Social Policies Flashcards
In ____, the government described __________ as incompatible with the revolution - gay men and lesbians were expelled from the _________
1971
same-sex relationships
communist party
_______, president of the ___, challenged prejudices against gay men and lesbians and formed a section to support the concerns of lesbians.
Vilma Espín
FMC
Reforms including ___________ in 2008 and ______________ in 2010. However there is no recognition of same-sex marriage or civil partnerships or unions.
free hormone therapy
free state gender reassignment surgery
LGBT organizations and publications are _____, as are ______ marches. However, Castro urged _______ of same-sex relationships, describing these as a ‘_______ and tendency of ________.’
banned gay pride acceptance natural aspect human beings
The ________ forcibly recruited gay men into _________. These ________ were mainly for men who ______ to do military service, or for men who were ____ for service.
Revolutionary Armed Forces work battalions labour camps refused unfit
By the late 1990s, only _____ out of _______ regularly attended Sunday Mass.
150,000
11 million Cubans
In 1961, the ‘_______’ began, and the government took over all private and _______.
Year of Education
Church schools
Over _______ volunteer student teachers, recruited into _____, took part - most were _____. They were the target of ________ counter-revolutionaries, and more than ___ were killed in these terror attacks.
100,000 brigades teenagers US-sponsored 40
Volunteer teachers taught over ______ to read and write - thus allowing the fulfillment of Castro’s promise. More than ______ schools were built in the first year, and over ______ children attended school.
1 million
3,000
300,000
In 1959, the ‘_________’ speech, calling for a campaign against _______ against black Cubans.
Proclamation against discrimination
racial discrimination
By 1979, only __ of the _______ were black; there were only ___ black members of the ________ of the PCC; only __ of the ____ members of its central committee were black.
5 34 ministers four fourteen-strong politburo 16 146
Before 1959, only ___ of rural inhabitants had running water, and only __ of household had electricity.
15%
9%
From 1949-1959, about ______ housing units were built each year. In the 1960s, this dropped to ____ units per year.
27,000
16,000
By ____, the _________ had fallen to ________, while in 1959 and onwards ______ had been greatly reduced.
1981
infant mortality rate
18.5 per 1,000
diseases
Rich people received better health care than the poor. Journalists were controlled by the government. Policies successful in improving living standards
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