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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2015, 07:54 PM Dec 2015

UN experts find level of discrimination against women in US “shocking”

http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/14/un-experts-find-level-of-discrimination-against-women-in-us-shocking

The discrimination against women in the United States is worse than in most developed countries, according to findings of a United Nations expert group.

“The US, which is a leading state in formulating international human rights standards, is allowing women to lag behind,” said the human rights monitors, composing the UN expert group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, at the end of an official visit to the country....

The mission examined the conditions for women in areas like economic and social life, access to health care, reproductive health and rights, as well as women’s safety.

“While all women are the victims of these missing rights, women who are poor, belong to Native American, Afro-American and Hispanic ethnic minorities, migrant women, LBTQ women, women with disabilities and older women are disparately vulnerable,” the experts stressed.

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UN experts find level of discrimination against women in US “shocking” (Original Post) KamaAina Dec 2015 OP

Well if we have a woman president it would upaloopa Dec 2015 #1

I would LOVE to have a woman as President. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2015 #2

Bingo! fleur-de-lisa Dec 2015 #5

Too bad Elizabeth Warren isn't running. KamaAina Dec 2015 #10

How about comparing the lives of women Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #3

No, I don't think we want to do that dumbcat Dec 2015 #4

Saudi Arabia is not 'developed'? Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #6

No, not by most definitions dumbcat Dec 2015 #9

Why? etherealtruth Dec 2015 #7

Absolutely not. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #8

that is generally the idea with that sort of response. we are supposed to be ashamed to niyad Dec 2015 #12

Because that's frankly stupid? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2015 #11

Except that it might not look all that good. GoCubsGo Dec 2015 #14

and yet, there will be those denying that this is the case. hmmm, they are already here, I see. niyad Dec 2015 #13

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)

1. Well if we have a woman president it would

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 08:52 PM

Dec 2015

focus a lot of attention on this.

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

2. I would LOVE to have a woman as President.

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 08:53 PM

Dec 2015

Just not the one you support.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,627 posts)

5. Bingo!

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:29 PM

Dec 2015

If Warren was running, I would have quit my job and lived in my car to volunteer for her campaign. I love Bernie, and I really like MOM, but Warren is my dream candidate. HRC, meh . . .

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

10. Too bad Elizabeth Warren isn't running.

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 10:55 PM

Dec 2015

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)

3. How about comparing the lives of women

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:08 PM

Dec 2015

in the U.S. with the loves of women in the middle east, southwest Asia, and most of Africa?

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)

4. No, I don't think we want to do that

Reply to Snobblevitch (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:23 PM

Dec 2015

We are supposed to be a "developed" nation. They are our peers, not the ME, SEA, or Africa.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)

6. Saudi Arabia is not 'developed'?

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:37 PM

Dec 2015

There are developed nations in the areas I posted. They might not be as developed as they could be, that's kind of my point.

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)

9. No, not by most definitions

Reply to Snobblevitch (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:59 PM

Dec 2015

Developed countries have post-industrial economies, meaning the service sector provides more wealth than the industrial sector. They are contrasted with developing countries, which are in the process of industrialization, or undeveloped countries, which are pre-industrial and almost entirely agrarian. According to the International Monetary Fund, advanced economies comprise 60.8% of global nominal GDP and 42.9% of global GDP (PPP) in 2014.[2] In 2014, the ten largest advanced economies by GDP in both nominal and PPP terms were Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_list_of_developed_countries

http://listverse.com/2012/02/13/top-10-highly-developed-countries/

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/developed-countries.html

http://www.cfr.org/international-organizations-and-alliances/group-eight-g8-industrialized-nations/p10647

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

7. Why?

Reply to Snobblevitch (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:43 PM

Dec 2015

To attempt to diminish the issue?

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)

8. Absolutely not.

Reply to etherealtruth (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:50 PM

Dec 2015

niyad

(113,344 posts)

12. that is generally the idea with that sort of response. we are supposed to be ashamed to

Reply to etherealtruth (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:17 PM

Dec 2015

complain, because we have it so great here compared to so many other places.

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

11. Because that's frankly stupid?

Reply to Snobblevitch (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:10 PM

Dec 2015

Of course the US is going to look good next to those places. They aren't liberal democracies with advanced economies, high levels of literacy and educational attainment, and high per-capita GDP. The only meaningful way to gauge social conditions is by comparison to similar countries.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

14. Except that it might not look all that good.

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:21 PM

Dec 2015

The report says that discrimination here is worse than other developed countries. What if it's not much better than those non-developed countries? Maybe people need some perspective.

niyad

(113,344 posts)

13. and yet, there will be those denying that this is the case. hmmm, they are already here, I see.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:18 PM

Dec 2015

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