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Bringing International Human Rights Law Home: Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Book by Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for the Advancement of Women; United Nations, 2000

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Children's Rights, Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women--(1980), Convention On The Rights Of The Child--(1989), Sex Discrimination Against Women--Law And Legislation, Women's Rights

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...studies found that 50 to 60 percent of women who are abused by their partners are raped...ties about the nature of violence against women. These studies show that the perpetrators of violence against women are almost exclusively men. Women are...
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Women, Culture, and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities

Book by Martha C. Nussbaum, Jonathan Glover; Clarendon Press, 1995

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Sex Role, Women In Development, Women's Rights

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...statute on which the woman based her appeal...discussed in Okin, Women, 251 and n. 10...of being seen as a woman is, by contrast...Rousseau, see Okin, Women, and Jane Roland...the standpoint of women and feminism, see...Welfare State and Woman Power. Essays in...
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Women and the Law: A Bibliographical Survey of Legal and Quasi-Legal Materials with Special Reference to Commonwealth Caribbean Jurisdictions and Including Relevant Commonwealth Caribbean Legislation and Case Material

Book by Joan Brathwaite A.; University of the West Indies Press, 1999

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Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--West Indies, British--Bibliography

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Women -- legal status, laws, etc. -- Grenada, 0535, 0941, 1575 Women -- legal status, laws, etc. -- Guatemala, 0951 Women -- legal status, laws, etc. -- Guyana, 0176, 0186, 0187, 0875, 0876, 0961, 0962, 2218, 2393 Women...
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Women in the United States Military, 1901-1995: A Research Guide and Annotated Bibliography

Book by Vicki L. Friedl; Greenwood Press, 1996

Subjects:

United States--Armed Forces--Women--Bibliography, United States--Armed Forces--Women--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...With the First MASH," 224 Woman Marine: A Memoir of a Woman Who Joined the U.S. Marine...Free a Man to Fight," 389 The Woman Veteran: Readjustment Experience...Separation, Survey of Enlisted Women Discharged from Army and Navy...
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Women and Wealth: A Study of the Economic Status of American Women

Book by Mary Sydney Branch; University of Chicago Press, 1934

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Finance--United States, Women In Public Life, Women--Employment--United States, Women--Social And Moral Questions

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...of womens wages, 95 - 100 , 104 Advertising, influence on women, 111 , 122 ; appeal to women, 111 -12 Age, increase in earnings with, 82 ; of business and professional women, 88 ; of women beneficiaries of estates, 13 ; of women investors...

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Journal Articles on: women

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Women Leaders' Discursive Constructions of Leadership

Journal article by Marlene G. Fine; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 32, 2009

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American Psychological Association--Works, Leadership--Practice, Leadership--Social aspects, Narratives--Criticism and interpretation, Women--Social aspects, Women--Works

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...often stressed when the women recounted stories about...successes and failures. One woman said that she holds "big...politics. Each of these women advised other women to watch their backs in organizations. One woman, who owns her own business...
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Making Women Visible through Health Communication: Representations of Gender in AIDS PSAs

Journal article by Roger Myrick; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 22, 1999

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HIV infection--Prevention, Health education--Social aspects, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Social policy, Women--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...continue to associate women with disease and...laundromat poster and the woman who thinks HIV is...HIV positive is a woman. Additionally, the women are made visible...encourage that;" Woman: "Its much more...people--men and women--women in particular...
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Uniting Legal Doctrine and Discourse to Rethink Women's Workplace Rights

Journal article by Todd F. Mcdorman; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 21, 1998

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Sex discrimination against women--Economic aspects, Working women--Laws, regulations, etc.

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...suggest, they serve to encase women within a particular identity...the point when she says that "Woman and women cannot be separated from the fictions...constructed, cannot be won by women. If a woman acquiesces to the limitations and...
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Victimization of Muslim Women in Submission

Journal article by Aysel Morin; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 32, 2009

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Cultural identity, Motion pictures, Murders & murder attempts, Muslims, Racial differences, Scholarships & fellowships, Theory, Violence, Women

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...depicted Muslim women as victims. The first woman was a victim of...writes. "Muslim women are scarcely listened...and they need a woman to speak on their...struggle. For Muslim women, however, feminism...When a Muslim woman enters into the...
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Disciplining through Depression: An Analysis of Contemporary Discourse on Women and Depression

Journal article by Nicole E. Hurt; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 30, 2007

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Depression (Mood disorder)--Demographic aspects, Depression (Mood disorder)--Distribution, Depression (Mood disorder)--Physiological aspects, Depression, Mental--Demographic aspects, Depression, Mental--Distribution, Depression, Mental--Physiological aspects, Sex differences (Psychology)--Evaluation, Social problems--Analysis, Women--Psychological aspects, Women--Social aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...much higher than in a woman who is not pregnant...advocates putting pregnant women through rigorous testing...contribute to depression in women. Psychologist and womens...McGrath explains that "Each woman has a lifetime of subjective...depressed feelings. But women also have a collective...

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Magazine Articles on: women

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Women of Color Summits to Be Held in Now Regions

Magazine article by Erin Hanna, Zenaida Mendez; National NOW Times, Vol. 37, Summer 2005

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Activists, Conferences, National Organization for Women--NOW, Organizations

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Women of Color Summits to Be Held in Now Regions...great representation of young activists and women of color, adding fresh and diverse perspectives...which details the continuing violence women face in Juarez, Mexico. One of the plenary...
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Women of the World Unite to End Poverty and Violence

Magazine article by Loretta A. Kane; National NOW Times, Vol. 32, Winter 2001

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Demonstrations & protests, IMF, International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, International Monetary Fund, Poverty, Violence, Washington DC, Women, World Bank

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Women of the World Unite to End Poverty and Violence by Loretta A. Kane Thousands of women, men and children marched in front of the...action to call for an end to violence against women and poverty. They came from across the country...
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No Woman, No Culture Immune to Violence against Women

Magazine article by Kim Gandy; National NOW Times, Vol. 41, Spring 2009

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Domestic violence, Drug abuse, Grammy awards, Women

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No Woman, No Culture Immune to Violence against Women by Kim Gandy Every year...programming didnt objectify women.) Oprah also tackled...Rihanna, countless other women suffered. On Feb. 12...dangerous time for a woman in a violent relationship...
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Women of Color and Allies Summit an Inspiring Event

Magazine article by Lisa Bennett-Haigney; National NOW Times, Vol. 30, March 1998

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Feminism, Race, Summit conferences, Women

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...A number of brave women stood before the crowded...their talents. One woman spoke-and shouted...story telling. One woman performed sketches from her one-woman show about dealing with...was presented to the Women of Color and Allies...
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2005 Women of Color & Allies Summit: Empower... Enfranchise... Energize!

Magazine article by Lisa Bennett; National NOW Times, Vol. 37, Spring 2005

Subjects:

Feminism, Minority & ethnic groups, National Organization for Women--NOW, Personal development, Summit conferences

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...the HIV/AIDS pandemic among women of color, the unjust war on...kidnapped, raped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico. Serious...Ward, a.k.a. The Original Woman, led the way for three others...spoke about living as feminist women of color and the need for empowerment...

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Newspaper Articles on: women

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Impact of Woman Suffrage; (Speech Delivered at the Women's National Electoral Assembly 2007, September 15, 2007 at the Philippine International Convention Center)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 17, 2007

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International cooperation--Laws, regulations and rules, Women's suffrage--Laws, regulations and rules, Women--Laws, regulations and rules, Women--Suffrage

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...could not vote, simply because she was a woman. When the women heard this they began to realize how...male colleagues I did not have to be a "woman with balls" but simply a woman with a backbone. Women are natural leaders. We manage our homes...
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IF WOMEN HAD BEEN IN CHARGE, WOULD WE BE IN THIS MESS? Reckless Bank Chiefs and High-Risk Strategies Have Left the Financial World in Turmoil. Here Viv Groskop and Marianne Power Argue That Having More Women in Control Could Have Prevented the Collapse - and Female Entrepreneurs Show How They Are Good for Business

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 20, 2009

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Banks (Finance), Businesspeople, Businesswomen, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Working women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...themselves is a woman? Now many in the...big question: if women had been in charge...Does being a woman affect how you...between how men and women operate - everyone...Does being a woman affect how you do business? Women are more empathetic...
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Do Women Need to Dress to Impress? Fashionista Mary Portas Has Slammed Some Female MPs for the Way They Dress, but Can Fashion Choices Affect Your Career? Newcastle Image Consultant KATHRYN CLARKE Looks at the Issues Female MPs and Businesswomen Alike Face

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 4, 2011

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Businesswomen--Political activity, Businesswomen--Political aspects, Working women--Political activity, Working women--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Do Women Need to Dress to Impress? Fashionista Mary...you immediately realise that this group of women are not too bothered about trying to impress...however, and you realise the issue of women in the workplace and how they are perceived...
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Do Women Really Fake It? Yes, Yes, Yes!

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 9, 2010

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Women--Surveys

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...pleasurable sex for a woman can be silent. Every woman knows that sometimes...blissful, boundless world. Women know that it doesnt always...all and endall for women. I once answered a letter...my problem page from a woman who claimed never to...
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Women Who Are Unaware of Heart Risk; 'I THOUGHT IT WAS HEARTBURN'

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), December 6, 2010

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British Heart Foundation, Heart diseases--Risk factors, Heartburn--Risk factors, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...problem which simply doesnt affect women in the same way. "Its vital...for our female patients. All women over 40 are entitled to a free...preventable. We need to help Welsh women look after their hearts." Dont ignore symptoms: Beddgelert woman Mair Rowley.

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Encyclopedia Articles on: women

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Woman Suffrage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

WOMAN SUFFRAGE the right of women to vote. Throughout...the first to grant woman suffrage; in France, women voted in the first...B. Beeton, The Woman Suffrage Movement...R. Darcy et al., Women, Elections and Representation...
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National Organization for Women

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW), group founded (1966) to support "full equality for women in America in a truly equal partnership with...U.S. Constitution. NOW works to elect women to office, and seeks the abolition of alimony...
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League of Women Voters

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS voluntary public service...outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had...organized to educate American women in the intelligent use of their...with the status and rights of women, but it later broadened its...
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Mississippi State University for Women

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN at Columbus; the first state-supported womens college; chartered...Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State College for Women 1920, achieved university status 1974. It has graduate programs...
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Marguerite , for French Women Thus Named, Use Margaret

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MARGUERITE , for French women thus named, use Margaret For French women thus named, use Margaret. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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