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The paper discusses some of the main human rights areas of concern within Malaysia, over the years. [Working Paper Series No. 12]. URL:[http://www.ieas.unimas.my/images/stories/hirmanritom.pdf].
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Based on the last four rounds of NSS data the study explores some dimensions of women’s labour market participation across social groups. [CWDS Occasional Paper No.59]. URL:[http://www.cwds.ac.in/OCPaper/OccasionalPaper59.pdf].
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gender discrimination and promote equality for working men and women through legislation and social and economic policies to … organizations across the globe. In Asia, mostly women continue to experience the greatest disadvantages resulting from gender … inequalities and entrenched discrimination in work and in life. The economic and social contributions made by women in the family …
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In this paper, a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts is illustrated. In India, exam ….Then there is a random assignment of child “characteristics†(age, gender, and caste) to the cover sheets of the exams to … to lose out the most due to discrimination. Interestingly, findings also suggest that the discrimination against low …
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We study firms’ advertised gender preferences in a population of ads on a Chinese internet job board, and interpret … these patterns using a simple employer search model. The model allows us to distinguish firms’ underlying gender … preferences from firms’ propensities to restrict their search to their preferred gender. The model also predicts that higher job …
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An extensive literature reflects millennia of concern over what we humans call ourselves and others. All life sciences are now grappling further with how to categorize and study the nearly infinite polymorphisms within and among “species†as awareness grows that the species concept...
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India's has been a unique path of economic development—internally decided in a democratic framework, constantly debated between different ideologies and interest groups, and increasingly engaging with the world. The ultimate result is uniquely Indian. India has achieved a respectable...
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discrimination and social exclusion of women and provide evidence in the form of statistics and media reports on the prevalence of …
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The 77-page report documents discrimination by school authorities in four Indian states against Dalit, tribal, and … Muslim children. The discrimination creates an unwelcome atmosphere that can lead to truancy and eventually may lead the …
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, discrimination against daughters, is to be addressed. Clearly, it is not only about implementing the PCPNDT Act but also the various … laws that can indeed play a central role in moulding the process of social change to eventually eliminate discrimination … discrimination or keep it intact. The lack of implementation of laws, their faulty or at times discriminatory provisions or the …
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