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Download full textMaccia, Elizabeth S. – 1975
In order to provide women educational researchers with equal opportunities, the author proposes that women's affirmative action plans with respect to educational research be instituted, and that the American Educational Research Association (AERA) play a central role in their institution. What is necessary in a women's affirmative action plan for…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Research, Equal Protection, Females
PDF pending restorationDenmark, Florence L. – 1979
The Equal Rights Amendment proposes to ensure constitutional protection against all legislative sex discrimination. "Separate but Equal" standards, be they legal, social or psychological, are inevitably incompatable with equal protection under the law and act as a barrier to each individual's freedom for self determination. Equal rights,…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Protection, Females
Peer reviewedO'Connor, Karen – Update on Law-Related Education, 1988
States that the civil rights movements served as a catalyst to women in working for their own rights. Points out that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Women's Rights Project, modeled after the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense fund, led the litigation battles for women's rights. Lists…
Descriptors: Black Influences, Civil Rights Legislation, Equal Protection, Females
Uerling, Donald F.; Strope, John L., Jr. – 1994
Many departments in higher education institutions actively recruit women and minority candidates for faculty positions. When a department decides that an available position should be filled by a woman, are the supporting rationales legally sound? This paper describes some basic principles of federal law that address issues of affirmative action…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
1975
Describing the activities and responses of American Indian women attending the 1975 Southwest Indian Women's Conference in Window Rock, Arizona, these proceedings present the following: (1) the keynote address (focus is on program funding and Indian female civil rights, self-concept, and cultural background); (2) observations derived from…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indians, Civil Rights, Conference Reports
Bernard, Desiree – 1996
A major factor hindering women's human rights has been cultural attitudes based on stereotypical beliefs on the role of women in society, which have resulted in women being denied access to education, health care, property, employment, or involvement in decision-making. This report examines and compares some of the issues affecting the well-being…
Descriptors: Children, Civil Liberties, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
