Social issues vocabulary Flashcards
Poverty
the state of being poor
Unemployment
lack of workplaces.
Might be caused by troubled economics or fast development of technologies able to complete task traditionally completed by humans.
Brain drain
the movement of highly skilled and qualified people to a country where they can work in better conditions and earn more money
Juvenile delinquency
the problem of young people who are not yet adults committing crime
Drug/alcohol abuse
the problem connected with using too much drugs/alcohol
Domestic violence
physical (sometimes psychological) violence inside a family
Descrimination
depriving a cathegory of people of equal rights.
Includes rasism, sexism, ageism etc.
Environmental pollution
contamination of the environment
Illegal immigration
huge traffic of foreigners coming into a country against the law.
Considered as a problem since immigrants might be taking workplaces of the native people and/or forcing their native religious and social traditions.
Gun ownership/gun control
measures to control legal purchases of weapon to prevent crime
Human rights
basic rights of a human being including right to life, liberty and security, equality before the law, freedom of thought, access to information, and protection against descrimination etc
Social inequality
the situation when different social groups have access to different rights and resources, f.e. women get lower salaries than men or poor people have no access to healthcare
Sex education
school subject teaching biological, psychological and social sides of sexual relationships
Abortion
the deliberate ending of a pregnancy at an early stage
Child abuse
the crime of harming a child in a physical, sexual or emotional way
Bullying
the use of strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people
Increase awareness
make more people realize a problem, not percieve it as norm, make sure they know what to do when facing it
Burning/urgent issue
an issue which has to be solved immediately
Run-down area
an area that is in bad condition
Gap
a metaphor emphisizing big differences and possible misuderstandings between two groups, f.e. generation gap, payment gap, social gap
Long-term/short-term measure
a measure which helps in a long run/immediately
Ban
to forbid sth from happening, make sth illegal, f.e. to ban gun ownership
Hate crime
a crime motivated by hatrid to a group of people, f.e. genocide of black people
Tackle/adress a problem
to attempt to solve a problem