pass the Equal Rights Amendment or ERA‚ which originally stated‚ "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The amendment was ignored during the twenty’s‚ thirties‚ and forties until it was reintroduced in 1951. The ERA was then dropped until 1970 when feminists across america fought to reestablish and expand it to not only cover gender equality but racial equity and age discrimination as well. Although the Equal Rights
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Human Rights: Treatment of Refugees 1. Outline the domestic/international contemporary human rights issue you have chosen (see syllabus for suggestions) A refugee is defined within the 1951 Refugee Convention as any person who: "Owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group or political opinion‚ is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or‚ owing to such fear‚ is unwilling to avail himself of
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Clara Lemaitre 4E Thursday‚ November 14th Essay: How important were humanitarian concerns and racism in the treatment of slaves? Slavery has always existed: Romans had slaves; Muslims had black slaves since the 7th Century. The Slave Trade from Africa to the West Indies started in the 16th Century. Slaves were needed to work on the plantations because of labor shortage. The treatment of slaves consists in how the Europeans took care of their slaves. Humanitarian concerns are concerns on
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The Equal Rights Amendment The Equal Rights Amendment has been trying to get ratified since 1923. It has been introduced into every congress since 1982. Section one of the amendment states‚ “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Section two states‚ “The Congress shall have the power to enforce‚ by appropriate legislation‚ the provisions of this article.” Last‚ but not least‚ section three states‚ “this amendment shall
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Equal Employment Opportunity of 1972 The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is an amended title of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Title VII prohibits discrimination in hiring‚ compensation‚ terms‚ conditions‚ or privileges of employment based on race‚ religion‚ color‚ sex‚ or national origin” of companies with “15 or more employees or members” (DeCenzo & Robbins‚ 2007). This title also forbids a company or organization to retaliate against an employee for making accusations of discrimination
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Special Needs Children In an ideal world all children would be born without disabilities. This idea is not possible though and sometimes children are born with special needs. The child could have only one disability or several. A disability can be mild and treated with medication or the disability can be severe and the child will need constant supervision. Once the child becomes of age to attend school‚ the issue of whether or not to place the child in a regular classroom or special needs classroom
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Unit 2 – Individual Rights in Health and social Care Diversity and equality in society Diversity and equality in our society is based upon community that consist of people from different background. There are many factor that contribute to the diversity and equality of the mainly social mainly * Social * Political * Equality * Biological Social Factors Social factors emphasises values that families hold function together every day. The values are based on their cultural
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Douglass was an open-minded man and spoke of equal rights for women’s suffrage. He attended several women rights movements one in which was the First Women’s Rights Convention. During this convention‚ he signed the Declaration of Sentiments‚ which stated “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal” (Douglass‚ The Rights of Women: Electronic Edition). Douglass believed that there is no reason to deny women equal rights since they are as intelligent and accountable
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The Founding Fathers created The Bill of Rights in order to protect citizens’ individual rights under written law. One of the most important type of rights outlined in this document are the rights of the accused. Before the amendments that protect accused individuals were enforced‚ there was a decent amount of room for government to gain more power and for the people to lose justice and freedom while in the courts. Many innocent citizens would be labeled as guilty without trial and sent to jail.
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Support Individuals With Specific Communication Need 1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s meeting needs. Every individual has the right to communication as the Human Rights Act (1998) lists the freedom of expression as well as other rights relating to communication. As a support worker I have a moral obligation as well as adhering to the standards‚ codes of practice‚ guidelines‚ morals and law that govern my practice to ensure that communication needs are met. If an individual’s
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