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| termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death |
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| a concept linking reproductive health with social justice. The term emerged from the work of reproductive health organizations for women of color in the United States in the 1990s. |
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| a birth control technique in prevention of fertilisation through barrier methods, such as condoms or diaphragm, and oral and injectable contraceptives. |
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| a set of lifestyle norms that hold that people fall into distinct and complementary genders (male and female) with natural roles in life. It also holds that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation, and states that sexual and marital relations are most (or only) fitting between a man and a woman. |
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| the assimilation of heteronormative ideals and constructs into LGBTQ culture and individual identity. |
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| a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and in some cases transgender and intersex people. |
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| the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the activity of raising a child rather than the biological relationship. |
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| passed in response to a series of United States Supreme Court decisions which limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. It provided for the right to trial by jury on discrimination claims and introduced the possibility of emotional distress damages, while limiting the amount that a jury could award. |
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| can include job availability, wages, the prices and/or availability of goods and services, and the amount of capital investment funding available to minorities for business. |
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| refers to situations where the advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination, most commonly sexism or racism. |
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| rapid promotion of men over women, especially into management in female-dominated fields. |
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| the minimum hourly wage necessary for an individual to meet basic needs, including shelter (housing) and other incidentals such as clothing and nutrition, for an extended period of time or a lifetime. |
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| the belief or attitude that one gender or sex is inferior to, less competent, or less valuable than the other. |
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| someone who works within the employer's household. |
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| the process of inheriting norms, customs and ideologies. It may provide the individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within their own society; a society itself is formed through a plurality of shared norms, customs, values, traditions, social roles, symbols and languages. |
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| the obvious or hidden disparity between individuals due to gender. |
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| the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of political ideas through communication, transportation, and trade. |
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| a social, economic, theological, spiritual, scientific or legal issue which has become a political issue, as a result of deliberate action or otherwise, whereby people become politically active over that issue. |
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| a social movement opposed to another social movement. Whenever one social movement starts up, another group establishes themselves to undermine the previous group. |
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| dealt mainly with suffrage and ended with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1919) granting women the right to vote. |
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| (1960s-1980s) was concerned with gender inequality in laws and culture. |
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| (1990s-current), is seen as both a continuation and a response to the perceived failures of the second wave. |
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| a working environment considered to be unacceptably difficult or dangerous especially by developed countries with high standards of living. Sweatshop workers often work long hours for unusually low pay with hazardous materials and situations. |
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| increasing the spiritual, political, social, or economic strength of individuals and communities. |
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| a movement driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures. |
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