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    She spoke up for women’s rights‚ African American rights‚ and she helped the kids and the poor. She stood up for a African American singer and she created a program called Val-Kill to give jobs to the youth. The first reason why she took a stand in history was because she stood up for African Americans. The first way she stood up for African Americans was by helping a African American singer‚ Marian Anderson. Marian Anderson was denied the use of Washington’s constitution Hall. She was denied

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    for researchers to use animals‚ making alternatives more appealing. Many people would agree that animal testing is morally wrong. As animal rights activist Justin Goodman puts it‚ "Mice are like us in all the ways that matter‚ so they’re used as stand-ins for humans - but the moral significance of those similarities is ignored." Chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans‚

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    fact of being human. These are called “human rights” rather than a privilege (which can be taken away at someone’s whim). They are “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be‚ to do or to have. These rights are there for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you. They are also there to help us get along with each other and live in peace. Many people know something about their rights. Generally they know they have the right to food and a safe place to stay. They know

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    Crimes against women Dear Noopur‚ I have read your latest article in Newslaundry. I appreciate your sentiments‚ and with respect I share them. Rape and other crimes against women are a disgrace to a society and deserve harsh punishment. In my judgment in the Supreme Court in Satya Narain Tiwari vs. State of UP (which can be seen online) I said: “The hallmark of a healthy society is the respect it shows to women. Indian society has become a sick society”. In that case‚ I had said that death penalty

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    apart’ (Kennedy‚ cited in Jones and Wardle‚ 2008: 58) as they are thought to be more threatening to the social structure that is centred on the production and reinforcement of the narrow boundaries surrounding gender. They are continually judged against the ideology of the ‘ideal woman’ which regards nurturing and maternal characteristics as symbiotic of femininity. As children are held to be in need of nurturing and protection (Jewkes‚ 2004: 58)‚ the assigned gender roles of women place them in

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    FOR WOMEN AGAINST MALE VIOLENCE BY THE STATE. For this essay I am going to look at Domestic Violence against women and what the State is doing to protect them. Domestic Violence is now a well-known global occurrence affecting not only women but also their children too. Violence against woman has been around since the dawn of time. We have all seen cartoon pictures of the caveman dragging his mate behind him by her hair. It was just something that men did. Woman had no protection against men especially

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    production. The Commonwealth Games and the Adarsh society scam are all various examples of the widespread corruption in India at all levels of government: from the Panchayati Raj to the Central Government‚ although preventive measures have been taken against corruption. One of the major problems is the criminalization of politics. Nearly one fourth of the Indian parliament members have previous criminal charges‚ some even as serious as murder. In the lower levels of the Government it is even worse. As

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    "Violence against women: a statistical overview‚ challenges and gaps in data collection and methodology and approaches for overcoming them" Expert Group Meeting Organized by: UN Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with: Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and World Health Organization (WHO) 11 – 14 April‚ 2005 Geneva Switzerland Violence against women : A statistical overview‚ challenges and gaps in data collection and methodology and approaches for overcoming them

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    The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV‚ sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994‚ H.R. 3355) signed as Pub.L. 103–322 by President Bill Clinton on September 13‚ 1994 (codified in part at 42 U.S.C. sections 13701 through 14040). The Act provides $1.6 billion toward investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women‚ imposes automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted‚ and allows civil redress

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    Arguments Against Ageism

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    stereotyping and discriminating against people based on their age (Ageism‚ n.d.). The term was first coined by Robert Neil Butler in 1969 to describe discrimination against seniors‚ and is similar to racism and sexist (Ageism‚ n.d.). Ageism consists of three elements‚ including prejudicial attitudes towards others‚ old age‚ and the aging process; institutional practices and policies that perpetuate stereotypes about older people; and discriminatory practices against the elderly. Ageism is also used

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