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Discrimination

Selected Works

1996

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Women (Under)Development : The Relevance Of The "Right To Development" To Poor Women Of Color In The United States, Hope Lewis Dec 1995

Women (Under)Development : The Relevance Of The "Right To Development" To Poor Women Of Color In The United States, Hope Lewis

Hope Lewis

This essay, written during a time of Clinton-era welfare reform, was an attempt to reimagine South-North roles. What if "right to development" analysis were applied to poor women of color living in the United States? Some see the right to development as an anachronism in the face of the apparent globalization of market-based economic development. However, “development” in the narrow form of a thriving industrial sector, reliable infrastructure, and steady economic growth, remains beyond the reach of many nations - particularly the poorest African nations. More important, the broader goals of human development - access to basic needs and an …


Listening To Deaf Culture: A Reconceptualization Of Difference Analysis Under Title Vii, Mary Ellen Maatman Dec 1995

Listening To Deaf Culture: A Reconceptualization Of Difference Analysis Under Title Vii, Mary Ellen Maatman

Mary Ellen Maatman

This article at 13 Hofstra Labor Law Journal 269 (1996) considers and critiques the treatment of difference under federal antidiscrimination law by discussing and applying key insights from the "Deaf Culture" movement and its scholarship.