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 the big issue their mission: Their mission is to dismantle poverty by creating opportunites to help the homeless. They are trying to make the government aware that the current welfare system is not helping to reduce poverty. They're bringing a community together. context:  The big issue is a weekly magazine published by Dennis and the big issue Ltd. The genre of the big issue magazine is a independent/entertainment magazine, focusing on news and current affairs. The first issue of the magazine was published in 1991. The magazine is apart of the big issue Ltd aswell as other conglomerates such as the big issue foundation (a charity supporting guidance for vendors in areas such as education, health and housing), big issye invest (helping finacial sustainable social enterpirises, charities and a social buying platform) and also the big issue shop (where the buyers are purchasing eco-friendly products from organisations using profits to support charitable causes.) the issue- Octo...

 vogue issue- analyse the key changes in society in the 1960s  gender- Feminism began to become a more influentual idelogy as more jobs became avaliable to young women in the sixties. This allowed women to move away from home, work and become more independent. During the 60s, the contraceptive pill also became legalised (1967) and gave them the opportunity to focus away from motherhood and marriage is what men believed women were desitined to provide. At the end of the 60s, women began to fight for equal pay against their male workers as originallly they was getting far less than what men was getting. An example of this is in 1968 at the Ford factory in Dagenham. This is where over 850 women went on strike in order to try and gain equal pay, and In 1970, 2 years later, the equal pay act of 1970 emerged. This also resulted in women becoming more independent and involved in politics. music: In 1960's, one of the biggest changing aspects was music. In 1950s, rock and roll be...