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SECTION 2

MESSAGES AND INSTRUCTIONS
LESSON MATERIAL AND NON TECHNICAL ARTICLES
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS AND SIMPLE NARRATIVE

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belong to a particular group. Events
Women's rights are human rights and
have shown that women from all social
human rights are universal. A woman
classes have suffered for human rights
who is arbitrarily detained, tortured,
abuses around the world. In some
killed, made to “disappear” or jailed
cases, the reason is simply because
has no chance of exercising her social,
“she” happens to be the wife, mother,
economic or cultural rights. Women
daughter or friend of someone who
are often victims of brutal and
the authorities consider to be
indecent treatment either because
“dangerous” or “undesirable.
they live in a particular location or
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24. According to this article ...

a. many innocent women are subjected to cruelty.
b. women's victims may be imprisoned or abused.
c. many women are considered dangerous.
d. women will need new places to live in.

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imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of
The UN oil-for-food program, in Kuwait. The first oil under the
place since 1996, was extended for program was exported in December
another six months. The program 1996 and the first shipment of food
allows Iraq to sell unlimited arrived in March 1997. Since then,
quantities of oil under UN more than 10 million tons of food
supervision to buy food, medicine and $845 mil1ion worth of medicine
and other goods for its 22 million and health supplies have been
people suffering from sanctions delivered under the program.
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