In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishing the right to protection from gender violence as a core dimension of women's human rights. This is another example of the process described in Chapter 2, in which a social movement defines a problem and generates support from legal institutions and states. After describing how gender violence became a human rights violation articulated in formal documents of international law, this chapte...

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The legislatures went on to say "While a system of civil unions does not bestow the status f civil marriage, it does satisfy the requirements of the Common Benefits Clause. ... This does not allow couples to have a marriage but it grants them civil union. ... The US has gone through many revolutions for equal rights and the most recent of the revolutions is that in the gay rights movement. ... Many activists are not homosexual by choice they have not chosen to be they were born this way and so they do not think it is fair or right to be discriminated because of how they were born. ... Howev...

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These movements have included things from civil rights for minority groups and women to environmental conservation. ... I say this because I researched civil rights activist Daisy Bates. ... Because of her persistence and dedication to equal rights for African-American, the face of education in America has been changed. ... Although she was once incarcerated, that opened her eyes and she is now doing something meaningful with her life which is something that few other people can do, so to me, she is an example of how people should be allowed second-chances and not judged based on one mist...

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But growing disparity, corporate power, and environmental destruction has overshadowed the hope for a global civil society, a global community. ... While each of these issues, no matter how few or many protest them, hold importance, some are more convincing reasons for protest than others. ... Even if a global civil society could occur and the gap between the rich and the poor was lessened, "haves" and the "have-nots" would still exist. ... Labor, for instance, raises a number of questions: If we accept that conditions of workers are not as they should be, what can we do? ... The ideology ...

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However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. ... What is Civil War? ... This former solider was in the Angolan armed forces and explained how soldiers burst into his home one night three years ago and took him away. ... Francisco stated, "All these years, all I have wanted to do is go home. ... Human Rights Violations...

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