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Lesson 69 : Inequalities, the gender gap Flashcards

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Le combat pour le droit de vote

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The fight for the right to vote

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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

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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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Violent / la violence

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Violent / violence

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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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La libération sexuelle

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Sexual liberation

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Le féminisme / une féministe

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Feminism / a feminist

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Un contraceptif / la contraception

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A contraceptive / contraception

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La pilule

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The pill

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Un préservatif

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A condom

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Enceinte / une grossesse

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Pregnant / a pregnancy

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Se faire avorter / un avortement / un avorteur

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To abort / an abortion / an abortionist

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Légal / légaliser / la législation

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Legal / to legalise / legalisation

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La maltraitance des femmes

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Maltreatment of women

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Maltraiter / malmener

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To ill-treat / ill-use / mistreat / maltreat => ill-treatment

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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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Violer / un viol

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To rape / a rape

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Lapider / la lapidation

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To stone / stoning

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Exciser / l’excision

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To excise, circumcise / excision, circumcision

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Un(e) esclave / réduire en esclavage

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A slave / to slave

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L’asservissement

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Enslavement / bondage

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Se prostituer / une prostituée

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To prostitute oneself / a prostitute

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L’écart entre les hommes et les femmes

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The gender gap

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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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Les inégalités

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Inequalities

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Déséquilibre

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Imbalance

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Être victime de discrimination / la discrimination

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To be discriminated against / la discrimination

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Harceler / le harcèlement

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To harass / harassment

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Le sexisme / sexiste

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Sexism / sexist

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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

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Outnumbered / underrepresented

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La sous-représentation

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Under-representation

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Mettre sur la touche

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To slideline

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Sous-payé

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Under-paid

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La maternité

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Childbearing

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La garde des enfants

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Childminding

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L’éducation des enfants

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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 take care of / to look after

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Une crèche

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A crèche / a day care center

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Une garderie

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A nursery

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Une femme au foyer

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A homemaker / a housewife

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La gestion du foyer

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Housemaking

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Le ménage

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The housework

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Nettoyer / le nettoyage

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To clean / the cleaning

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Faire les courses / les courses

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To shop / the shopping

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Laver / la lessive

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To wash / the washing

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Faire la vaisselle / la vaisselle

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To wash-up / the washing-up

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Repasser / le repassage

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To iron / the ironing

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Aspirer / l’aspirateur à passer

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To hoover / the hoovering

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Une tâche

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A task

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Une corvée

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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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La pression

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Pressure

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Assurer l’égalité hommes / femmes

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Tackling gender inequalities

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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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Des quotas

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Quotas

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La parité

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Parity

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Reconnaitre / la reconnaissance

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To recognize / the recognition

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Un changement

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A change / a shift

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Nommer

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To appoint

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Promouvoir / l’avancement

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To promote / 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 a 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 (pas prostitute)

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A sex worker

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Les relations sexuelles avant / hors mariage

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Pre-marital / 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 / parity

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Parvenir à l’égalité

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To achieve equality

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L’égalité des droits

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Equal rights

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L’égalité des salaires

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Equal pay

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Un congé (de) maternité prolongé

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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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