equal rights
Justice for all
Equal rights is the principle that all people deserve the same legal protections, opportunities, and treatment regardless of characteristics like race, sex, religion, or national origin.
The phrase often appears in political and legal contexts: the equal rights movement, fighting for equal rights.
An equal rights amendment would enshrine such protections in a constitution.
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- universal suffrageAll adults may vote
- Fourteenth AmendmentPost-Civil War constitutional addition
- Jim Crow lawsPost-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
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- girls' empowermentself-esteem, confidence, leadership, mentorship, role models
- civil rightsright to life, civil liberties, desegregation, freedom of religion, Montgomery bus boycott
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- equalityegalitarianism, parity, fairness, fair treatment, impartiality
- gender equalitygender parity, gender discrimination, gender justice, women's suffrage, sexism
- gender equitygender gap, gender parity, wage gap, gender bias, sexism
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Unequal distribution of resources
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Ranked authority structure
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Unequal distribution of resources
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