Violence against Aboriginal Women Gender and Women Studies GWST 2510 B Ashwana Raveendran 212267068 Jolin Joseph October 21‚ 2013 The aboriginal community includes a rough amount of the Canadian population; history has shown that aboriginal women have undergone many struggles to develop the status of their livelihood. These women have gone through many obstacles to obtain their rights and identity in Canada. One of the concerning issues that need awareness brought
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“A Cold-Blooded Effort to Bolster up the Legal Profession”: The Battle Between Lawyers and Notaries in British Columbia‚ 1871–1930 JOAN BROCKMAN* Notaries in British Columbia have managed to retain authority to offer to the public legal services that‚ in other Canadian jurisdictions (except for Quebec)‚ have been arrogated to the exclusive domain of lawyers. A conceptual framework of professionalization and inter-professional rivalry developed by Anne Witz can be applied to the battles that
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Palawan Jojie Delmiguez Prof. BrionesHR3C I. BACKGROUND STUDY OF PALAWAN The province of Palawan is one of the most attractive regions of the country. Beautiful landscapes on this 425 km long and 40 km width Island are like a paradise on earth for nature lovers. For ’nature lovers’ and ’adventurers‚ the coasts on the west side of the island with their rock formations and the underwater river‚ are real attractions
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exactly is “Gender” and what a “Social Construct” means. GENDER In a layman’s language‚ Gender is simply the distinction between male and female. However‚ if we look deeper in well‚ we will notice the gender construction starts with the association of sex category at the time of birth. Sex is the biological distinction between a man and a woman and gender is based on sex. A sex category becomes a gender status through naming‚ dress and the use of other gender marks
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academicjournals.org/INGOJ © 2007 Academic Journals Article Dispelling the misconceptions and myths about gender Dumisani Nyalunga Corresponding author’s E-mail: dumisanin@ddpdurban.org.za Accepted 04 January 4‚ 2007 Prelude This paper seeks to clarify the meaning of the terms that are associated with gender‚ and equally so to unpack the concept of gender itself and elucidate the fact that gender is not tantamount to women and that it does not exclusively cater for women issues and concerns but that
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Everybody in today’s society experiences gender throughout his or her life. However‚ as a female‚ I have personally always been affected by the social construction of gender in my day-to-day life‚ whether I was aware of it or not. Gender is such a prominent aspect of life for everyone that we barely recognize the effect it has on us‚ especially when it’s constructed within our own families. Growing up‚ my parents followed the stereotypical gender roles for my brother and I. From the moment we were
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“particular importance for social image construction are age‚ social class‚ ethnicity‚ sex and sexual preference”‚ and “our perceptions of women and men are shaped by our symbolic constructs of femininity and masculinity” (Hunter College Women‘s Studies Collective‚ 1995). Psychologically‚ gender roles describe appropriate behaviour that is associated with each of the sexes. People who do not conform to normal behaviours of their gender are believed to have atypical gender roles. Throughout history‚ biological
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able to contribute to national development and prosperity. In the earlier years‚ the issue of gender inequality is one which has been publicly reverberating through society for decades. The different religions and cultures of Malaysia have many positive aspects in women’s lives. However‚ it is also the case that women are discriminated against by their religions and cultures‚ which perpetuate stereotyped gender roles and protectionist and patriarchal attitudes towards women. First at all‚ the “family”
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The perception of the concept of gender equality is not properly understood in both sexes throughout The Gambia. OBJECTIVE The objective of this research work is based on three things: * To bring to light the proper concept of gender equality. * To ascertain if there is any possibility of total gender equality in all works of life in The Gambia. * To find out the stand of both religions i.e. Islam and Christianity on the subject matter of gender equality. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
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Gender equality is the removal of deep-seated barriers to equality of opportunity and outcome‚ such as discriminatory laws‚ customs‚ practices and institutional processes. It also entails concern with the development of the freedoms of all individuals‚ irrespective of gender; to choose outcomes they have reason to value. It is integral to ideas of educational quality‚ as an education system would lack key dimensions of quality if it was discriminatory or did not develop capabilities in children to
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