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The UK can’t truly celebrate International Women’s Day until women are equal with each other

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Swansea University Author: Nilufar Ahmed Orcid Logo

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International Womens Day 2018 is themed around gender equality, pushing for men and women to have equal rights. This article argues that we need to also focus on increasing equality within women. BAME women face ongoing discrimination across a number of fields and this needs to be addressed as well...

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Published: The Conversation 2018
Online Access: https://theconversation.com/the-uk-cant-truly-celebrate-international-womens-day-until-women-are-equal-with-each-other-92955
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38968
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Abstract: International Womens Day 2018 is themed around gender equality, pushing for men and women to have equal rights. This article argues that we need to also focus on increasing equality within women. BAME women face ongoing discrimination across a number of fields and this needs to be addressed as well disparities between genders.
Keywords: gender, gender discrimination, equality, BAME, ethnic minority, prison, employment, academia, race, International Women's Day
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences