In Catherine Scott's book, Gender and Development: Rethinking Modernization and Dependency Theory, she writes about the World Bank and its theories. ... Similarly, Margaret Leahy, in her book, Development Strategies and the Status of Women, she discusses United Nations conferences where information on women's status" economically, politically and socially were looked into. ... Also at these conferences, "conferees ascertained that women were rational decision makers when it came to determining family size; women's decisions were conditioned not only by the availability of contra...

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In order to enforce this law, certain civil action groups have persuaded law makers to adopt a test for discrimination based on proportionality rather than opportunity and interest. ... Gavora, an expert on the Title IX debate and author of the book "Tilting the Playing Field," the key to restoring equality of opportunity to Title IX lies in making the actual interest of the students rather than their representation in the student body the benchmark for apportioning athletic opportunities (Gavora). ...

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