Gender Gap Flashcards

1
Q

Déséquilibre entre les sexes

A

Gender imbalance

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2
Q

Un machiste

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A chauvinist

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3
Q

S’émanciper

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To become emancipated

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4
Q

Rendre les femmes autonomes

A

To empower women

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5
Q

On ne naît pas femme on le devient.

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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

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6
Q

Une femme battue

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A battered wife

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7
Q

Être privée du droit de vote

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To be disenfranchised

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8
Q

Prendre la pilule

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To be on the pill

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9
Q

Une femme au foyer

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A housewife

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10
Q

Être confrontée à un dilemme

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To be face with a dilemma

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11
Q

Trouver un équilibre

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To balance

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12
Q

Jongler

A

Juggle

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13
Q

Être dépendante de

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To be dependent on

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14
Q

Gagner sa vie

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To make a living

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15
Q

Nécessiter

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Require

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16
Q

Un poste de haut niveau

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A top job

17
Q

Les obstacles à la promotion des femmes

A

Barriers to female advancement

18
Q

Le plafond de verre

A

Glass ceiling

19
Q

Discriminer qqun

A

To discriminate against sb

20
Q

Harcèlement

A

Harassment

21
Q

Parité

A

Parity

22
Q

Sous-représentée

A

Under-represented

23
Q

Une décision historique

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A landmark decision

24
Q

IVG

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A termination of pregnancy

25
Q

Pratiquer l’avortement

A

To perform / to carry out abortions

26
Q

Un avortement que l’on a provoqué soi même

A

A self-induced abortion

27
Q

Un avortement clandestin

A

A backstreet abortion

28
Q

Politique de l’enfant unique en Chine

A

China ‘s one-child-policy

29
Q

Soulager

A

Alleviate

30
Q

Un moyen de contraception

A

A meanS of contraception

31
Q

Une polémique

A

A controversy

32
Q

L’opinion est divisée

A

The public are spilt

33
Q

Interdire

A

To ban/ to outlaw

34
Q

Provoquer un débat

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To spark a debate

35
Q

Un débat enflammé

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A heated debate

36
Q

Une tempête de protestations

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An uproar

37
Q

GPA

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Surrogacy

38
Q

Une mère porteuse

A

A surrogate mother

39
Q

Jouer à l’apprenti sorcier

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To play God