use of children in child
The presidential guards recruited a mass amount of Hutu citizens to join them in the killing spree. The Hutu citizens were given money or food and sometimes were able to take the land of the Tutsis they killed. The next day RPF declared war on the government forces once again. The result of this was an estimated 800,000 deaths in total for both sides (PPU "Genocide Rwanda”). This civil war finally ended in July when the RPF took control of Kigali the capital of Rwanda.
There are various negative effects that implicate problems to people and the way they go about their lives. First is the level of violence that most Colombians are exposed to by revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the much smaller National Liberation Army (ELN), the left wing guerrillas, and the extreme right paramilitary. For forty years they have been going through an armed conflict with the government, and this conflict happens with every group trying to control certain areas for their own political views, profits and beliefs. Many people who support all these criminal groups are local drug kingpins; they fund these guerrillas to take care of their crops and protect certain
If abducted children are able to manage a successful escape, they tend to have a hard time living as a part of the community again. The following essay will explain the historical context, government camps, abducted children, traumatized children and compare the nature of child abduction between Uganda and North America. These points will be achieved by examples and statistics such as: the shocking percentages of child soldiers, lost lives, and displaced families, and personal experience from people helping these poor families. For the past 23 years, Uganda has been a war zone between the Lord’s Resistance Army and the Ugandan Government because of a woman named Alice Lakwena. In the 1980’s Alice Lakwena was convinced that the Holy Spirit had spoken to her and ordered her to conquer the government.
The young woman is nineteen when she is kidnapped and within a couple of years becomes pregnant and bears a son, Jack. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has kept her for seven years. Through ingenuity and determination, Ma creates a life for herself and her son, but she knows it’s not enough for either of them. Jack’s curiosity is building alongside Ma’s desperation and Room can not contain either of them for much longer. With that being said, the main effects of Ma’s unfortunate abduction result in seven long years of being held captive, Ma’s trauma and phases of depression which lead her to suicidal attempts, and most importantly, both a stumbling block and advantage, the bearing of her only son, Jack.