VE brainstorming by Hümeyra Nur DEMİR https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa Students are expected to match the contents with the headings en-us 2021-06-18 07:46:50 UTC 2026-02-02 04:31:42 UTC hello@padlet.com D humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613945022     Violence is among the most severe human rights violations, and women are often attacked for sexual reasons or even on account of their gender. The phenomenon of femicide is on the rise and reports estimate that of all women killed in 2012, almost half were killed by intimate partners or family members. Women human rights defenders are also often the deliberate targets of violence. According to a 2012 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women , women community leaders in Colombia, and women fighting for their rights, are the main targets of gender-related killings.]]> 2021-06-18 07:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613945022 3. Rape humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613948142 2021-06-18 07:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613948142 2. Denied Access to Education humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613948673 2021-06-18 07:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613948673 4. Forced Marriage humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613948760 2021-06-18 07:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613948760 1. Sexual Harrassment at Work humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613949168 2021-06-18 07:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613949168 5. Violence Against Women/Domestic Abuse humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613950206 2021-06-18 07:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613950206 C humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613961360 2021-06-18 08:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613961360 F humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613988577 According to UNICEF, more than one-third of women between the ages of 20 and 24 were married before they turned 18, which is considered below the minimum age for marriage in most countries.

Nevertheless, these child brides risk greater chances of giving birth at earlier ages and suffer from risks of complications in childbirth and a greater chance of contracting HIV/AIDS.

Courts do little to help the problem; in Yemen, it is against the law for a woman to leave the house without her husband’s permission. This results in a high percentage of women, who are afraid of the legal ramifications, to stay in abusive relationships.]]> 2021-06-18 08:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1613988577 F humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1614005716 2021-06-18 08:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1614005716 INSTRUCTIONS humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1614006577 1. There are some contents related to different categories of 'Woman Inequalities'.

2. Please have a look at the contents and try to match them with the related categories. (For Example,  1-B)

3. Headings may be related to more than one content.]]> 2021-06-18 08:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1614006577 6. LGBTQI Discrimination humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644667209 2021-07-11 18:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644667209 E humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644669634 Over the past decade, the nation has made unprecedented progress toward LGBT equality. But to date, neither the federal government nor most states have explicit statutory nondiscrimination laws protecting people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. LGBT people still face widespread discrimination: Between 11 percent and 28 percent of LGB workers report losing a promotion simply because of their sexual orientation, and 27 percent of transgender workers report being fired, not hired, or denied a promotion in the past year. Discrimination also routinely affects LGBT people beyond the workplace, sometimes costing them their homes, access to education, and even the ability to engage in public life.

Data from a nationally representative survey of LGBT people conducted by CAP shows that 25.2 percent of LGBT respondents has experienced discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in the past year. The January 2017 survey shows that, despite progress, in 2016 discrimination remained a widespread threat to LGBT people’s well-being, health, and economic security.

]]> 2021-07-11 19:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644669634 E humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644670225 2021-07-11 19:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644670225 B humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644671499 In the late 1980’s, the Supreme Court interpreted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include discrimination based on “sex” as sexual harassment in the workplace. The law recognizing sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination applies to private employers with 15 or more employees, as well as government and labor organizations.

Sexual harassment can occur in a variety of ways, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC):

  • The victim, as well as the harasser, may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex from the harasser.
  • The harasser may be the victim’s supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker or a nonemployee, such as a vendor or customer.
  • The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
  • Unlawful sexual harassment may occur without economic injury to or discharge of the victim.
  • The harasser’s conduct must be unwelcome.
]]> 2021-07-11 19:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644671499 A humeyra12demir https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644672159   Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of consent. The term rape is sometimes used interchangeably with the term sexual assault.]]> 2021-07-11 19:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/humeyra12demir/ukkjps2u2w3utswa/wish/1644672159