Gender+Equality

Equalism- Equalism is a name often given to forms of egalitarianism concerned with issues of gender or race. Equalism is another name for gender egalitarianism, sexual egalitarianism or racial egalitarianism. Central to equalism is the belief that society must be colour-blind and sex/gender-blind.
 * Definition:**

[|Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964] protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race, color, national origin, and religion. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.
 * Everyone is equal:**
 * The United States might claim to be the leader of the free world; however, in a gender gap study, measuring equality between women and men in 58 countries, the United States scored 17 -- too far down the list to be called "Land of the Free" for both men and women.

The report titled, Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap, measures the gap between gender in five areas based upon the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Scores were given for

1) Economic participation: equal remuneration for equal work; 2) Economic opportunity: access to the labor market that is not restricted to low-paid, unskilled jobs; 3) Political empowerment: representation of women in decision-making structures; 4) Educational attainment: access to education; 5) Health and well-being: access to reproductive healthcare.

UNICEF www.unicef.org/gender/index.html UNICEF is committed to leveling the playing feild of girls and women by insuring that all children have eqaul opportunity to develop their talents. They work to insure that all babies recieve the best start to life through gender sensitive, integrated childhood care. They work so that all children are affforded eqaulity education, one that prepares them for productive life.
 * Helping the cause:**

CIDA www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/equality The canadian international development agency promotes womens eqaul participation and decision making, full realization of their human rights, and equal access to and ccontrol over the resources and benefits of development.

The [|Equal Pay Act of 1963] requires that [|men and women be given equal pay for equal work] in the same establishment. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be substantially equal. Title VII also prohibits compensation discrimination on the basis of sex. Unlike the Equal Pay Act, however, Title VII does not require that the claimant's job be substantially equal to that of a higher paid person of the opposite sex or require the claimant to work in the same establishment.

[|gender eqaulity] [|gender differences] [|fight for gender eqaulity]
 * Links to other sites for more information:**

In 2006 EEOC recieved 23,247 charges of sex based discriminations. They reslved 23,364 sex discrimination charges and recovered $99.1 million dollars in monetary benefits.
 * Statistics:**

"Men Only: The USA Falls Behind." may 2005 1. 13 dec 2007 <[|http://www.thinkandask.com/2005/20050522gender.html>.] "Sex-Based Discrimination." The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2. 13 dec 2007 <[|http://www.eeoc.gov/types/sex.html>.]
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