Essays on Social Issues

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an economic and political alliance of six countries within the Arabian Peninsula namely: Kuwait; Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. This alliance which was established in 1981 promotes security, economic, social and cultural corporation between the six countries and as a...

The Feminist Movement The feminist movement involves the campaigns that were used to present the problems that females were going through in our society. These social organizations sought to address issues of community concern such as domestic aggression, unwelcome sexual advances, maternity leave, disparities in pay, and reproductive rights. In other...

For over 50 years, global poverty reduction programs have been directed towards easing factors that exacerbate poverty such as; discrimination, lack of education, overpopulation, disease and environmental factors. However, the unsought solution to poverty – stopping violence, is a factor that renders the poverty reduction programs counterproductive. This paper looks at...

Gender Inequality in the Workplace Over the years, women have been getting less preferential treatment despite the positions they hold in their workplaces. Gender inequality is very common in the workplaces, and this is a serious issue that should not be overlooked by employers. Many women are bullied, ridiculed, threatened, sexually...

The Origins of Globalization The term globalization is barely thirty years old (Giddens 2009). However, the sudden surge in the exchanges in trade, of trade and knowledge through various means has brought the term to the spotlight. Globalization can be defined as the increase in interdependency between people, groups, and nations...

Ariel Levy’s argument in her article tries to argue how on a raunch culture women tend to engage themselves in sexuality performances, which are not usually their sexuality expressions but are premeditated for the pleasure the males in the society or appear as if they are trying to be pleasurable...

The Challenges Faced by Psychologists, Counselors, and Social Workers The expansion in the scale of human trafficking presents challenges to government and law enforcement agencies in curbing this practice. However, psychologists, counselors, and social workers face the challenges of rehabilitating the survivors of this heinous activity. The challenges faced by the...

Prejudice is the act of forming an opinion about someone without full knowledge of the person expressed through discrimination and stereotyping. Targets of prejudice have characteristics that make them different from the rest as explained by Saul (2008) in Prejudice and Discrimination 1. Such characteristics include religion, gender, social class,...

The society tends to accept the standard normal people who are able to relate to the rest of the people easily. Unfortunately, some might not be lucky enough to fall under the ‘normal people' bracket and end up having a tough time trying to fit into the society. During birth,...

I submit herewith a proposal in regards to a research study entitled ‘Mass shooting and Violence,’ which is to be conducted under my direction and with the help of the research materials provided by the university. The report will analyze previous cases of shooting and gun violence that have occurred in...

Introduction Human trafficking has become a great concern for governments as well as law enforcers as they try to eradicate the practice. However, there exist a bigger challenge to the psychologists and social workers who are involved with rehabilitating the affected. One of the biggest issues is the situation of the...

This paper is going to look into Black Lives Matter (BLM) An international movement that champions for fair treatment of black people by holding protests mostly as a way to reach out. The campaign also uses social media to speak against unfair treatment of black people by using hashtags such as...