Gender (In)equality Flashcards

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1
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Un plafond de verre

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A glass ceiling

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L’écart de rémunération entre les hommes et les femmes

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Gender pay gap

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L’égalité des salaires

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Equal pay

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La loi sur l’égalité des salaires

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The Equal Pay Act

1963 : US ; 1970 : UK

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Une mère/un père au foyer

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A stay-at-home mother/father

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6
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La misogynie

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Misogyny

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7
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Le droit de vote

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Franchise / Suffrage

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8
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La pilule

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The pill

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9
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L’avortement

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Abortion

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Les adolescentes enceintes / les grossesses de mineures

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Teenage pregnancy

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11
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La violence conjugale

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Domestic violence / abuse

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12
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Un marriage blanc

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A sham marriage

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13
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Préjugé(s) sexiste

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Sexist bias (biases)

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14
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L’éducation des enfants

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Childrearing

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15
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Le congé maternité / paternité

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Maternity / paternity leave

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Une femme qui fait carrière = une carriériste

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A career woman

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17
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Une garderie

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A day-care center / childcare facilities

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18
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La prise d’autonomie des femmes

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Women empowerment

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19
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Les droits des femmes en matière de reproduction

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Women’s reproductive rights

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20
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La pilule du lendemain

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The morning after pill

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21
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Une interruption volontaire de grossesse

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A termination of pregnancy

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22
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La maltraitance

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Maltreatment

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23
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Une prostituée

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A sex worker

24
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Un mariage forcé a

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A forced marriage

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L’excision

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Female genital mutilation / circumcision

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La parité

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Parity

27
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Les disparités salariales

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Wage disparities

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Les corvées ménagères

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Household chores

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L’équité

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Fairness

30
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Les freins à l’avancement professionnel

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Boardroom barriers

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Handicapant

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Incapacitating

32
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Chronophage

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Time-consuming

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Misogyne

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Misogynistic

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Révolutionnaire, avant-gardiste

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Groundbreaking

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Briser le plafond de verre

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To crack / to shatter the glass ceiling

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Entraver, faire obstacle à

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To hinder (progress)

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Entraver, gêner, ralentir

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To hamper

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Grimper dans l’échelle de l’entreprise, gravir les échelons de l’entreprise

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To climb the corporate ladder

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Réussir, se hisser vers les sommets

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To make it to the top

40
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Faire vivre sa famille

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To be the breadwinner

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Atteindre un équilibre entre travail et vie de famille

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To reach a family-work balance

42
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Légaliser

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To legalise

43
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Avorter

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To have an abortion

44
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Accuser un retard, être en décalage

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To lag behind

45
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Subvenir aux besoins de

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To provide for

46
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Aspirer à un métier

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To aspire to a career

47
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Travailler à temps partiel / à temps plein

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To work part time / full time

48
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Faire carrière

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To have / to pursue a career

49
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Occuper un poste important

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To hold a top job

50
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Jongler entre famille et carrière

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To juggle / balance work and family

51
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Pratiquer une IVG

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To perform an abortion

52
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Maltraiter

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To ill-treat / to abuse

53
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Légiférer, mettre en œuvre

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To legislate = to implement

54
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Les préjugés ont la vie dure

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Old prejudices die hard

55
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Les deux journées en une seule

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The double day of women = women’s second shift

56
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Tout avoir

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To have it all