(Loutfi) The influx of women into the workforce has major social, economic, and organizational consequences. ... Particularly problematic is the use of marital or family status in selecting women. ... That term refers to the social constructs " the institutions " that greatly influence our behavior and interactions. ... It is quite appropriate to seek both equality between men and women and gender equality, with the latter implying roles that may well be different but are equal in status and social esteem. There will always be social and institutional const...

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Struggling for a social, educational, legal, and moral status became the focus of the women's movement. ... To understand the importance of the founding of this society, one must be able to understand the social background of women. ... Women were even denied the right to property and control of wage status after she was bound in marriage. ... Ironically, in fighting for the right of freedom, women continued to be held down by their own social standards of fashion. ... The decrease of interest in abolitionism was mainly due in part because people began relating slavery to the social ...

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Reaffirms the importance of the principles relating to the status of refugees and the common standard for their treatment contained in the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as modified by the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967; 3. ... Recommends the following draft decision to the Economic and Social Council for adopt...

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This movement's success inspired many other social movements, including the Women's Liberation Movement. ... Participation in the Civil Rights Movement empowered SNCC female members to challenge their inferior status to men by affording these women the opportunity to articulate their opinions. ... Once they realized that they had the skills necessary for initiating reform, they began "to resent performing the mundane tasks reflective of their second-class status" (Polletta, 2002, p. 155). ... The Civil Rights Movement also changed the culture of advocacy – it made soc...

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A women's ability to acquire an education as well as an opportunity to advance on a social, political and economic platform was dependent on where she lived, how wealthy and educated her father may have been and most importantly the color of her skin.1 The divide between customs and traditions were entrenched in the social hierarchies that persisted in the south. ... Marylyn Salmons study of the legal status of women in the early republic reveals that the literacy skills in the south amongst women were much lower than their northern counterparts. ... The institution of slavery heavily im...

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Women who should have equal status with men, have been degraded and disregarded in numerous ways in the Middle East. ... Due to this repression, voices of women are being unheard and male dominance is prevailing in the name of Islam, which is morally, ethically, religiously and socially incorrect. ... Unfortunately, in the Middle East, various human rights such as property acquisition and voting status are deprived from women making them socially unequal. ... In these countries, women are subjugated under Sharia law and subjected to strict work and social restriction. ... This concept is estab...

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With the Code Napoleon, he sought to give france one uniform set of laws, and to maintain social stability by providing his citizens with something they've not been guaranteed before. ... Every citizen was also give the right to personal status, property, and the aquisition of property. ...

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(Loutfi) The influx of women into the workforce has major social, economic, and organizational consequences. ... Particularly problematic is the use of marital or family status in selecting women. ...

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Overall, the rights and status of women have improved considerably in the last century; however, gender equality has recently been threatened within the last decade. Blatantly sexist laws and practices are slowly being eliminated while social perceptions of "women's roles" continue to stagnate and even degrade back to traditional ideals. It is these social perceptions that challenge the evolution of women as equal on all levels. ... My grandmother through growing up during a time when women had few social rights, said she didn't experience oppressive sexism in her life. ... No one ...

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One of the priorities of the Government of Mauritius is to provide its people with a quality of life based on human dignity, equality of treatment, economic empowerment and social justice. ... The Act aims at eliminating direct or indirect discrimination on the basis of age, caste, creed, ethnic origin, impairment, and marital status, place of origin, political opinion, race, sex or sexual orientation. ... The concept of equal opportunities involves the breakdown and removal of discriminatory structures, biased policies and prejudicial practices in organisations and individuals, not only in em...

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Also, the directive principles of state policy in Irish constitution were looked upon by the people of India as an inspiration for the independent India's government to comprehensively tackle complex social and economic challenges across a vast, diverse nation and population. In 1928, the Nehru Commission composing of representatives of Indian political parties proposed constitutional reforms for India that apart from calling for dominion status for India and elections under universal suffrage, would guarantee rights deemed fundamental, representation for religious and ethnic minorit...

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The only way a Sierra Leonean woman can possibly gain status through marriage is as their role as a mother. The more children a women births, the more her social status increases. This is the only way a women can step up her social status. ... Contradictions in the Constitution have significantly contributed to the low social status of women. ...

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This section of the report deals with the connection between political and social violence in Palestinian society and the manner in which each of these forms of violence interplays with the other. ... Women's rights promote political, social and economic equality for women in a society that traditionally confers more status and freedom to men. ... This restoration of honour sometimes takes the form of murdering the concerned woman for her social trespasses. ... "Moreover, battered women are rarely able to benefit from the law as a result of social pressures on one hand, and the practical ...

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The American Dream is based on the ideology that everyone, no matter what his origins are, can be successful through his own effort and by cultivating his qualities. The old American Dream was about the desire of a land, where life should be better, fuller and richer for every man. The old Amer...

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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. ... In 1990, the UN's Economic and Social Council adopted a resolution recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women stating that violence against women in the family and society derives from their unequal status in society and recommending that governments take immediate measures to establish appropriate penalties for violence against women as well as developing policies to prevent and control violence against women...

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It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ... The politics until today remains the destiny of men; family defines the status of women in most cases. ... Shortly, all 103 respondents were people of both sexes, different ages and social status. ... The totalitarian society tried to construct true equality and improve the political status of women; the reforms of socialism could have a breakthrough effect in the development and resolution of this issue. ... Thus it undertook the functions of main official conductor of social...

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The code also carries a strong sense of social group separation. Almost each set of laws differs for what social group or sex the Burgundian is. ... The social group discrimination is not limited to men either. ... Not only is there a difference in social group, there is a difference in sex. ... Social order is an obvious intent of the code, and its strict laws would suffice in providing this order. ...

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In 1969 Pierre Elliot Trudeau's government had regulated the White Paper, a legal document that had forbid negotiations with the Natives in regards to their aspirations and rights by removing their Indian status (Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian policy, 1969, Queens Printer). ... The White Paper was created to develop the standard of living of Aborigines by removing their Indian legal status, so equality would arise (Indigenous Foundations of British Columbia). ... The Indian Act is a Canadian statute that incorporates the issues of governance, reserves, and status among th...

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And if they are not dealt with the country will not be able improve from their current status quo. ... The Social standing in Guatemala has not been improving much since the end of the war. ... The peace agreements called for the guerrillas to lay down their arms, while the size of the army was to be reduced; a number of social programs were to be established, as well as a commission to investigate human rights violations. ... Specifically, the amendments were to make Maya languages, religions, and traditional laws equal in status to their ladino counterparts. ...

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They believe a fetus does not hold a moral status until or after birth. ... The conservative argument states that from the time of conception, the fetus has absolute moral status and has the right to live. ... In the middle months of a pregnancy, when the fetus begins to resemble an actual human being, abortion is permissible only if the fetus would cause physical, psychological, economic, or social harm. ...

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Abortion has varied considerably by the differences in individual's social character and by the legal status. ... "The fetus has positive moral value in that it is a product of human persons seeking to promote the good of life; and by virtue of its status as related to the most basic of all human goods, it is accepted into membership in the moral community (Steffen 45). ...

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This ethical principle crosses geographical and cultural boundaries and recognizes the importance of inherent worth of all human beings regardless of ethnic origin or social status (www.un.org, n.d.). ...

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For men, or state or the physicians who hold control over whether pregnancy should take place and the woman to suffer alone the consequences that the decision would be best for their careeres, education, or social status came to see wrong and cruelly oppressive. ...

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Background Afghanistan is a country where woman have barely any rights due to traditions and laws. The Millennium Development Goal in Afghanistan is established to promote gender equality and empower women as the region has a history great gender disparity. In the 1980s women started gaining more r...

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Once people have formed attitudes in general, and prejudices in particular, they are reluctant to change their minds for several reasons: 1) The cognitive payoff, 2) The social payoff, 3) The economic payoff, 4) The psychological payoff. ... It may be accepted social practice, as when members of one group refuse to hire or promote people who are different from them. ... But sometimes people who have prejudiced attitudes are prevented from discriminating because of the law, or social convention, or other interests. ... Discrimination against Homosexual's A widespread form of discrimination...

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