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Document: Offshoring in Bangladesh, flaws and advantages. The Bangladeshi garment sector is a leading garment manufacturing industry in the world that has been growing constantly during the last decades. Today the garment sector represent the 80% of the national export and counts USD 19 billions revenues; these numbers describe the sector as the most important manufacturing industry in Bangladesh. The numbers are also outstanding when it comes to number of workers employed, about five millions, and number of factories about five thousands of different sizes. The cheap labour cost attracted many international brands that chose the Bangladeshi factories to produce their products for the European and US markets that take up to the 60% and 20% of the total export. Despite the impressive numbers presented, the level of working conditions cannot be described with the same positive attitude. In fact to an increasing level of profit and continuous expansion, the new wealth ...

Document 1:  Description: - This cartoon by Natson is titled 'Cagle Cartoons '. It was published in 2012 during the united states presidential election and it deals with this event.  The scene sets up in a very pleasant landscape. We can notice 3 characters who are speaking together.The character of Mitt Romney, who run for president in 2012 is standing in the cayman islands whereas his grandchildren  are sitting in a boat which probably belongs to the Ronmey's family. Next to him and at the center of the cartoon, there is a huge safe full of dollars. He is dragging the sand in order to put his money inside.  The name of his boat "belivin' in america" it's also the name of a book which summurises his wishes and his plans for job and economy growth in America  Interpretation: - On the one hand, It's quite obvious that the author wanted to raise awarness about mitt Ronmey's fortune insofar as he represented the safe at the center of the car...

Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/unit.php?id=65-24E-4 Post-apartheid South Africa faced mammoth tasks: to consolidate democracy, to lessen the harsh legacies of a century of segregation and apartheid, and to improve the day-to-day lives of the people. Enormous strides have been taken in these directions with the final burying of  apartheid  and major political, social, and economic transformations. The country is respected across the world, where before it was a pariah. It has become a major leader of the African voice in world forums. The  Constitution  has proved to be a success, and the Constitutional Court has won wide acclaim. Despite these substantial gains, the country still faces deep economic inequalities and acute problems such as high rates of unemployment, homelessness, and violent crime; slow progress on land reform; a dysfunctional education system; a burgeoning health crisis mainly due to the H...

Post 9: The US gun culture. First document: The brady campaign to prevent gun violence. Description: This document is a poste r published in 2010 by the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun violence.  The  Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence  is  affiliated American  nonprofit organization   that advocates for  gun control   and against  gun violence .  The mission of the Brady organization is to create a safer America for all of us that will lead to a dramatic reduction in gun deaths and injuries.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Campaign) The poster deals with a much-debated topic which is death related to gun violence in the United States, as far as the title is in one year, guns murdered. Below the title, it includes a list of figures representing murdered people because of gun attacks in different countries. A motto closes the list and says God bless America.  At the bottom of the poster, a gun with the co...