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  2. Gender inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    However, the United States' score decreased between 2011 and 2012. [93] [176] United Nations' Gender Inequality Index (part of the Human Development Report) shows that the US scored 19% in gender inequality in 2017 ranking in the 13th place out of 173 countries in terms of the Human Development Index. [177]

  3. Feminization of poverty - Wikipedia

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    Feminization of poverty refers to a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap in poverty.This phenomenon largely links to how women and children are disproportionately represented within the lower socioeconomic status community in comparison to men within the same socioeconomic status. [1]

  4. Equality Act (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Equality Act was a bill in the United States Congress, that, if passed, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, and IX) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service.

  5. US falls behind in shrinking the gender gap, World Economic ...

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    Iceland was the country with the greatest progress for the 14th year in a row, having closed 91.2% of the gender gap. Its score is due to the high levels of female leadership in government and ...

  6. US government agencies order employees to remove gender ...

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    Multiple US government agencies have ordered employees “to remove gender identifying pronouns from email signature blocks by 5:00 PM” on Friday, according to internal emails seen by CNN.

  7. Gender inequality - Wikipedia

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    Gender inequality is the social phenomenon in which people are not treated equally on the basis of gender. This inequality can be caused by gender discrimination or sexism . The treatment may arise from distinctions regarding biology, psychology, or cultural norms prevalent in the society.

  8. US highway program's use of race, gender in contracting is ...

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    A U.S. judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Transportation's consideration of race or gender when awarding billions of dollars in federal highway and transit project funding set aside for ...

  9. Social inequality - Wikipedia

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    This may be due to the state of the current social system, which bear other types of inequalities such as economic, racial and gender inequality. A lack of health equity is also evident in the developing world, where the importance of equitable access to healthcare has been cited as crucial to achieving many of the Millennium Development Goals .