Gr+7+International+Forum+Women+terms

__**Important Terms**__

 * **Human Rights ** || **fundamental rights that every person has simply because she or he is a human being** ||  ||
 * **Conventions & **
 * International Treaties ** || **agreement in international law, usually signed by several countries** ||  ||
 * **Inequality ** || **Used in 'inequality between men and women': men and women are treated differently**
 * in all aspects of life.** ||  ||
 * **Discrimination ** || **A more open form of inequality. People are openly treated differently because of simple**
 * differences in their gender, or their colour.** ||  ||
 * **Subjugation ** || **To force someone under control; also: to turn someone into a slave.** ||  ||
 * **Social Norms ** || **The rules that people believe are necessary to function in a society. Example: in some countries**
 * homosexuality is against the social norms. It is not the same as 'Laws', because these are authorized**
 * by the government.** ||  ||