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    Unit 2 Task 1 P2 Describe discriminatory practice in health and social care 1. Overt discrimination This is when discrimination is “clear and up front” despite equality legislation making it illegal. For example paying a male nurse more money than a female nurse for the same job because of his gender. It could also be refusing to treat a patient because they are of a different race or religion. 2. Covert Discrimination This is the opposite of Overt Discrimination. It is when the discrimination

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    between individuals and it is a negative action towards members of a certain group. The bases of discrimination include: culture‚ disability‚ age‚ social class‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ health status‚ family status and cognitive ability. The discriminatory practise used in the case of Jeta is predjudice. This is judging someone and making an assumption without having any solid evidence to support the judgement‚ on the basis of their appearance or what group they belong to. Jeta is experiencing this

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    FEMINITY IN CONTEMPORARY HORROR FILM One might say that horror film- genre has been invented by feminists. Horror films seem to be one of the only genres that have women as heroines instead of dominated side characters. In horror genre women are the ones fighting against evil and men are the ones dying trying to help these heroines. Or perhaps the horror genre uses heroines to differ it self from hero dominant action genre. Or maybe horror films were created to represent the ultimate horror of

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    Introduction Violence against women refers to acts that target women exclusively‚ resulting in physical or emotional harm or the loss of their liberty‚ through threats‚ coercion‚ physical or sexual assault. It cannot be seen as the actions of a deranged individual‚ but as an interplay of varying socio-cultural institutions‚ historical preconditions and societal change‚ which shapes attitudes towards women. This essay seeks to understand violence against women through the lens of the sociological

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    Male violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon. Although not every woman has experienced it‚ and many expect not to‚ fear of violence is an important factor in the lives of most women. It determines what they do‚ when they do it‚ where they do it‚ and with whom. Fear of violence is a cause of women’s lack of participation in activities beyond the home‚ as well as inside it. Within the home‚ women and girls may be subjected to physical and sexual abuse as punishment or as culturally justified

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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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    Women were and still are discriminated in Society Discrimination‚ in a general sense‚ simply means making a decision based on some distinctive factor. It involves making decisions on treating people differently based on prohibited discrimination factors such as race‚ age‚ sex‚ color‚ disability or national origin. Throughout history‚ the most common discrimination we hear about is the race of people. Thus‚ no one really takes into consideration of how woman are discriminated because of

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    P2 Describe discriminatory practise in health and social care When working in a residential home with young adults who have it is very important that you are careful how you approach them and that you are always thinking about their feelings. You could easily discriminate someone without even knowing I am going to explain some of the ways you may discriminate against a social user without realising. Vulnerability A young person with complex needs is bound to be very vulnerable. It may be oblivious

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    organization. The policy needs to be presented to employees at the time of hire and enforced throughout their entire employment. In the policy should be nondiscrimination laws‚ regulations‚ policies‚ and organization executive orders. Discrimination against anyone on the basis of race‚ color‚ creed‚ religion‚ sex‚ age‚ national origin‚ marital status‚ sexual

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    P4- There is a variety of national initiatives which promote anti-discriminatory practices: Some of these practices are provisions relating to‚ European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950‚ Sex Discrimination Act 1975‚ Mental Health Act 1983‚ Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986‚ The Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989‚ The Children Act 1989‚ Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000‚ Disability Discrimination Act 2005‚ it is important in every work place and setting

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