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    National Organization for Women Over the years women have been pushing for the same equality as men. Women are typically looked down upon and are ignored when it come to standing up for their rights. So what do women do in order to be heard? In the 1960s an organization called the National Organization for Women was established. This organizations main focus is to eliminate discrimination in the workplace‚ secure abortion‚ birth control and reproductive rights for all women‚ and end all forms

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    The National Organization for women (NOW) was founded in 1966 to help and encourage women to participate in exercising their rights as human beings. Today it is the largest feminist organization in the world. Women in America today share most of the same rights and privileges as men‚ but it wasn’t always that way. Women were discriminated against and have fought hard with the help of organizations such as NOW‚ to gain respect and rights as equal citizens of this country. The photograph on the bottom

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    NOW: The National Organization for Women’s Impact on Women in America. “Since we all came from a women‚ got our name from a women‚ and our game from a women. I wonder why we take from women‚ why we rape our women‚ do we hate our women? I think it’s time we killed for our women‚ be real to our women‚ try to heal our women‚ cause if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies that will hate the ladies‚ who make the babies. And since a man can’t make one he has no right to tell a women when and

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    Good‚ practical reasons to have nursing as national service Published on Aug 04‚ 2012 LIKE Mr Peter Ong‚ I wonder how our public health-care institutions would cope with the nurse shortage if fewer foreign nurses were to work here ("The foreign nurse who made a difference"; July 27). So it may be an opportune time for the Government to study the viability of enlisting fresh N-level school leavers or those with higher qualifications to serve national service as nurses. The others could serve as

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    NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (2001) | IntroductionThe principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble‚ Fundamental Rights‚ Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women‚ but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women.Within the framework of a democratic polity‚ our laws‚ development policies‚ Plans and programmes have aimed at women’s advancement in

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    During the late nineteenth century there there were various efforts put forth to create national labor organizations. Most lives improved but at the cost of dangerous working conditions and being controlled with everything that the workers went to do. There was a tremendous amount of foreigners who lost their jobs because machines in factories took their place. Due to the fact of the factory jobs being much easier‚ women and children were hired to do a man’s job. People were mistreated and were given unfair

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    About usThe National Commission for Women was set up as statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act‚ 1990 ( Act No. 20 of 1990 of Govt.of India ) to : * review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women ; * recommend remedial legislative measures ; * facilitate redressal of grievances and * advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.In keeping with its mandate‚ the Commission initiated various steps to improve the status of women and worked

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    ------------------------------------------------- (B) Supra-national Organizations Choose ONE specific supra-national organization (not necessarily from the above list) and discuss the following issues (these are only random suggestion.  You may define your own. (i) What is the nature of this organization?  Who are its members? (ii) What influence does it have on your own country? (iii) What influence does it have on other nations? Supra-national Nature Supranational organizations are international bodies that have

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    Is The National Football League A Honest OrganizationNational  Football  League   (NFL)  is  an  American  gridiron  football  organization‚  founded  in  1920  by  Jim  Thorpe  as  American  Professional  Football  Association.  Jim Thorpe was the first  president  of  the  association‚  he  was  a  famous  American  athlete  and  league  player.  Later  on‚  in  1922‚  the  association  was  renamed  as  National  Football  League.  In  the  beginning‚  league  comprised  of  fourteen  teams 

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    Prostitution a Big Deal for Organizations or Women? Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. People who execute such activities are called prostitutes. Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry. The legal status of prostitution varies from country to country‚ from being a punishable crime to a regulated profession. The arguments presented below are aimed at all forms of prostitution endorsed or supported by the state

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