Unit 2 P4- explain how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice The data protection act- the data protection act is legislation put in place to keep personal data confidential. It can promote anti-discriminatory practice as it can stop people finding out information about individuals that the individual wants to stay private. E.g. phone numbers and addresses. These would need to stay private so people don’t find out where you live or what is wrong with you. The children act 1989-
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that women should be at home cleaning the house‚ preparing dinner for their families. People in the workplaces today still don’t let women and men do the same things. All women and men can do anything that they put their mind to. People shouldn’t be letting others tell them what they have to do just because they are your partner‚ or if you are working for them. Women and men should be equal when it comes to their rights. Women in this world are are not the only gender that has sexism against them
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Violence against women is a topic of concern which cannot be ignored as it is hindering almost one half growth of the country. It refers to the violent acts that are committed against women. This is a issue which falls under category of the gender equality or gender biasing. It is a matter of great distress that women in our country are treated in such a manner and are considered to be lower then men in all fields. Violence against women is an event which displays historically unequal power relations
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Violence Against Women in Canada By: Sujicaa Sivakumaran “More than 3‚300 women are forced to sleep in an emergency shelter to escape domestic violence on any given day” (Statistics Canada‚ 2011)1. Violence against women is present in many forms including domestic violence‚ rape‚ and sexual harassment. Such behaviours can stem from the idea that women deserve less social power‚ which in turn causes men to show their power and control over women in demeaning methods. This is an issue that has been
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Discrimination against Women in the Workplace Jessica Holmes Professor Williams April 10‚ 2012 From the beginning of time the male and female have been expected to perform certain roles in society. Males have been expected to work and provide for their family while the female raises the children‚ cooks‚ cleans and keeps the house in order. Today many women have broken that tradition and are starting their careers and becoming more independent. Even though females today are braking
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professions held by men verses those held by women through history‚ the concept of history that needs to be observed is a vast period of time. For if all or most of known history about humans is not taken into consideration‚ then much of present day analysis of leadership gender roles might actually start to make sense. The previous sentence was not an error in thought or printing. Much of modern analysis of gender perspectives in leadership and the roles of men and women seem to forget the thousands of years
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perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonour upon the family or community. In most of the cases‚ honour killings are mostly directed against the women especially in the South Asian and Middle Eastern Islamic cultures. Sadly‚ this culture is prevalent in some parts of the Indian society too. Mainly the method of honor killing is adopted when a girl goes against the wishes of her family and marries a guy who does not belong to her own community. In some of these cases‚ both the boy and the girl
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reauthorized‚ it did not include hate crimes against women as a class (The Leadership Conference ). Since there is no official inclusion of gender-based crimes associated with the Hate Crime Statistics Act‚ the statistics and tracking of increase or decrease of these crimes are not apart of federal law or the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) of hate crime and remain unknown (Criminal Justice). However‚ there are still various hate crimes committed against women everyday which include: murder‚ rapes and
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Discussion Aboriginal women are in unfortunate situations as most of the population lives on reserves which often have limited resources (Citation Missing). Furthermore‚ the women in the family are often dependent on the men for the basic necessities of life‚ therefore‚ they are more prone to family violence (e.g. sexual assaults) (Citation Missing). Due to intergenerational trauma‚ Aboriginal women often engage in prostitution or are more likely to be trafficked across Canada‚ herein lies the possibility
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Violence against women can not only be conducted physically‚ but also emotionally by way of gender. In society today‚ the statement “it is a women’s issue” is tossed around frequently. The deemed “women’s issues” are issues such as domestic violence‚ and sexual abuse. These problems are not at the fault of the woman as society suggests. Jackson Katz stands his ground on the issue of naming certain problems “women’s issues” by stating‚ “it gives men an excuse not to pay attention‚ right? A lot of
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