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GENDER DISCRIMINATION

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  GENDER DISCRIMINATION What is gender discrimination? Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment, including privilege and priority, on the basis of gender.  Gender discrimination refers to any situation where a person is denied an opportunity or misjudged solely on the basis of their sex. Gender discrimination is any unequal treatment based on gender and may also be referred to as sexism. Gender discrimination occurs when a person shows a prejudice towards another that would not occur had they been the opposite sex. What is gender inequality? Gender inequality is discrimination on the basis of sex or gender causing one sex or gender to be routinely privileged or prioritized over another. Gender equality is a fundamental human right and that right is violated by gender based discrimination. Gender disparity starts in childhood and are right now limiting the lifelong potential of children around the world – disproportionately affecting girls. At Save the Children, we put...

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

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  RACISM   Racism can be defined as the belief that individual races of people have distinctive cultural features that are determined by the hereditary factors and hence make some races inherently superior to the others. The idea that one race has natural superiority than the others created abusive behaviour towards the members of other races. Racism, like discrimination towards women, is a form of discrimination and prejudice. Racism is the prejudiced belief of people that a particular race is superior to others. The idea has resulted from years of neglection and oppression on some races for their traits and skin colour. Racism is a critical social barrier, which prevents our society from advancing. Racism is a type of discrimination which makes the recipient feel bad about where they were born and how they look. It is an unscientific method of judging people. Racism is so deep-seated in our culture that we think it to be the norm. The need to eradicate racism has come to hig...