What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
In this video, Meghan Markle, who is the speaker in this video, expresses her opinion on issues related to women empowerment. She tells the audience that when she was 11 years old, she accidentally or unintentionally became a female advocate. This started when she saw a soap advertisement that had the tagline that says “women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans” which according to Meghan’s opinion that this tagline contains a meaning that demeans women and refers to the meaning that women only belong in the kitchen. She felt that it was not right, so she told her father about this issue. Then, she was asked by her father to write letters to be sent to several influential figures such as Hillary Clinton, and soap manufacturers to express her opinion on this matter. And then the letter received a positive response, the advertisement finally changed the tagline to “people all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans”. In this video, the speaker conveys that women deserve the right to equality. She also said in her statement that “girls with dreams become women with vision”.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
In my opinion, the main objective of the speaker is to persuade the audience to fight for the rights of gender equality and empower each other to carry out the vision, especially for women (women empowerment), and also to inform the audience about her experiences and the issue related to gender equality.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think this video is trustworthy and credible, the speaker is a well-known public figure and the search for videos comes from a fairly trusted youtube channel. The speaker of this video is Meghan Markle, an American member of the British royal family and a former actress. The source of this video is the A-Plus channel (A Plus is a digital media company devoted to spreading the message of positive journalism, a kind of storytelling that focuses on shared humanity). So I think the source of the video and the speaker are trustworthy and credible.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject is that the speaker (Meghan Markle) seems to disagree and oppose the issue of degrading women’s dignity related to women’s empowerment. She looks a little emotional when talking about this subject. The speaker looks very opposed to the people that undermine the equality of women.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
I think, the speaker of this video put forward a pretty strong and valid argument, I also know about Meghan Markle’s statement and I know the fact that Meghan’s experience in this speech is valid. and I saw it from this source (https://youtu.be/tfaGleA4qYo). The speaker supported key points by mentioning people to whom she had written letters such as Hillary Clinton, Linda Ellerbee who hosted children’s news programs, Gloria Allred who is a powerhouse attorney, and also to Soap manufacturer which meant that she could strengthen her argument on her speech because she also mentions other famous figures in her speeches.
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Title: Conceptualisation and Measurement of Women’s Empowerment Revisited
Author: S. Sharaunga,M. Mudhara &A. Bogale
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2018.1546280
Citation: Sharaunga, S., Mudhara, M., & Bogale, A. (2019). Conceptualisation and measurement of women’s empowerment revisited. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 20(1), 1-25.
This article fits the video because it discusses that empowerment is multidimensional, and women who are empowered in one dimension are not necessarily empowered in another. It is also established that women need resources and a sense of agency to independently achieve their livelihood outcomes.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video discusses women’s empowerment that was delivered by Priyanka Chopra as a speaker from this video. She explained the importance of equal rights that must be owned by all the women around the world. The speaker explained that women also have the right to get a proper education and the same treatment as men. She also told about her experience of seeing how a girl is not given the right to continue her education because her parents can’t afford it and prefer to only pay for their son to continue their education because they think that girls don’t need education because girls just need to marry. In this video, Priyanka also invites all the entertainers and influencers to give their voices and use their platform to contribute to change and to ensure women empowerment issues.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The main purpose of the speaker is to persuade the audience to give their voices in support of equal rights for women. Speaker especially invites entertainers and influencers to use their platforms and voices to contribute actively in voicing women’s equal rights and women empowerment to people around the world, so that people can realize that women are not a lost generation and women deserve equal rights as men.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think this video is trustworthy and credible, the speaker on this video is Priyanka Chopra who is one of India’s most popular actresses, models, film producers, and singers who is also a former Miss World. Priyanka Chopra is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2016. Most importantly, she is an icon for youth across the world, especially for young Indian women. The source of this video is the Variety youtube channel. Variety is the leading daily source of entertainment news and analysis, with access to the most influential events, innovative panel discussions, top film festivals, and unmatched awards season coverage. So I think that the source and the speaker of this video is are trustworthy because this video is taken from a youtube channel that is well known and credible in providing information, also the speaker of this video is Priyanka Chopra who is an artist and National Ambassador to UNICEF and an icon for youth across the world, especially focus on women’s right. So I think that the source and speakers of this video are trustworthy and credible.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
In my opinion, Priyanka Chopra who is the speaker in this video shows an agreeable attitude towards the issue of women’s empowerment. She showed an attitude towards the unfair treatment received by women. She stated that all women have the right to get justice in having proper education and having a career they want. Priyanka stated that women are not a lost generation and not replaceable. The speaker shows an attitude that is concerned about the thoughts of people who think that women are just people who don’t need to get the same treatment and justice as men.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
The speaker delivered a strong argument on the topic of women’s empowerment. Priyanka shared her experience while living in India which witnessed firsthand how girls do not get the same education rights as boys in their families. This is because girls are considered not necessary to get an education that is equal to boys because later girls will only get married. The speaker also conveyed her experience when she worked as an artist and her producer-director said that if the movie that she starred in just received a low salary, then she would be replaced by others because women are replaceable in the entertainment business. The experiences that the speaker delivered can strengthen the argument conveyed in her speech which shows that women are still considered weak people who are not necessary to get the same rights as men.
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Title: Contextualizing women’s empowerment frameworks with an emphasis on social support: a study in rural, South India
Author: Christopher Coley, Srividya Sheshadri, Sriram Devanathan, Rao R. Bhavani
DOI: ://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2021.1879021
Citation: Coley, C., Sheshadri, S., Devanathan, S., & Bhavani, R. R. (2021). Contextualizing women’s empowerment frameworks with an emphasis on social support: a study in rural, South India. Community, Work & Family, 1-20.
I think this article can be linked to the video. This article emphasizes the relational aspect of empowerment including the role of men, family, and gendered power structures and the flexibility of these to change. This is especially pertinent to India, which has struggled to meet global targets for indicators of improved gender equality which can relate to the experience of the speakers who saw that there were many problems of gender equality for women in India.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video contains an interview conducted by Ellen to Malala Yousafzai who is an education activist from Pakistan. In this video, they discuss how Malala tried to fight for her education but had to risk her life by being shot in her face and shoulder by a member of the Taliban when she was 15 years old. The Taliban is one of two political entities that both claim to be the legitimate government of Afghanistan. In this video, Malala said that she was fighting for the right to education right from the beginning when
the Taliban stopped girls from going to school. Malala tells her struggle to become stronger than before. And now she strongly believes that nothing can stop her in this mission and this campaign of education, to say that girls deserve the right to go to school, that has encouraged her and helped her not to think about what she has been through in her life.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s main purpose in this video is to inform the audience about how Malala experienced fighting for education for women even though she had to experience the bad experience of being shot by the Taliban. In this video, Malala also persuades everyone that it’s very important that we deliver our message to the right people (government) because these issues would never get highlighted. So it’s telling the world, just reminding them of their duties. We are not asking to do something extra, but we are reminding them that these are their responsibility. They need to listen to their people’s voices. We want them to take action. We want them to do something, and we must highlight it to them.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think that this video is trustworthy and credible, the speaker of this video is Malala Yousafzai. Malala is an education activist from Pakistan. She became the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize when she was only 17 years old because she was not afraid to speak out for girls’ education, despite threats and attempted assassination upon her. The source of the video is from The Ellen Show’s youtube channel, this is an American daytime television variety comedy talk show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Debuted on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication. I think that the source is trustworthy and the speaker is trustworthy and credible to deliver this topic.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject is that she seems to disagree with the ban imposed by the Taliban which prohibits women from going to school and cultural activities such as dancing, even watching television are also not allowed. Malala opposes Taliban threats to limit her right to education. She boldly spoke out about the right that girls need to go to school, and that all the girls are able to be educated and it is really important for young girls to understand that women and children are not treated the same way in other countries.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
I think that the argument that the speaker conveys is valid and based on the facts she experienced regarding the issue of women and children’s rights. He is a great speaker on this issue because he experienced this problem firsthand. She supports the key points by presenting strong and logical arguments regarding the right to education for women. In this video, Malala said that her family especially her father has empowered her tremendously. Her father has allowed her to fly high as she can, and this is how we want parents to be, to allow their children to fulfill their dreams, and to achieve who they want to be. She also mentions that what is important here is that we take it for granted here, that girls go to school, and that we are able to be educated, but she thinks that it is really important for young girls here to understand that women and children are not treated the same way in other countries. And she thinks that education helps you to get an identity. It helps you to know about your basic human rights. It helps you to discover about yourself, about your talents, about your skills, and how you can help your community and your society. It’s very important that you deliver your message to the right people. if we always feel shy to deliver our thoughts to others. Then these issues would never get highlighted. So it is important to tell the world, just reminding them of their duties. You’re not asking to do something extra, but you’re reminding them that these are their responsibility. They need to listen to peoples’ voices. We want them to take action. We want them to do something, and it’s important that you highlight it to them.
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Title : Malala: the story of a Muslim girl and a Muslim nation
Author: Ayesha Khurshid & Brittany Pitts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2017.1346587
Citation: Khurshid, A., & Pitts, B. (2019). Malala: the story of a Muslim girl and a Muslim nation. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 40(3), 424-435.
I think this article fits into the discussion of women’s empowerment experienced by Malala. This study constructs Malala’s status as a global icon as a manifestation of her subject’s position as a woman. This relates to her potential as an individual whereas her vulnerability as a young girl is presented with reference to her Muslim heritage and culture.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video discussed women’s empowerment but in a slightly different context from the previous videos I’ve watched. This video discussed why so few women negotiate their first job when compared to men and what can women do about it?. Jane Sojka as the speaker of this video has found that resilience and overcoming fear of failure are teachable skills and she discusses how her college students have learned to become confident. If the previous video talks about the speaker’s experience on the issue of women empowerment, in this video the speaker gives more of her speech about why men are always superior, especially in job issues, and what strategies must be carried out by women to be comparable to men.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s main purpose is to inform the audience about the issue of women’s empowerment which leads to the differences between women and men in negotiating the job which shows that men are far more likely to get jobs than women. The speaker also provides strategies that women can do so that there is a balance between women and men in the aspect of getting a job.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think that this video is trustworthy and credible. The speaker is Jane Sojka Ph.D. She is a Professor – Educator, and Marketing Undergraduate Program Director Department of Marketing. She has taught a wide range of marketing courses including marketing principles, consumer behavior, and professional selling. The source of this video is from the TEDx Talks youtube channel, TEDx Talks is an American media organization that posts talks online for free distribution under the slogan “ideas worth spreading”. TEDx Talks is an international community that organizes TED-style events anywhere and everywhere, celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage. I think that the source of this video is trustworthy, the speaker is actually trustworthy, but she is not very relevant to talk about the topic of women empowerment because her background is a professor and educator who teaches marketing, so to talk about the topic of women empowerment she is not very relevant and credible.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject is that she seems to disagree with women who are less resilient to men and women who are unable to compete with men in getting jobs. She revealed that men and women have equal opportunities to compete for jobs. However, women, in general, tend to have a greater fear of failure than men, if women fail, they tend to give up easily and don’t want to try again. however, unlike men, they tend to fail and keep trying again if they fail. This is what makes the research supporting women tend to be less resilient than men. Resiliency itself is the ability to bounce back quickly after a failure. From these problems, what women need is developed strategies as a way for them to rethink how they view failure because empowering women benefits everyone
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
The speaker delivered a valid argument in her speech, the speaker delivered her speech by using data relevant to the topic being discussed. In conveying his argument, the speaker also supported the key points that she conveyed by mentioning several opinions from figures such as Sheryl Sandberg and brené Brown.
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Title: Fresh Strategies for Empowering Women’s Leadership Development: Spirituality as an Untapped Tool
Author: Karen A. Longman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2194587X.2021.1898983
Citation: Longman, K. A. (2021). Fresh Strategies for Empowering Women’s Leadership Development: Spirituality as an Untapped Tool. Journal of College and Character, 22(2), 87-97.
I think this article is suitable for this video, this article provides a new strategy that answers the reason why women are often hesitant or unwilling to pursue or take on top-level leadership roles.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video discussed the customs or traditions of the Mauritanians that require their daughters to be fat and require them to marry at a young age. Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa. Some Mauritanian communities believe that fatter girls look richer and are more attractive to men. Speakers (reporters) meet families who insist on feeding their young girls a 9,000-calorie-a-day diet during Mauritania’s brutal “feeding season”.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s main purpose is to inform the audience about this video explaining the custom or tradition carried out by the Mauritanians which requires their daughters to be fat and obliges them to marry at a young age, they believe that fatter girls look richer and more attractive to men.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think that this video is trustworthy and credible. The speaker is Sahar Zand, she is a British Iranian television and radio presenter, broadcast journalist, and documentary maker, she works for international broadcasters covering breaking news, hard-hitting stories, live events, and in-depth investigations in some of the world’s most hostile environments. The source of this video is Unreported World, this is a foreign affairs program produced by Quicksilver Media Productions and broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. So, because of the credibility of the speaker as a reporter and the source of this video is from a credible youtube channel, I think that the speaker is also the source of this video is trustworthy.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject is that she seems to disagree with girls in Mauritanian that being forced to be fatter to look the wealthier and more attractive they appear to men. Sahar Zand is the speaker11-year-old girl who was forced by her mother to marry at a young age and forced to be fat). On his expedition he saw that the girls there really didn’t want to be forced into marriage at a young age, they still wanted to go to school and achieve their dreams, but they were forced by the traditions and customs of the Mauritanians to marry and forced their bodies to be fat to attract men. This is also seen when the speaker tries to follow the tradition by eating and drinking in large quantities like the girl there and she feels that her body and her stomach feels uncomfortable, so she feels that this tradition of fattening the body is very bad to be forced on girls just to make them look desirable for men. Sahar Zand looks sad about this situation and she feels that this is certainly not in accordance with human rights and especially for girls and women.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
The speaker delivered a valid argument in her speech, This video is a video of the expedition and interviews carried out directly in the field. In conveying his argument, the speaker also supported the key points that she conveyed come directly from interviews conducted directly with the Mauritanian communities to see firsthand about this issue. Sahar Zand conducted interviews with mothers there as well as with Monet as an eleven-year-old girl who was forced to become fat and forced to marry. This video shows firsthand how the “feeding season” habit or tradition is carried out by women in Mauritania to force their daughters to eat 9,000 calories a day just so that their daughters can be fat so that they can attract boys and be desirable for marriage.
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Title: Child and forced marriage as a violation of women’s rights, and responses by member states in Southern African Development Community
Author: Symphorosa Rembe , Owence Chabaya , Newman Wadesango & Patricia Muhuro
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2011.575586
Citation: Rembe, S., Chabaya, O., Wadesango, N., & Muhuro, P. (2011). Child and forced marriage as violation of women’s rights, and responses by member states in Southern African Development Community. Agenda, 25(1), 65-74.
I think this article fits the topic discussed in the video. This article discusses child marriage and forced marriage as harmful traditional and cultural practices that violate the rights of girls in the South African Development Community region and assesses the steps taken by member states to overcome them. so that the discussion of this article will be in accordance with this video which discusses Mauritanians who require their daughters to be fat and require them to marry at a young age.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video discussed the women’s empowerment issue which is accommodated in a network community. The Women’s Empowerment Network that created to be a space for all women and non-binary identifying people to come together to share ideas, discover how to break through self-limiting beliefs, skyrocket their confidence, and address the barriers that affect them. Illuminate was the launch event for this network. This network joins women in college and beyond who have problems with challenges or ideas that they can take to the network and engage with others who are experiencing the same challenges, they can also come together to create new ideas for addressing gender equality that will create a network that enables women to engage meaningfully on this topic.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s main purpose is to persuade the audience to join the Women’s Empowerment Network. In this video the speakers trying to convince the audience, especially women, to join the Illuminate: women’s empowerment network event to come together to share ideas, discover how to break through self-limiting beliefs, skyrocket their confidence, and address the barriers that affect women.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think that this video is trustworthy and credible. The speaker is Yasmin Razack, Director of Global Citizenship Education and Inclusion at Centennial College, Lainey Luei, TV host, and writer, and Dr. Maydianne Andrade, U of T Scarborough Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs and Equity talk about the value of true conversation, eliminating barriers to empowerment, and how they took the first steps to create a network out of all the attendees. The source of this video is from Centennial College’s youtube channel. This channel offers programs in business, communications, community and health studies, general arts, English language studies, engineering technology, hospitality, tourism, and transportation. So I think that the speakers and the source of this video are trustworthy and credible.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject is that she seems to agree and support this community to gather women to gather together and share their ideas to discuss issues concerning women, women’s rights, and the inequality they experience. All the speakers in this video feel that this event is able to make a positive contribution to issues related to women’s empowerment.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
The speaker delivered a valid argument in her speech, the speakers convey the key points by emphasizing that the importance of issues regarding women’s empowerment is promoted and paid attention to by the community. and through this network women can engage with others that are experiencing the same challenges you can also come together to create new ideas in order to address gender equality and all women’s aspirations can be accommodated and women’s rights are also fought for justice.
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Title: Can self-help group programs improve women’s empowerment? A systematic review
Author: Carinne Brody, Thomas de Hoop, Martina Vojtkova, Ruby Warnock, Megan Dunbar, Padmini Murthy & Shari L. Dworkin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2016.1206607
Citation: Brody, C., Hoop, T. D., Vojtkova, M., Warnock, R., Dunbar, M., Murthy, P., & Dworkin, S. L. (2017). Can self-help group programs improve women’s empowerment? A systematic review. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 9(1), 15-40.
I think this article fits the topic discussed in the video which is about women’s empowerment networks. This article discusses the impact of women’s self-help groups (SHGs) on women’s economic, social, psychological, and political empowerment, and found that women’s economic SHGs have positive effects on economic and political empowerment, women’s mobility, and women’s control over family. planning.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video discussed gender equality in economic empowerment for women and girls. This video is taken place in Malawi, a country located on the mainland of southern Africa. This video shows a community named Umodzi Club in the AGYW project, it is a club for girls aged between 15 to 24. its main objective is to minimize HIV and aids by making girls economically empowered. This group supports community-based organizations like Chilungamo to host girls’ clubs and coordinate activities for girls. The clubs aim to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS by supporting girls and young women into paid employment through skills training. The club provides girls with vocational training in a range of areas including tailoring, cookery, plumbing, and carpentry. Through these skills, they are able to become economically empowered and support themselves and their families.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
I think the speaker’s main purpose is to inform and also to persuade the audience because the speaker in this video wants to inform about the existence of the Umodzi Club in the AGYW project which aims to minimize HIV and aids by making girls economically empowered. At the same time, the speaker also invites women and girls to be able to develop their skills, especially to women that they are able to fight, work, and create through these skills to become economically empowered and support themselves and their families through their participation in communities that care about empowering women.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think this video is trustworthy, the speakers are Cynthia as a girls club member and Blessings as a director of the Chilungamo program. The source of this video is the Plan International Youtube channel, it is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls that strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, supporters, and partners. I think the sources of the video and the speaker is trustworthy and credible to talk about this topic.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speakers’ attitude or tone towards the subject is they seem to agree with the existence of the Umodzi Club in the AGYW project. The speakers seem to agree very much that women and girls must be independent and avoid the problem of inequality. women and girls must be empowered by providing training to improve and hone their skills to work to advance the economy. the speakers feel after joining this club made her be strong and independent, the club helped her to know a lot of stuff like um sexually productive health and the lights which were being violated and helping us to be girls who are economically independent.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
I think in this video, the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments. Even though the speakers in this video are members and also directors of this club or program, the videos in the speakers also show that with this community, they find it helpful economically and their skills. the fact that this project has been established in 2007 has many positive impacts on women and girls, the club trains us in cake decorating, group business and village savings groups they can save money from their personal business and share money to get loans from the group after training, training in making and producing sanitary pads and so on can show key points that the speakers bring valid arguments in discussing this topic.
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Title: A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls
Author: Paola Pereznieto & Georgia Taylor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2014.920976
Citation: Pereznieto, P., & Taylor, G. (2014). A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls. Gender & Development, 22(2), 233-251.
I think this article is appropriate and can contribute to the topics discussed in this video regarding economic empowerment for women and girls. This article can define this as a process whereby women and girls experience transformation in power, agency, and economic advancement.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video discussed child marriage and teenage pregnancy problems, Globally, 12 million girls under the age of 18 are married every year. That’s almost 33,000 girls married every single day – 1/3 of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over 120 million girls will be married by 2030 unless we act now. Some girls will get married because of poverty at their household level at the end of the day one less mouth to feed is a plus for the parents they want somebody to help them feed their feed the household so if there’s a man who comes into the community and is looking for a young girl bride obviously the parents will push that girl into a marriage so that the problem of child marriage and teenage pregnancy is unavoidable.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
I think the speaker’s main purpose is to inform and also to persuade the audience because the speaker in this video wants to inform about the child marriage and teenage pregnancy issues which still often happen among African women and girls which have a bad impact on women and girls. They often get violence and coercion to marry from their parents so that they do not get and continue a proper education. The speaker’s main purpose is also to persuade the audience to join the program from Youth Friendly Corner under Plan International community to end child marriage completely, the communities work a lot with girls, boys, chief men, and even parents that’s helping build their capacity in issues of child marriage child protection as well as advocacy at community level encourage.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think that this video is trustworthy, the speakers on this video are Alinikisa as a planned international 18+ program manager, and Bertha, Dorothy, and Vast, who tell their stories of child marriage and survival. The source of this video is the Plan International Youtube channel, which is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls that strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, supporters, and partners. I think the sources of the video and the speaker is trustworthy and credible to talk about this topic.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speakers’ attitude or tone towards the subject is they seem to disagree with the child marriage and teenage pregnancy issues that happen among African women and girls because this can have a negative impact on women’s rights, women’s education, and women’s health. but the speakers strongly agree with the program from Youth Friendly Corner under Plan International community because women who experience child marriage can get up, empowered, and more open to putting an end to child marriage, because child marriage is a child rights violation. This program can teach them how to avoid unwanted pregnancies, motivate them to continue their education, and how to create their own business, and become independent.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
I think in this video, the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments. The speakers on this video are women who experience child marriage problems, so the arguments put forward in this video can be said to be valid and strong. In supporting this key point, the speakers brought up the fact that with the existence of a Youth Friendly Corner under the Plan International community, women who experience child marriage can be empowered to become independent and great women.
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Title: Girls’ Education and Child Marriage in West and Central Africa: Trends, Impacts, Costs, and Solutions
Author: Chata Male & Quentin Wodon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2018.1451771
Citation: Male, C., & Wodon, Q. (2018, April). Girls’ education and child marriage in West and central Africa: Trends, impacts, costs, and solutions. In Forum for Social Economics (Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 262-274). Routledge.
I think this article is appropriate and can contribute to the topic discussed in this video about child marriage in Africa. This article can explain in the context of the lack of women’s empowerment, the issue of child marriage, and the low level of education of girls which is prominent, especially in West and Central Africa.