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Voter rights and registration resource guide
“Voter Rights and Registration Resource Guide” is document produced in 1990 by the Texas Young Lawyers Association and designed to stimulate the voter turnout of eligible voters in Texas. The document is intended to help educate Texans about the importance of voting as well as the correct ways to exercise this right. Included in the document are important historical dates and brief descriptions of the events in the development of National Voter Rights under the U.S Constitution and a number of case studies on voting rights and the decisions involved. Additionally, after a brief description of the state voter registration, the document provides important information on Texas’s voter registration, voter qualifications, and the women’s suffrage movement.
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Situacion Juridica de la Mujer
“The Legal Situation of Women” is an informative handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 1995 by the Popular Legal Support Center in Panama. The handbook presents a thorough description of the women’s project implemented by the Popular Legal Support Center. The description covers the specific steps taken towards the implementation of the program through the diagnosis of the women’s situation in Panama. A certain number of women of all backgrounds were key elements of the study that helped detect the factors that affect the overall knowing and use of rights by women. The handbook contains the conclusions of the study and tables that justify the outcome of the diagnosis, as well as it presents an analysis on the legal situation of women, specifically in the labor field.
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Resolucion de Conflictos y Violencia Intrafamiliar
“Resolution for Domestic Violence and Conflicts” is an educational brochure, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the “Fundacion Para la Promocion de la Mujer” foundation in Panama. The brochure describes the program of legal education addressed to familiarize citizens with their rights and the authorities that administrate justice and the legal proceedings. The brochure explains the specific objectives of the program as well as the issues it covers. The brochure is particularly addressed to the cause of reducing domestic violence and conflicts
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Mighty Political Experiment
“Mighty Political Experiment” is a pamphlet by the League of Women Voters which gives a historical background to their organization and the option for the reader to become a member of the League of Women Voters (LWV). The document, made available in 1993, provides insight into the LWV’s mission of encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government as well as some of its achievement and goals.
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I Vote!
“I Vote!” is a flyer produced by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence – the group that organized the Million Mom March in May 2000 – which encourages the reader to vote in the 2000 Presidential Election in the USA. Million Mom March is an annual march in Washington D.C. held on mother’s day to promote tighter restrictions on guns in order to create a safer environment for children.
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Welcome to the Million Mom March
“Welcome to the Million Mom March” is a pamphlet, produced by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, advertizing the Million Mom March on May 14th 2000 in Washington D.C, USA, which is organized in order to promote tighter restrictions on guns. The document includes a list of activities such as voter registration (2000 is a presidential election year in the USA) and information on how participants can be more politically active and support candidates that will promote sensible gun laws.
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Sensible gun laws, safe kids
“Sensible Gun Laws, Safe Kids” is an advertisement flyer for the Million Mom March in May 2000, organized by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, where mothers march in Washington D.C, to promote tighter restrictions on guns in order to create a safer environment for their children. The group is known to be somewhat politically active, encouraging those who march to vote on laws concerning gun safety in the USA.