Search results for: “position of women”
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Opposition
Opposition in E.U. Patent SystemThe time period allowed for an interested party to post oppositions to the grant of a patent. For example, this may be up to nine months from the date of grant of a European patent.
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UN Women
UN Women in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to UN Women: On June 25, 2013, Teri Robl, U.S. Deputy Representative to ECOSOC, addressed the United Nations Women Executive Board in New York. Ms. Robl's remarks are excerpted below and are available at (link […]
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Women
Women and the United Nations This general section provides an overview of the relationship of Women and the United Nations (UN). See, for example, the entry about the United Nations Development Fund For Women. The Legal History of Women This general section provides an overview of Women in […]
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Women Trafficking
Women Trafficking and the Refugee Issues As published by the UNHCR in relation to Women Trafficking: While it is difficult to provide a precise number of women trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation, there is no question that the estimates are extremely significant. In light of the […]
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History of Women’s Rights in the 20th Century
History of Women’s Rights in the 20th Century Women’s in the 20th-Century Developments Socialists Movements and Communism Governments After wars and revolutions in Russia (1917) and China (1949), new Communist governments discouraged the patriarchal family system and supported sexual equality, including birth control. In the Soviet Union, however, the majority of working women held low-paid…
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History of Women’s Rights
History of Women’s Rights until the 20th Century Traditional Status Some scholars argue that the discovery throughout the European continent and the Near East of thousands of stone figures of female goddesses dating from the Paleolithic period and on indicates that early societies were originally goddess-worshiping, matrifocal civilizations. Male dominance, however, was preeminent from the…
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Women International Law Part 3
Women International Law Part 3 32 J.G. GARDAM; M.J. JARVIS, Women, Armed Copnflict and International Law, Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2001, xv + 290 pp., 102 / US$ 146. ISBN 90-411-1640-0. Liesbeth Lijnzaad Netherlands International Law Review Volume 52, Issue 3, December 2005 p.496-500 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 33 Good Faith in…
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Women International Law Part 3
Women International Law Part 3 32 J.G. GARDAM; M.J. JARVIS, Women, Armed Copnflict and International Law, Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2001, xv + 290 pp., 102 / US$ 146. ISBN 90-411-1640-0. Liesbeth Lijnzaad Netherlands International Law Review Volume 52, Issue 3, December 2005 p.496-500 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 33 Good Faith in…
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Women International Law Part 1
Women International Law Part 1 1 THE RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY-ADDRESSING WOMEN’S POVERTY AND DISADVANTAGE Beth Goldblatt South African Journal on Human Rights Volume 25, Part 3, 2009 p.442 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW Women in South Africa are generally poorer than men and more vulnerable. They perform the bulk of the caring functions…