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	By Theme or Subject Matter - Equality and Discrimination - Gender Discrimination - Stereotypes - Concluding ...
		The traditional attitudes to women, whereby a women's role continues to be seen by the State primarily as that of wife and mother exclusively responsible for children and the family, make the establishment of equality for women very difficult.
		In relation to the removal of the stereotyped attitudes and perceptions of the role of women in society and to raise the awareness of men of their family responsibilities, educational programmes in schools should be reoriented in accordance with article 5 of the Convention.
		Stereotypical attitudes about the roles of women and men in the family and society are reflected in women’s low level of representation in decision-making at all levels and in all areas, and this is of concern.
	www.bayefsky.com /themes/equality_gender_stereotypes_concluding-observations.php (6531 words)

	Traditional Views of Chinese Women's Roles
		Women were also expected to work in the fields, and many Chinese women still are engaed in manual labor, such as this woman who sweeps the grounds of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
		Traditional attitudes toward women in China demanded that women be subservient and self-effacing.
		Women in China are still engaged in many of these traditional activities today, and have developed stronger networks of solidarity through the many provincial and national federations of women whose task is to address the needs of women.
	www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~dvess/ids/global/wcon.htm (840 words)

	Leaflet entitled 'Educated women as war workers: a practical scheme', 20 Sep 1915 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Many historians now argue that women's gains as a result of their war effort and greater involvement in the war economy were in actual fact extremely light.
		Traditional attitudes to women still persisted within male-dominated post-war British society, for example women were still considered to lack the flexibility for employment in the Civil Service and on marrying female nurses were still expected to retire from the profession.
		Traditional pressures were applied to return women to their 'natural place' thus there was a barrage of government propaganda exalting the virtues of motherhood.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /redclyde/redclyde/rc110.htm (263 words)

	Iraqi Women's Window of Opportunity for Political Gains Is Closing
		Women, secular and religious, from all ethnic groups, now run for office and demand a fair share of representation in a country where they make up 60 percent of the population.
		And on the streets, more women, even little girls, are covering their heads and bodies, largely because of a fear of harassment and violence, said a range of secular and religious women.
		In Hilla, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, women are pressing for those rights, with the help of some men, and battling the anger roused by their efforts.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /archives/news/2004/bfeb/26_opportunity.html (1280 words)

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		Traditional Buddhist attitudes toward women associate the feminine with the sensual realm as opposed to the Dharma realm.
		Women are either depicted as lustful temptresses who threaten the spiritual welfare of monks or as the maternal source of man’s anguish and pain.
		Women practicing Buddhism were forced to overcome traditional negative stereotypes of women in order to practice the Dharma and continue on the path to salvation.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /ngier/307/women307.htm (1599 words)

	For Afghan women: new regime, centuries-old barriers \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Pashtun areas, women are bartered to settle tribal disputes or purely to earn money for their families or first husbands under a ritual called "buth." Seemi Jan was sold for $2,000 when she was just 16.
		Women's rights activists are coming to grips with the realization that a pro-Western government in Kabul provides only an opportunity for change, not change itself.
		Women's rights activists are hopeful that the extension of franchise to women will increase their "value" as voters in the long run, denting the tribal system and giving them a say in future policies.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0825/p07s02-wosc.htm (729 words)

	Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development
		Rural women in Africa are predominantly illiterate, being taken out of school at an early age to save school fees, to marry, to ease their mother's workload or because of pregnancy which often occurs at an early age.
		Active involvement of women in the identification and definition of their information needs, and in the choice of mechanisms and processes to meet these needs is critical for their productive participation in production and dissemination of information as well as definition of and access to the information they need.
		Women's needs with respect to ICTs, then, do not concern only access to education and training that will support their participation, but the social and policy acknowledgement that what women already do is technology, appropriate and worthy of recognition, and, further, an important resource for development.
	www.wigsat.org /it/womenicts.html (6372 words)

	84.04.03: Women in Traditional China and their Portrayal in Chinese Folktales
		The role of women in traditional China is a curious one.
		The traditional role of women in Chinese society was one of subservience and humility.
		There was the attitude that nothing need be done to enrich the intellect or existence of the female since after her marriage she would take up residence with her husband’s parents.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1984/4/84.04.03.x.html (3474 words)

	Families Vie With Boom Economy for Emirati Women
		Currently, women represent about a third of the country's work force and their numbers have nearly quadrupled over the past two decades, as the government pushes for women's wider participation in society and the city of Dubai develops into a global center of commerce and media.
		The country's traditional culture calls for the separation of women and men in all aspects of society except the home, places a premium on women's modesty and inculcates fear of developing a poor reputation.
		Women's eNews is a nonprofit independent news service covering issues of concern to women and their allies.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/2699/context/archive (1103 words)

	Ernestine Louise Rose
		She also set the tone for the critique of Judaism's traditional attitudes toward women brought by today's Jewish feminists.
		When slavery was constitutionally abolished, many reform-minded male politicians urged that women set aside their agitation for suffrage and focus on establishing rights for the former slaves.
		Despite her disagreement with traditional Jewish attitudes toward women, Rose never abandoned her pride in being Jewish and spoke out against anti-Semitism with the same fervor she brought to the anti-slavery and women's suffrage movements.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/rose.html (578 words)

	COMMITTEE EXPERTS NOTE DIFFICULTIES FOR NICARAGUA IN EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SITUATION OF WOMEN
		Traditional attitudes towards women, poverty eradication and efforts to overcome violence against women in Nicaragua were the focus of attention at the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, as it considered that country’s fourth and fifth periodic reports during two meetings today.
		In 1996, women belonging to 10 parties formed the National Women's Coalition, which promotes women's equitable participation in the political life of the country. The Coalition has also developed a so-called "Minimum Agenda" as a means of promoting women's participation in the electoral process.
		The country had also achieved important progress in the fight against violence, she said, having created an entire network of mechanisms and laws concerned with the issue. The Committee was concerned about the persistent stereotypes and prejudices, however. Improvements were needed as far as the problems of poverty and credits were concerned.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2001/wom1296.doc.htm (1716 words)

	Jew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Upon his death in 4 BCE the Romans directly ruled Judea and There were frequent changes of policies by conflicting and empire-building Caesars, generals, governors, and consuls who often acted cruelly or to maximize their own wealth and power.
		This is the traditional explanation to the diaspora, almost universally accepted by past and present rabbinical or Talmudical scholars, who believe that Jews are almost exclusively biological descendants of the Judean exiles, a belief backed up at least partially by DNA evidence.
		Secular and scientific education was added to the traditional religious instruction received by students, and interest in a national Jewish identity, including a revival in the study of Jewish history and Hebrew, started to grow.
	jew.iqnaut.net (4155 words)

	NCCAFV
		Moreover, discrimination against women limits their participation in the economic and social development of the community, said Ruth Polanco of the Association of Women for Dignity and Life (Las Dignas).
		At the signing of the peace accords in 1992, women guerrillas were hindered in their efforts to legalize lands given to all ex-combatants from the FMLN, as the peace accords referred only to men as heads of households.
		Meanwhile, as more women enter academia, the incidence of sexual harassment in schools and universities is on the rise.
	www.cavnet2.org /partnersdetails.cfm?DocID=2856&partnerid=1145 (2721 words)

	USAID WB/G - SUCCESSES
		On March 3, 189 women in Qalandia Camp Cooperative hall were all graduating from a 10-hours course in democracy, elections, women's rights, violence against women, and civil society.
		They were a small subset of 6,300 women from 24 villages and marginalized communities in Ramallah District brought together by Qalandia Camp Women's Handicraft Cooperative under a grant from the USAID funded democracy and civil society strengthening project, Tamkeen.
		The women admitted that it was not easy to secure their husbands' approval to take part in the civic education course.
	www.usaid.gov /wbg/success_23.htm (537 words)

	Interview with SPLM Women's Commissioner Kezia Layinwa Nicodemus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But with this secretariat for women [which Kezia is head of], we are trying to bring up women so that they develop quickly and are on the same footing as men.
		So we need this to be improved so that men and women come together and they listen to new ideas, so that men can accept that they are human beings and their wives are also human beings.
		It [the women's secretariat] is a token for the international community to see that we also involve women, but it is not true.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=39996 (1638 words)

	Honduras SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
		Old-age and disability benefits equal 40% of basic monthly earnings and an increment for contribution beyond 60 months.
		Traditional attitudes prevent women from obtaining full access to the educational and economic opportunities guaranteed by law.
		Women account for 51% of the work force and are represented in most professions, although career opportunities are often limited.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Americas/Honduras-SOCIAL-DEVELOPMENT.html (223 words)

	Guide Entry 84.04.03
		“Women in Traditional China and their Portrayal in Chinese Folktales” is a unit which is intended for use among intermediate students at the high school level.
		The main focus is traditional Chinese attitudes toward women as reflected in ancient folktales.
		Since the major emphasis of this unit is on the portrayal of women in Chinese literature, a number of folktales as well as a novel will be examined.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/guides/1984/4/84.04.03.x.html (284 words)

	Jewish Women in America bibliography, Article Authors T-Z
		Jewish women's voices chime in throughout this anthology, with selections ranging from union leader Rose Schneiderman on her childhood to Judith Plaskow's 1973 address on Jewish feminism at a National Jewish Women's Conference.
		Selections were chosen in which the writers reveal positive views of themselves as women and as Jews (unlike the image of Jewish women found in literature by Jewish men), replete with examples of the importance to them of tradition and family.
		Feminists Kate Simon and Faye Moskowitz and historian of the Holocaust Lucy Dawidowicz are the women contributors from this period.
	library.wisc.edu /libraries/WomensStudies/jewwom/jw10.htm (1654 words)

	Interdisciplinary Studies, Global Issues in Society
		Until the one child policy was enacted in, women were expected to bear many children, the more the better, especially if the children were male.
		Pan Chao became the only female to become an official historian to the Han court, and she was to complete her brother's famous history of the Han.
		She further instructed woment that once a married woman has accepted the principle that men are superior to women, and the old to the young, she will adjust to the married life.
	www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~dvess/tradch.htm (840 words)

	Women's Coalition of Milwaukee History, Chapter One
		The Women's Coalition, the oldest existing coalition of feminist groups in the city of Milwaukee, was established in 1972 on the crest of the resurgent women's rights movement in the United States.
		The patriarchal structure of the nuclear family was likewise criticized for its relegation of women to a subordinate, obedient role.
		Counselors encouraged women to share their experiences of abuse with others in the same circumstances to recognize they were not unique or alone.
	www.jamakaya.com /wcbk1.htm (7902 words)

	RIT - News & Events: Women: Celebrate history and change
		However, in spite of this, women have advanced dramatically in terms of acceptance and visibility in the workplace.
		Although women still lag behind their male counterparts in the attainment of key organizational positions, they have made great progress.
		It is important for young women to be coached early in areas such as business strategy, organizational politics and corporate etiquette.
	www.rit.edu /~930www/NewsEvents/2000/Mar02/viewpoints.html (593 words)

	Summer Faculty Research, The Berger Institute for Work, Family & Children, , Claremont McKenna College
		Assessments included a self-designed instrument of perceived fairness of parent-friendly work policies, with policies for elder-care used as comparison, the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (ATW; Spence and Helmreich, 1978), and scenarios describing a working mothers, with the age of the working mother's children and the reason why the mother was considering returning to work varied.
		Surprisingly, the age of the mother's children and the reason why the mother was working did not significantly affect people's attitudes towards working mothers.
		These results suggest that attitudes toward working mothers are fairly rigid and do not depend on individual circumstances such as the age of the children or the reason why mothers work.
	berger.research.claremontmckenna.edu /research/backlash/summary.asp (300 words)

	The Solidarity Center - Solidarity Center
		Although women make up 30 percent of union membership worldwide, only 1 percent of union women are leaders.
		Part of the reason may lie in traditional attitudes toward women in the workplace.
		Find out how the Solidarity Center and FESTRAS are helping women garment workers in Guatemalan maquilas gain a voice and dignity on the job.
	www.solidaritycenter.org /pageprint.asp?contentid=444 (215 words)

	stopVAW -- Russian Federation <DIV align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><EM>Russian Monitor for ...
		Many women are simply not aware of their new rights due to a lack of information about new laws.
		Women who are victims of domestic violence are usually unable to leave their abusive relationships.
		The destinies of these women may be different, but there is one thing that unites them – all of them are victims of domestic violence, of tyrannical behavior of their husbands and children.
	www.stopvaw.org /Russian_Federation.html (2973 words)

	Pre 26
		Maria has very traditional attitudes about women's occupations.
		The counselor is trying to help her consider some non traditional careers for herself.
		Traditional Careers she might be interested in and their advantages and disadvantages:
	www.otan.us /webfarm/laes/modules/pre/pre26.html (277 words)

	Ch 2 Overkill
		My wife is sociologically Indian as far as both societies are concerned, and she has been denited the use of restaurant toilet facilities and has been hooted at by Whites.
		excessively libidinous and the women much more than the men; for I refrain out of decency from telling of the art with which they gratify their immoderate lust.' " Hitt continues: "And yet decency can't quite keep its tenuous hold on the author when the topic of wanton women comes up (and it frequently does).
		The reader learns that 'the greatest mark of friendship which they show you is that they give you their wives and their daughters, and fathers and mothers feel highly honored when they bring you their daughter, even though she be a virgin, if you sleep with her.' " And so on.
	www.gfisher.org /ch_3__overkill.htm (3994 words)

	Women's WORLD
		Informal censorship of women activists, found in traditional social attitudes towards women, often reinforced by governments, the media, and the growth of various fundamentalisms, with illiteracy acting as another kind of silencing
		Specific barriers experienced by women writers, who suffer from lack of resources, training, and access to publishing opportunities, as well as discrimination by male publishers and critics
		Participants felt that their concerns as writers could not be isolated from other social problems, and that an African women writers' network must deal with all these issues.
	www.wworld.org /programs/regions/africa.htm (387 words)

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