The United Nations Commission for Status of Women in its 48th session recognized that men and boys, while some themselves face discriminatory barriers and practices, can and do make contributions to gender equality in their many capacities, including as individuals, members of families, social groups and communities, and in all spheres of society. These ideas (and more) are also echoed in some of our class readings. Write a research essay on the above topic while limiting yourself to Canada and Canadian situations. Your essay should focus on how this statement, or a part of it holds good in the Canadian context. Create your thesis by exploring at least three sub-aspects of any one main aspect of the statement. In your essay, use at least one of the class readings (primary source) and three secondary sources after locating them in Seneca Libraries. Each body paragraph will cite one primary and one secondary source to substantiate your point. You are free to use either direct quotations or paraphrase, or both, from your sources. Form a viewpoint and start looking for evidence from Seneca Libraries to prove/support your perspective. • You will be writing around 1200-1500 words (excluding works cited list) • You will be writing in MLA format. Refer to Seneca Libraries website for guidance. Refer to Seneca libraries for MLA format template and/or any guidance for citing sources. • Your secondary sources must be from Seneca Libraries – either books or online journals. You will use at least 3 sources from Seneca Libraries. You can also use more than 3. • You cannot refer to general internet articles. However, substantial and responsible writing from the internet can be used; but that can be only in addition to the sources selected from Seneca Libraries. There should be no links in the works cited list. • Due date for submission of your essay is Thursday 1st December – 11.59 pm. You are free to submit sooner too. You must bring a print copy on Friday, 2nd December and submit it at the beginning of the class. No email submissions are accepted. Submit a two-page outline of your essay by Friday, November 18th. This outline will be partly on the pattern of the sample given on page 187 of the text book. (Details TBD). This outline is worth 5%. It will have the 1) final title of your essay, 2) the introduction (page 383 has a model introduction) 3) a clear plan listing where the quotations will be incorporated in the essay, and 4) a one page Works Cited List arranged alphabetically. Your introduction will make it clear through your writing style and language as to which sources you are going to incorporate to support your arguments. Any essay not preceded by this task will not be graded. Some tips: Ensure that you have streamlined your selected area so that your essay is not all over the place. It should be focused and it should be concise – at the same time it must make sense. Each of the body paragraphs (there are to be a minimum of three) will demonstrate the use of at least two sources appropriately used for your purposes. (one primary and at least one secondary source) Your completed research essay will have the same introduction you submit with the outline task on 18th November (edit and fix the typos if any). It will also have all the components along with the rest of the essay.
 The essay will demonstrate proper usage of well integrated quotations in MLA format from your selected sources (pages 472-496 are a good guide). The quotations must reflect their relation to your argument. Follow the instructions given in chapters 10 and 11 carefully.
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