Women in Peru, the Glossary
Women in Peru represent a minority in both numbers and legal rights.[1]
Table of Contents
60 relations: Abortion, Age of consent, Alan García, Alberto Fujimori, Amnesty International, Andean civilizations, Arlette Contreras, Asháninka, Aymara people, Birth control, Cambridge University Press, Compulsory sterilization, Congress of the Republic of Peru, Constitutional Court of Peru, Crimes against humanity, Department of Arequipa, Deutsche Welle, Domestic violence, Economic discrimination, Female genital mutilation, Foundation for Economic Education, France 24, Gender, Gender pay gap, Genocide, Government of Peru, HIV/AIDS, Import quota, Inca Empire, International Criminal Court, Latin American Politics and Society, Machismo, Marital rape, Maternal death, National Population Program, Neoliberalism, Nippon Foundation, North American Congress on Latin America, OECD, Patriarchy, Peru, Peruvian conflict, Plan Verde, Public health, Quechua people, Sexual orientation, Social Institutions and Gender Index, Soup kitchen, Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, Supreme Court of Chile, ... Expand index (10 more) »
Abortion
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.
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Age of consent
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts.
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Alan García
Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011.
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Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto (藤森 謙也, Hepburn:,; born 28 July 1938) is a Peruvian former politician, professor, and engineer who served as President of Peru from 1990 to 2000.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
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Andean civilizations
The Andean civilizations were South American complex societies of many indigenous people. Women in Peru and Andean civilizations are History of Peru.
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Arlette Contreras
Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista (born June 26, 1990) is a Peruvian lawyer and social activist.
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Asháninka
The Asháninka or Asháninca are an indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and in the State of Acre, Brazil.
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Aymara people
The Aymara or Aimara (aymara), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.
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Birth control
Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Compulsory sterilization
Compulsory sterilization, also known as forced or coerced sterilization, refers to any government-mandated program to involuntarily sterilize a specific group of people.
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Congress of the Republic of Peru
The Congress of the Republic of Peru (Congreso de la República) is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru.
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Constitutional Court of Peru
The Peruvian Constitutional Court or Constitutional Tribunal is an independent constitutional agency of Peru that was established in the 1993 Constitution of Peru that was created during the government of Alberto Fujimori.
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Crimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity are certain serious crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians.
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Department of Arequipa
Arequipa (Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru.
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Deutsche Welle
("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.
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Domestic violence
Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation.
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Economic discrimination
Economic discrimination is discrimination based on economic factors.
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Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva.
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Foundation for Economic Education
The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) is an American conservative, libertarian economic think tank.
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France 24
France 24 (vingt-quatre in French) is a French publicly-funded international news television network based in Paris.
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Gender
Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.
Gender pay gap
The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are working.
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Genocide
Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people, either in whole or in part.
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Government of Peru
The Republic of Peru is a unitary state with a multi-party semi-presidential system.
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HIV/AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.
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Import quota
An import quota is a type of trade restriction that sets a physical limit on the quantity of a good that can be imported into a country in a given period of time.
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Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Women in Peru and Inca Empire are History of Peru.
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International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Latin American Politics and Society
Latin American Politics and Society is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of Latin American studies.
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Machismo
Machismo is the sense of being "manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity".
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Marital rape
Marital rape or spousal rape is the act of sexual intercourse with one's spouse without the spouse's consent.
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Maternal death
Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations.
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National Population Program
The National Population Program (Programa Nacional de Población), known as the National Program for Reproductive Health and Family Planning (Programa Nacional de Salud Reproductiva y Planificación Familiar (PNSRPF)) from 1996 to 1998, was a project conducted in Peru in through the 1990s to reduce population growth as a way of meeting international demographic standards.
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Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism, also neo-liberalism, is both a political philosophy and a term used to signify the late-20th-century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism.
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Nippon Foundation
of Tokyo, Japan, is a private, non-profit grant-making organization. It was established in 1962 by Ryoichi Sasakawa.
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North American Congress on Latin America
North American Congress in Latin America (NACLA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1966 to provide information on trends in Latin America and relations between Latin America and the United States.
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OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
Patriarchy
Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are held by men.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Peruvian conflict
The Peruvian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerilla group Shining Path and its remnants.
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Plan Verde
Plan Verde (Spanish for "Green Plan") was a clandestine military operation developed by the armed forces of Peru during the internal conflict in Peru; it involved the control or censorship of media in the nation and the establishment of a neoliberal economy controlled by a military junta in Peru. Women in Peru and Plan Verde are History of Peru.
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Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
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Quechua people
Quechua people or Quichua people may refer to any of the indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru.
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Sexual orientation
Sexual orientation is an enduring personal pattern of romantic attraction or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.
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Social Institutions and Gender Index
The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is an index that measures discrimination against women.
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Soup kitchen
A soup kitchen, food kitchen, or meal center is a place where food is offered to the hungry usually for no price, or sometimes at a below-market price (such as coin donations).
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Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Women in Peru and Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire are History of Peru.
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Supreme Court of Chile
The Supreme Court of Chile is the highest court in Chile.
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Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Teenage pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy, also known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in a female adolescent under the age of 20.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru)
Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC; Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, CVR) (13 July 2001 – 28 August 2003) was a truth and reconciliation commission established by President Alejandro Toledo to investigate the human rights abuses committed during the internal conflict in Peru between 1980s and 1990s.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations Population Fund
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.
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United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.
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Violence against women
Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), is violent acts primarily or exclusively committed by men or boys against women or girls.
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1990 Peruvian general election
General elections were held in Peru on 8 April 1990, with a second round of the presidential elections on 10 June.
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2001 Peruvian general election
Early general elections were held in Peru on 8 April 2001, with a second round of the presidential election on 3 June.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Peru
Also known as Domestic violence against women in Peru, Female education in Peru, Gender equality in Peru, Gender inequality in Peru, History of women's rights in Peru, Peruvian women, Women from Peru, Women of Peru, Women's education in Peru, Women's rights in Peru.
, Taylor & Francis, Teenage pregnancy, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru), United Nations, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Population Fund, United States Agency for International Development, Violence against women, 1990 Peruvian general election, 2001 Peruvian general election.