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World-Changing Women: Charlotte Maxeke
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Charlotte Maxeke

...worked as a teacher and, together with her husband, established a school until she became involved in politics. She became one of the first black South Africans to fight for freedom from exploitation, and for improved social conditions for African women. In 1918 she started the first formal women’s organization (the Bantu Women's League) created to resist the pass laws....
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International Women's Day
Society, Politics & Law

International Women's Day

...work to oppress women in the resources below. Look at Insights into Violence against Women From exploring ways to help victims of rape and sexual assault to police brutality, these articles look further into violence against women. Debunk the Myths Surrounding Women in Male-Dominated Careers Ever fancied a job in engineering, science or mathematics? Go for it – but...
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Unlikely Leaders
Money & Business

Unlikely Leaders

...worked since 1993 for the development of women, children, and strong families in the remote areas of the Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa (KPK) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of North West Pakistan Kor (www.khwendokor.org.pk). The UK Friends of Khwendo Kor Kor (www.frok.org.uk) was established in 2002 to help Khwendo Kor's fundraising efforts. Its aim is to raise...
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Handel: A Classical Icon
History & The Arts

Handel: A Classical Icon

...work for and how did he make a living? A smart political operator, Handel composed for royalty in Rome, Germany and Britain. Handel's Divas Opera singers of C18th were as famous as premier football players today. Donald Burrows reveals the scandals that made Handel's theatre the talk of the town. Handel's Samson Oratorio in Context Donald Burrows outlines the risks Handel...
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English: Personal Experiences
Education & Development

English: Personal Experiences

...working class area changed his accent. Garth Judd Garth Judd describes his experience adapting his accent to accommodate different environments. Jennifer Childs Jennifer Childs explains how she's inherited elements of her mothers speaking habits. Jung Chang Jung Chang considers the experience of growing up under Mao and how that affected her access to English. Li Xing Li...
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Key Ideas in Therapy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Key Ideas in Therapy

...work, which might be where the client's emotional problems come from... The Therapy Relationship What’s more important, finding the right therapy or finding the right therapist? There are a wide range of therapeutic approaches out there in the health marketplace, so how do you know which one is right for you? It turns out that the type of therapy might be less important...
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Water in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Water in Ethiopia

...works. In addition to increasing pressures from a growing population, the reservoir is already filling up with silt washed down from the surrounding area; made worse by soil erosion and inadequate environmental protection. Sharing a river Conflict arises between three farming villages in the highlands of northern Ethiopia as the communities attempt to share water from the...
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Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...working here in Oxford with Niko Tinbergen as a comparative ethologist. I was working on animal behaviour, in particular behaviour of a small fish called the ten-spined stickleback, and I did my doctorate on this fish. The essence of comparative ethology was that it was a comparatively new movement at the time and it was in opposition to animal psychology. I say...
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