Illustrative Example (p.165) – Global Brands
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Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education, employment and politics. Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Indian government to set reserved quotas or seats, which lower the qualifications needed in exams, job openings etc. for “socially and economically backward citizens.”
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 until the early 1990s.
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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Women and the Right to Vote
Key facts about women’s suffrage around the world, a century after U.S. ratified 19th Amendment
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Increased Access to Education and Political and Professional Roles
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Liberation theology, religious movement arising in late 20th-century Roman Catholicism and centered in Latin America. It sought to apply religious faith by aiding the poor and oppressed through involvement in political and civic affairs.
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
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Négritude was an anti-colonial cultural and political movement founded by a group of African and Caribbean students in Paris in the 1930s who sought to reclaim the value of blackness and African culture.
Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
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Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
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Illustrative Example (p.164) – Challenges to Assumptions about Race, Class, Gender, and Religion
Document – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations.
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Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Economic Institutions and Regional Trade Agreements
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Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Governments’ increased encouragement of free-market policies
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Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Governments’ increased encouragement of free-market policies
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Illustrative Example (p. 163) – Governments’ increased encouragement of free-market policies
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In India, nearly 1.8 million people die every year as a result of dirty air. In Delhi, with 19 million people, 1,000 more cars hit the road every day, contributing to smog that’s dangerous in many ways. But the real cost of the pollution is its toll on human health. Elizabeth Palmer reports from New Delhi as part of our Earth Matters coverage.
Life expectancy is low, with many developing asthma, skin infections and tuberculosis
The majority are Dalits — people belonging to the lowest strata of India’s caste system
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Illustrative Example (p. 161) – Diseases Associated with Increased Longevity
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Illustrative Example (p. 161) – Diseases Associated with Increased Longevity
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The best and worst countries to be a woman
An exclusive first look at the upcoming Women, Peace, and Security Index shows how these countries might surprise you—and why it’s strategic to care.
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Ever since the first hominids left Africa, human beings have been on the move. The canoe was invented in 8,000 B.C. and the first form of public transportation was a stagecoach operated in Paris in 1662. Fast forward to today’s self-driving car prototype, and it’s clear just how far we’ve come.
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