There are 22 female presidents in the world and one of them is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the current president of Liberia, has been leader since 2006 to 2015. Liberia is located in Africa and borders the countries of Sierra leone and Côte D'ivoire. The Natural resources are blood diamonds, oil and timber. It is believed that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has done a lot to improve her country but she has proven to be corrupt in many ways. While appearing to help Liberia’s economy Sirleaf has hurt the people of Liberia by taking away their land, negatively impacting their natural resources, and contributing to a health epidemic. When concerns were announced about her self serving and fraudulent activities she retaliated against Liberians, …show more content…
Her negotiations of land deals have not been for the benefit of Liberia as demonstrated by how she has “...handed over huge tracts of land to foreign investors and dispossessing rural Liberians“ (Siakor and Knight). Ellen “granted more than a third of Liberia’s land to private investors to use for logging, mining and agro industrial enterprises” (Siakor and Knight) which has negatively impacted the citizens of Liberia. When villagers from Grand Cape Mount County met with representatives of Sime Darby regarding concerns about development Ellen interfered and stated “...the Constitution granted the government out... the right to negotiate with foreign investors” (Siakor and Knight). Ellen has demonstrated a pattern of decision making during land deals that have been harmful to her country but beneficial to private investors and …show more content…
"In Liberia critics of the government were often jailed or even executed”. (Rodney Sieh) An example of how citizens were treated during this time is seen in the story of Rodney Sieh. Sieh ran a newspaper called Front Page Africa which published an article exposing corruption in the Liberian government. The story was exposed that the “Agriculture minister was corrupt and instead of prosecuting him Ellen dismissed him quietly from the government” (Rodney Sieh). The agriculture minister retaliated against the newspaper by suing them and the newspaper was fined 1.5 million dollars. When Sieh was unable to pay the fine he was jailed. Instead of addressing the issue of corruption in her government, Sirleaf allowed retaliation towards individuals who attempted to point out these
The Susan Lee Johnson article, “Bulls, Bears, and Dancing Boys: Race, Gender, and Leisure in California Gold Rush,” illustrated how Anglo-men in the mining towns coped without Anglo-women present. The pattern of behavior from men in the Californian Gold Rush is reminiscent of the female gender roles assumed by men in the early establishment of Jamestown, Virginia. Although, factors such as; inadequacy, spare time, and clashing cultural concepts about the womanhood and race in California created more exaggerated distortions to the behavior of Anglo men.
Being located in the west coast of Africa and between Guinea and Liberia, “Sierra Leone has an abundance of easily extractable diamonds”(BBC News). The diamonds had brought “encouragement” for violence in the country in 1991. Attacks of the Revolutionary “United Front (RUF) ,led by former army corporal Foday Sankoh”(Encyclopedia Britannica), were on government military and civilians. In response to a corrupt government, the RUF performed violent and terrorist acts that scarred many. “The RUF captured civilians and forced them to work”(Analyzing the Causes) in their army to gain control over Sierra Leone. The savages went a...
...iously owned by the Maasai economically using tourism as the major draw. They have driven the Maasai out of a pastoral life and forced them into joining the system so to speak where they have modernized the Maasai to everyday people living in villages and not have to worry about them getting in the way of their interests. They’re only interest is making money for themselves without any regard for their actions that impact the local population.
Ronald Reagan was the true political icon of the twentieth century. The former president is one of the most beloved in American history, and was one of the most respected by foreign nations. Ronald Reagan’s political influence was unprecedented and changed the course of international history.
What would you say if I asked you to tell me what you think is causing the death of so many people in the horn of Africa? AIDS? Starvation? War? Would it surprise you if I told you that it all boils down to the women of Africa? Kofi Annan attempts to do just this in his essay “In Africa, Aids Has a Woman's Face.” Annan uses his work to tell us that women make up the “economic foundation of rural Africa” and the greatest way for Africa to thrive is through the women of Africa's freedom, power, and knowledge.
Lyndon Johnson is an intimate, complex and ambitious portrait of a President. He came to office with strong ambitions to emphasize equality for all, to generate hopes for the Great Society, and to reshape his America, but ultimately he withdrew from the political arena where he fought so hard. Johnson’s legacy started with a tragedy and ended with a tragedy: the story began with the cold bullet that went through his predecessor’s head, which enveloped the country with anger, chaos, and mourning, and ended with the deaths of fifty-eight thousand Americans, which threw the nation into tumult.
James Weldon Johnson, Author, Diplomat, Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Poet, Songwriter, Literary Critic, Lawyer (1871–1938)
Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821, in Bristol, England. She was brought up in a liberal household that stressed education. She eventually became the first women to graduate from medical in the United States. In 1832, the Blackwell family moved from the United States, settled in New York first, then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Her dad died in 1838, so Blackwell and her mother and two older sisters all worked as educators to make ends meet. Elizabeth Blackwell’s early and later life lead to many of her accomplishments.
Sierra Leone, a small country located in west Africa, has recently dropped its population from 4.4 million to 2 million because of a massive war that had struck quite swiftly. This war had been a great tragedy to those who were in Sierra Leone at the time for they were innocent and had no do of wrong. To dig to the core, you would find that this war was primarily caused by the diamonds in the country. In efforts to preventing such a tremble in this or any other country again, many solutions to this issue have been brought up from around the world.
Another type of problem with land use conflict centers on the local groups opposed to the project. These people, or NIMBYs, are generally underfunded, highly stressed, inexperienced in negotiation, and lacking political power. They want to participate meaningfully in the decision-making process about their LULU, but many find it difficult to obtain anything but an adversarial position in the process. Power, status, and wealth are the key attributes to gaining attention and consideration from the broader community. Unfortunately, most public NIMBYs are minorities, live in rural areas, live in the South, or have middle- to lower-class incomes (Morris, 1994). In their defense, though, NIMBYs can make harmful land uses difficult to site by creating gridlock on current standard operating procedures.
Meles Zenawi, the former leader of Ethiopia, was a very confusing man with a mixed legacy. To the rest of the world, Zenawi seemed like peaceful leader that was pushing Ethiopia forward economically and as a country. He was a man of many faces that had done many things good and many things bad. The bad was hidden by the extreme suppression and total control of outside information and personal expression of the population. Power, money, and total control was the game and the people of Ethiopia were getting played. The threat of physical force and death loomed over the Ethiopian people if they dared to make a move for justice and equality. Zenawi, who died in 2012, was Ethiopia’s dictator and ruled his country by jailing and killing thousands, rigging elections, and spreading government propaganda.
Dilma Rousseff is far from being the first among female heads of states in the world. But nevertheless this work is not easy for her although she is strong, domineering and volitional woman. The very first woman in the world who had become a president was Isabel Peron. From 1974 to 1976 she was leading one of South American countries - Argentina. She took office after her husband, who was dead in 1974 (The women presidents of Latin America). Isabel and Dilma have both similar a...
On the eastern coast of Africa lies a land full of sunny blue skies and large plains in which zebras and elephants roam. This land is the country of Kenya. Outside of Kenya’s cities and towns lies many samples of natures beauty. Unfortunately, the people living in this land are troubled by their struggle with the government and trying to form a democracy. Matthew Carotenuto stated, “Much of the world had historically viewed Kenya as an island of peace and economic potential in a roiling sea of stateless chaos.” What he means is that people have long seen Kenya as a peaceful place that is surrounded by countries suffering from all sorts of violence and unfortunate circumstances. What many people do not know is that Kenya has a long history for political violence going way back to when the country was colonized. Understanding that Kenya’s past violence was due to their struggle for social and political authority helps us understand some of their violence issues today. According to Maina Kiai, violence broke out after Kenya’s 2007 election. Many people had thought that Kenya was a more peaceful country compared to others in Africa because they were working towards a democracy. Currently Kenya is a republic (“Kenya” The World...). Another thing Kiai mentioned is that one of Kenya’s major political problems is that Kenya's constitution gives the president full power to elect anyone he wants into a political position for any salary he chooses. Scott Baldauf and Robert Crilly also explain how Kenya is trying to become a democracy but its political system is weak and allows the president too much power, making the nation a dictatorship in disguise. This leads to many ethical issues within the governments systems. We should care about Ken...
It is true of Africa that women constitute a treasure that remains largely hidden. (Moleketi 10) African women grow 90% of all African produce, and contribute about 70% of Africa’s agricultural labor every year. (Salmon 16) Both the labor and food that are provided by African women go towards the increase in Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). (Moleketi 10) Although African women are feeding the majority of Africa’s inhabitants, the constricting ropes of gender inequality are still holding them back from being appreciated and living up to their full potential. Outstandingly, women such as President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of Liberia, have gladly accepted the challenge of breaking free of these ropes. The history of women’s rights in Africa, the glass ceiling, and the modern aspects of women’s rights, all play prominent roles in the overall condition of women’s rights in Africa. Until the day arrives that these discriminatory injustices are corrected, individuals in African nations will continue to struggle.