Posts Tagged ‘RPA’

RPA Article No. 8 (Miss Nikki)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/3942353.stm

Teenage pregnancy is very common in today’s world. Many girls are marching to fight for the right to have abortion. This is many school girls who wants to continue their studies are in the dilemma between of pregnancy and their studies.
The article above states that it is illegal, for teenage girls to have sexual intercourse [...]

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RPA Article No. 7 (Miss Nikki)

http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2006/jan/06_11.shtml
http://www.iias.nl/?q=urban-space-and-social-segregation-asia-and-netherlands

Social segregation are profoundly apparent in schools, workplace and other places which has a multi-cultured population working under one roof. Social segregation is the uneven distribution across schools of children from different socio-economic backgrounds . Social segregation can lead to inequality especially in school, private schools.
One example that can be seen in the article [...]

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RPA Article No. 6 (Miss Nikki)

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124823.php
Ageism can be found in every society especially those where the ageing society is on a constant increase. Most of these European countries that are facing this problems are relating it to the economic problems, believing that their resources are wasted on these group of elderly.
In this article, evidence of  losing the right to [...]

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RPA Article No. 5 (Miss Nikki)

http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/17839165/detail.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7096894.stm

Teenagers today seemed to be so demanding and to be as parents it is just not an easy task. As a child of an Asian parents, we would be bound to a lot of family rules and regulation and Asian parents are just being conservative, so we are protected from the ‘outside world’. This form [...]

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RPA Article No. 4 (Miss Nikki)

www.mortyscabin.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1793 – 31k
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/08/16/seniors.plastic.surgery/index.html

Ageism is a form of discrimination and  negative stereotype that can be seen in most part of the world today. The economic cultured world do not see what they used to see in the ageing population.
The first article shows that older man tend to drive boomer cars in order to relive their youth. [...]

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RPA Article No. 3 (Miss Nikki)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/female-reporters-paid-1636500-less-than-men-by-bbc-427555.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4133669.stm

Woman have been fighting for equality since they realised that they can perform the same tasks as man during World War 2. Despite the fact today being the 21st century, woman are still continuously fighting for equality. Fighting for  recognition, fighting for dignity, fighting for pride.
In this article, it was proven that BBC pay [...]

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RPA Article No. 2 (Miss Nikki)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/12/08/goth_scene_in_brum_feature.shtml
Goth or the gothic subculture is a contemporary subculture prevalent in many countries. It was apparent in the late 1960s and 70s but it then gradually disappear until the 21st century, where gothic looking pop bands like Greenday and Simple Plan to name a few started.
Teenagers dressed like these pop stars to show others [...]

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RPA Article No. 1 (Miss Nikki)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06marriage.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Homosexuality exists in every society. Even in the most religious country possible, we can still find the act of homosexuality but it is just not very public. Homosexuality is the act of liking the same sex more than the opposite. The world today usually refers them as gay (man) and lesbian (woman) or bisexual, when [...]

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