Discrimination Against Women in Japan

Societal Discrimination against Muslims in Europe: Racism and Political Opportunism

The challenge of measuring labor market discrimination against women

This paper is an essay on the challenges that arise when attempting to quantify the extent of labor market discrimination against women. Three major economic theories of labor market discrimination are discussed: tastes and preferences, market power, and statistical discrimination. Decomposition methodology is presented and critiqued. Issues associated with attempts to use decomposition methodo...

Discrimination against childbearing Romani women in maternity care in Europe: a mixed-methods systematic review

BACKGROUND Freedom from discrimination is one of the key principles in a human rights-based approach to maternal and newborn health. OBJECTIVE To review the published evidence on discrimination against Romani women in maternity care in Europe, and on interventions to address this. SEARCH STRATEGY A systematic search of eight electronic databases was undertaken in 2015 using the terms "Roma"...

positive discrimination as a mechanism against deprivation:

after the second world war one of the most effective ways which could make an important impact on the life of minorities and deprived communities has been positive discrimination. of course, it has been always controversial in terms of its legitimacy as well as its real impact on changes. using positive discrimination to promote women's condition in many countries and fields such as enteri...

Legal intervention against medical accidents in Japan

The number of civil lawsuits in Japan concerning medical accidents has been increasing gradually. Emotional reports in the media about medical accidents have amplified people's distrust of physicians. Since 2002, the police have been more actively involved, and the number of criminal prosecutions against physicians as a result of medical accidents has increased. Fear of litigation and arrest ha...