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  2. Women in positions of power - Wikipedia

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    Women in positions of power are women who hold an occupation that gives them great authority, influence, and/or responsibility in government or in businesses. Historically, power has been distributed unequally. Power and powerful positions have most often been associated with men as opposed to women. [1]

  3. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    No law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations." [186] [non-primary source needed] Tennessee: In Dunn v.

  4. Hillary Clinton: The Power of Women - Wikipedia

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    The film looks at whether any progress has been made with treating women's rights as human rights, since twenty years ago, when in 1995, Hillary Clinton made a groundbreaking speech at the Fourth Women's Conference in Beijing. It features interviews with the only three women to have held the position of Secretary of State, as of 2015.

  5. Women in law - Wikipedia

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    The Center for Women in Law is a U.S. organization set up and funded by women, says it is "devoted to the success of the entire spectrum of women in law ... serves as a national resource to convene leaders, generate ideas, and lead change". [12] It combines theory with practice, addressing issues facing individuals and the profession as a whole.

  6. Inter-Allied Women's Conference - Wikipedia

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    [49] [50] The delegation asked if a Women's Commission could be included in the conference to address the concerns of women and children. [35] [36] At the meeting Wilson suggested, instead, that the male diplomats from the peace conference form a Women's Commission to which the Inter-Allied Women's Conference could serve as advisers. [36]

  7. List of women's conferences - Wikipedia

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    World Conference on Women, 1975, Mexico City, first of a series held by the United Nations; Women's Ordination Conference, 1975, Detroit, Michigan, advocating ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church; 1977 National Women's Conference, held in Houston, Texas, with 2,000 delegates and over 15,000 observers; 1977 Women's National ...

  8. Feminist legal theory - Wikipedia

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    Second, feminist legal theory is dedicated to changing women's status through a rework of the law and its approach to gender. [1] [3] It is a critique of American law that was created to change the way women were treated and how judges had applied the law to keep women in the same position they had been in for years. The women who worked in ...

  9. World Courts of Women - Wikipedia

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    The social spaces where the World Courts of Women occur are communities in which "social categories are suspended, roles become fluid and interaction is privileged." [5] The symbolic use of the World Courts of Women intends to provide influence, power, and standing for victims unable to find resolution in official judicial systems and ...