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Defend equality

1) In the top left hand corner, there is a clamshed fist which is usually a symbol of strong resistance or revolution. In the background, we can see the red rays of the rising sun, which probably means that the revolution is just beginning. Next to fist are two circles, the one above containing the Chinse yin yang symbol with a woman on top and a man at the bottom, meaning that they are opposite, but i crowd equal and off crown as the inspiration says. The circle bellow presents six people hand in hand is a circle. What is interesting is that between their bodies and their poined hands, we can see a heart shape probably meant to represent universal how many and love.

2) In the top left hand corner, two hands have been placed together, so that they look like the wings if a bird getting ready to fly. A bird flying in the open sky is often used as a symbol of freedom, as the slogan "equality is freedom" suggests. If we consider that this bird might be a dove then, we also have the symbol of peace in this drawing. In the bottom left hand corner, a group of six people are represented : three man, two women and a disabled person in a wheel chair. They are holding hands to symbolize the world written he lover, even I thought "unification", so suggesting that, wether male or femel, able-bodied or disabled, we all have the same values and we should all be treated equally. Finally, in the bottom right hand corner, there are the two traditional symbols of female, a ring with the cross below it and male, a ring with an arrow pointing upwards and to the right. These symbols are linked by the world "unity", suggesting that both sexes should stand up for equal rights.

3) Woman need to stand up for their rights, as the yin yang drawing at the top and a female symbol as the bottom suggests. The reason for this is abscence of equality in wages or even in consideration for woman. The disabled also need to fight for equal treatment, as the drawing in the word "unification" imply. They need improved access to buildings and public transports so has to be on an equal footing with able-bodied people.

4) The clenched fist is often used in workers demonstrations and so it might stand for those strugles for more equality in the workplace between man and woman, but also between employees and employers, in other words, between workers and bosses.

The bird trying to fly above the slogan "equality is freedom" could stand for these who are injustly imprisonned and who need to be released to enjoy the freedom of ordinary citiziens.

Document A

Now, more than half of the American workforce is made up of women, but even though they excel academically and professionally, they still do not rich the very top places in the firms and are globally less-paid than men, often having to choose betweenthe profession and their family. The illustration of the glass ceiling shows how men can easily rise above this artificial bareer to promotion wheras women remain below it, they can see throw the transparent glass ceiling, but cannot break throw it. They are kept back by prejudice or discrimination.

The graph shows how womens salaries after stagnatiny at about three fifth of men's salaries beteen ninety sixteen and ninty nineteen have progressed slowly but surely, over the past twenty years. However, they still earn less than 4/5 of that man do.

A glass ceiling is an invisible bareer to advancement. People can see threw it, but only certain categories of people, mainly man, can actually get threw it. It's effects are particurarly fellt by womens or members of ethnic minorities who work for ladge private companies or public administrations.

Document C

The headline and statistics indicate that not only in Britain but all over the world, there are too few womens members of parliament. But the figures prove that there are differences between countries, whereas women in certain europen countries, such as Sweden, Spain and Germany represent 1 in 3 or even allmost 1 in 2 of the total number in over than westen countries (the UK, France and the USA), they only represent one-fifth or one-sixth of the total. In countries such as Brazil and Iran, the number of women in national parliaments is ridiculously low (less than 9% or 3%). Even though women represent more than half of the world's population and in countries such as the USA, there are more women that man who go out to work, it's surprizing to note that tey are so poorly represented in national parliaments.

In favour of quotas in all professions

throughout history, women have been discriminated against in certain professions under the pretext they were physicaly weaker than men, or because motherhood is not considered totally compatible with a regular longterm presence at work - girls get better results at the school and university - in politics, women's opoositions are not equally represented - if familly tasks were shared, women would be more willing to devote time to work.

Against quotas in all professions

Women prefer certain professions to others (educating, sharing, ...). Sometimes just because they replicate their parents' or grandparents' choices.

Selection should be make by competence, not by quotas (What do I think about ?)

If a woman gets a job thanks to a quota, psychologically she may consider herself as failure.