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* 'Rhodesia'-Zimbabwe: Women gain the right to stand for election.
* Portugal: new family law providing for gender equality between husband and wife comes into force.<ref>''Women in Portugal'', by Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General Information, p. 32</ref>
* United States: ''[[Dothard v. Rawlinson]]'', [[Case citation|433 U.S. 321]] (1977), was the first [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case which the [[bona fide occupational qualifications]] (BFOQ) defense was used. The court held that Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer may not, in the absence of business necessity, set height and weight restrictions which have a disproportionately adverse effect on one gender. However, on the issue of whether women could fill close contact jobs in all male maximum security prisons the Court ruled 6-3 that the BFOQ defense was legitimate in this case. The reason for this finding is that female prison guards were more vulnerable to male sexual attack than male prison guards.<ref>Cushman, C., 2001, Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights. CQ Press. pp. 122-8</ref>
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* Canada: ''[[Bliss v Canada (AG)]]'' 1 S.C.R. 183 is a famous [[Supreme Court of Canada]] decision on equality rights for women under the [[Canadian Bill of Rights]]. The Court held that women were not entitled to benefits denied to them by the ''Unemployment Insurance Act'' during a certain period of pregnancy. This case has since become the prime example demonstrating the inadequacies of the Canadian Bill of Rights in protecting individuals' rights.
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* Sudan: In 2009, journalist [[Lubna Hussein]] was fined the equivalent of $200 when a court found her guilty of violating Sudan's decency laws by wearing trousers.<ref name="auto2">{{cite news |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/africa/08sudan.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |first1=Jeffrey |last1=Gettleman |first2=Waleed |last2=Arafat |title=Sudan Court Fines Woman for Wearing Trousers |date=8 September 2009}}</ref>
* Nepal: In 2009, Nepal enacted the Social Customs and Practices Act outlawing [[dowry]].<ref>http://www.genevadeclaration.org/fileadmin/docs/Co-publications/Femicide_A%20Gobal%20Issue%20that%20demands%20Action.pdf</ref>
* United States: ''[[Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville]]'', {{scite|555|271|2009}}, is a [[United States Supreme Court]] case in which the Court unanimously ruled that [[1964_Civil_Rights_Act#Title_VII|Title VII]] of the [[1964 Civil Rights Act]] protects an employee who opposes unlawful [[sexual harassment]], but does not report the harassment him or herself.
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* United States: Section 4207 of the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] amended the [[Fair Labor Standards Act]] and required employers to provide a reasonable break time for an employee to breastfeed her child if it is less than one year old.<ref name=ppaca>[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3590enr.txt.pdf Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]. ''Government Printing Office''. Page 459.</ref> The employee must be allowed to breastfeed in a private place, other than a bathroom. The employer is not required to pay the employee during the break time.<ref name=ppaca/> Employers with fewer than 50 employees are not required to comply with the law if doing so would impose an undue hardship to the employer based on its size, finances, nature, or structure of its business.<ref>{{cite news |title=Breastfeeding rooms hidden in health care law |work=CNN |date=April 9, 2010 |first=Elizabeth |last=Landau |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/09/breast.feeding.society/index.html?hpt=C2 }}</ref>
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