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1
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Le fossé entre hommes et femmes

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The gender gap

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Du sexe féminin

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Female

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Le statut/la position/la place des femmes dans la société

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Women’s status in society

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Le déséquilibre entre les sexes

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Gender imbalance

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Les inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes

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Gender inequalities

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La guerre entre les sexes

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Gender war

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Un phallocrate

Un machiste

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A (male) chauvinist

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Le machisme

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Machismo

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La misogynie

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Misogyny

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Un misogyne

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A misogynist

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Le sexisme

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Sexism

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Des préjugés sexistes

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Sexist prejudices

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Le féminisme

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Feminism

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Le mouvement des femmes

Le mouvement pour les droits de la femme

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The Women’s Movement

The women’s rights movement

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S’émanciper

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To become emancipated

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Rendre les femmes autonomes

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To empower women

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What is the name of the feminist work of Simone de Beauvoir?

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Le deuxième sexe
(The Second Sex)
Published in 1949

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What does Simone de Beauvoir say?

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“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman”

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Un mariage forcé

Un mariage arrangé

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A forced marriage

An arranged marriage

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Un mariage blanc

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A sham marriage

A marriage of convenience

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Une dot

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A dowry

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La polygamie

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Polygamy

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Polygame

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Polygamous

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L’excision

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Female circumcision

Female genital mutilation

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Une femme battue

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A battered wife

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Violence conjugale/familiale

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Domestic violence

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Être privé du droit de vote

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To be disenfranchised

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Le droit de vote

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The right to vote

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29
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In which year were the vote of women allowed in New Zealand?

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1893

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In which year were the vote of women allowed in Canada and Russia?

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1917

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In which year were the vote of women allowed in the U.K.?

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1918

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In which year were the vote of women allowed un the US?

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1920

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In which year were the vote of women allowed on France ?

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1944

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In which year were the vote of women allowed on Switzerland?

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1971

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In which year were the vote of women allowed on Kuwait?

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2005

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36
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Tomber enceinte

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To become pregnant

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Les femmes en âge d’avoir des enfants

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Women of childbearing age

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38
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La pilule contraceptive

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The contraceptive pill

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39
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Prendre la pilule

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To be in the pill

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40
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Partir en congé maternité

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To go on maternity leave

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Congé parental

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Parental leave

Career break

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S’occuper de ses enfants

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To look after one’s children

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Élever un enfant

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To bring up a child

To raise a child

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L’éducation des enfants

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The upbringing of children
Child rearing
Parenting

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Des enfants d’âge scolaire

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School-age children

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46
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Qu’elle soit mariée ou non

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Whatever her marital status

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47
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What does Ms mean?

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It is used instead of Miss or Mrs not to show the marital status

Exist since the 18th century but widely used since the 1970s

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Une femme au foyer

Une ménagère

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A housewife

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Faire le ménage

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To do the housework

50
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Faire la cuisine
La lessive
La vaisselle
Les courses

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To do the cooking
Washing
Washing-up
Shopping

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Passer l’aspirateur (Instead of hoovering)

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To do the vacuuming

To vacuum

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Les appareils ménagers

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Domestic appliances

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Les tâches ménagères

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Household chores

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Femme d’intérieur

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A homemaker

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With what word is homemaker synonymous ?

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Housewife

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What is a supermum?

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A woman who has a full-time job and takes perfect care of her family

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Inventée

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Coined

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Football

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Soccer

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Dévouée

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Devoted

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Être confronté à un dilemme

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To be faced with a dilemma

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Une crèche

Une garderie

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A nursery
A day-care centre (GB)
A child-care center

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Une nounou

Une nourrice

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A nanny

63
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Une assistante maternelle

Une nourrice

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A childminder

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Trouver un équilibre entre travail et Famille

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To balance work and family

To combine work and family

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Jongler pour concilier carrière et Famille

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To juggle a career and a family

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Concilier

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To reconcile

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Les responsabilités familiales

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Family responsibilities

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Être dépendant financièrement de quelqu’un

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To be financially dépendant on somebody

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Gagner sa vie

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To earn a living

To make a living

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Subvenir aux besoins de sa Famille

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To support one’s family

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Nourrir ses enfants

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To feed one’s children

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Être celui qui fait vivre la Famille

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To be the breadwinner

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C’est elle qui fait vivre sa Famille

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She is the family wage earner

74
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Faire bouillir la marmite

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To bring home the bacon

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Représentent

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Make up

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How many women are there in the British workforce nowadays?

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Nearly half

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Aide à la personne

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Caring

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Restauration

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catering

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Emplois de caissière

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Cashiering

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Travail de bureau

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Cleaning or clerical work

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La main d’œuvre féminine

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Female labour

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L’emploi des femmes

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Female employment

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Les femmes représentent x% de la main d’œuvre

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Women make up x% of the workforce

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Faire carrière

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To have a career

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Être une femme qui travaille

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To be a working woman

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Une femme qui fait carrière

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A career woman

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Travailler à temps partiel

Ou à mi-temps

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To work part time

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Travailler à plein temps

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To work full time

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When was the Equal Pay Act in the US?

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1963

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Nécessiter

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To require

91
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L’égalité des salaires

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Equal pay

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Le différentiel de salaire entre les sexes

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The gender pay gap

The gender wage gap

93
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En moyenne

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On average

94
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Which % less than men are women paid on average ?

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17%

95
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Réduire

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To narrow

96
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Nommer quelqu’un à un poste

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To appoint somebody to a post

97
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Être en concurrence avec les hommes

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To compete with men

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Un poste à responsabilités

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A responsible job

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Un poste de haut niveau

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A top job

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Un emploi subalterne

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A menial job

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Réussir sa carrière

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To have a successful career

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Les obstacles à la promotion des femmes

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Barriers to female advancement

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Plafond de verre

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Glass ceiling

104
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What is the glass ceiling

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The invisible discrimination that prevents women from rising to positions of power and responsibility

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Une chasse gardée pour les hommes

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A male preserve

106
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Introduire une discrimination contre quelqu’un

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To discriminate against somebody

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Être victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

108
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Le harcèlement

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Harassment

109
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Le harcèlement sexuel

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Sexual harassment

110
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In 1975 how many American mothers with young children held jobs?

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1/3

111
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At the beginning of the 21st century how many women with young children held jobs?

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2/3

112
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La parité

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Parity

113
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Sous-représenté

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Under-represented

114
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Instaurer des quotas

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To introduce quotas

115
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L’instauration de quotas

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The introduction of quotas

116
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La discrimination positive

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Affirmative action

117
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L’égalité des chances

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Equal opportunity

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Égalitaire

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Egalitarian

119
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L’égalitarianisme

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Egalitarianism

120
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Atteindre l’égalité avec les hommes

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To achieve equality with men

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