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CH69: Society: Inequalities, the gender gap Flashcards

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le droit de vote

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suffrage, the right to vote

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se battre -> le combat

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to struggle, the struggle

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une doléance (plainte ou réclamation, en général adressée à un supérieur par des subordonnés)

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a grievance

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manifester, une manifestation

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to demonstrate, a demonstration

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protester/s’élever contre -> une manifestation

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to protest, a protest

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pacifique

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peaceful

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une grève de la faim

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a hunger strike

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un martyre

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a martyr

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un contraceptif ; la contraception

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a contraceptive ; contraception

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enceinte, une grossesse

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pregnant, pregnancy

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se faire avorter ; avortement ; un avorteur

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to abort ; an abortion ; an abortionist

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légaliser, la légalisation

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to legalise, legalisation

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maltraiter,malmener -> la maltraitance

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to ill-treat, to mistreat -> ill-treatment, mistreatment

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maltraiter -> maltraitance/sévices sexuels

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to abuse -> abuse

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battre, martyriser

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to batter

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lapider, la lapidation

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to stone ; stoning

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exciser

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to excise, to circumcise ; excision, circumcision

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réduire en esclavage, asservir -> l’asservissement

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to enslave -> enslavement

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se prostituer

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to prostitute oneself

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le statut

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the status

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les disparités

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disparities

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déséquilibre

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imbalance

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être victime de discrimination

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to be discriminated against

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harceler, le harcèlement

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to harass, harassment

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un macho

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a macho

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dominé par les hommes

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male-dominated

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sous-représenté ; la sous représentation

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outnumbered / under-represented ; under-representation

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mettre sur la touche

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to sideline

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sius-payé

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underpaid

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la maternité ; la garde des enfants ; l’éducation des enfants

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childbearing ; childminding ; childrearing

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élever

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to bring up

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s’occuper de

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to look after

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une crèche

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a day care center

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la gestion du foyer

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homemaking

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le ménage

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the housework

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faire les courses ; les courses

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to shop ; the shopping

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le nettoyage

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the cleaning

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laver ; la lessive / faire la vaisselle ; la vaisselle / repasser ; le repassage / aspirer ; l’aspirateur à passer

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to wash ; the washing / to wash up ; the washing-up / to iron ; the ironing / to hoover ; the hoovering

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une tâche / une corvée

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a task / a chore

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chronophage

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time-consuming

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consacrer

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to devote

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légiférer, la législation

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to legislate, legislation

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mettre en oeuvre, la mise en oeuvre

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to implement, implementation

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une politique, une mesure

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a policy

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la parité

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parity

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reconnaître, la reconnaissance

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to recognise, recognition

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nommer

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to appoint

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l’avancement

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promotion

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équitable ; l’équité

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fair, fairness

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une femme battue

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a battered wife

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des sévices

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abusive treatment

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violer son épouse

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to commit marital rape

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la violence conjugale

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domestic violence

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les mutilations génitales féminines

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female genital mutilation

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un mariage forcé

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a forced marriage

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le mouvement de libération des femmes

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Women’s Lib(eration)

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une prostituée

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a sex worker

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les relations sexuelles avant / hors mariage

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pre-marital sex, extra-marital sex

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le contrôle des naissances

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birth control

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le planning familial

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family planning

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un plafond de verre

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a glass ceiling

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un phallocrate

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an MCP (Male Chauvinist Pig)

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les mères de famille qui travaillent

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working mothers

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jongler entre famille et carrière

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to juggle family and career

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l’écart des salaires

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the pay gap

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concilier travail et famille

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to balance work and family

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une politique d’égalité des chances

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an equal opportunities policy

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l’égalité, la parité hommes/femmes

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gender equality, gender parity

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l’égalité des droits, des salaires

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equal rights, equal pay

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un congé de maternité prolongé

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an extended maternity leave

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briser les barrières à l’avancement professionnel

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to break down boardroom barriers

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construire des crèches

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to set up childcare facilities

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promouvoir l’aménagement du temps de travail

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to promote flexitime

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la discrimination positive

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affirmative action

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