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Grades 9-12

Women: The Critical Link

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SUBJECTS: Social Studies

TOPICS: Education, Family Size Decisions, Public Health, United Nations, Wealth & Poverty, Women's Issues

Resource Overview

Global status of women background reading: Gender discrimination hurts women, their families and their communities. Read about the links between women’s status and education, health, fertility rates and the environment.

An Algerian woman measures the blood pressure of a woman who has recently given birth.

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This reading must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.

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