RE Gcse Unit 4 Community Cohesion
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Unit 4 Community Cohesion
4.1 Government action to promote community cohesion
The government has put in place measures and legislation to promote community cohesion and prevent prejudice and discrimination. The actions from the government include the following:
Funding for local authorities- Youth projects, schools etc
Support with translation- Learning English language
Information packs for new migrants- Set out their rights/responsibilities
Citizenship days throughout the UK
Community Cohesion is also promoted by schools and non governmental groups
4.2 Changing attitudes to women in the UK
Key Dates
1913- Suffragette Emily Davison threw herself under a horse
1918- Women over 21 allowed to vote
1928- Women over 31 allowed to vote
First and Second World wars- Women undertook activities normally completed by men thus demonstrating their capabilities
1945- Men returned from war and women lost jobs
1950's- Government encourages women to have families rather than work
1960's- Contraceptive pill introduced allowing women to plan when they wanted families
1970- Equal pay act- Women paid the same as men for doing the same job
1975- Sex discrimination act- An act passed meaning it was illegal to discriminate against someone because of their gender or marital status
1979- Margaret Thatcher becomes PM
However, inequality between men and women still exists today
4.3 Equal rights for women in the church
Who: Traditional Evangelical Protestants
What: Men should be head of the family and women shouldn't be ministers or preists
Why:
They believe that the Bible is the unalterable word of God
St Paul's statements in the Bible about women not being allowed to speak in the church
Who: Liberal Christians and many Protestants
What: Men and women should have equal roles in life and women should have equal rights in religion
Why:St Paul said' There is neither... Male or Female for you are all one person in Jesus,
Jesus treated women as equals and had women followers
Jesus's women followers were the first people to see him when he rose from the dead
Jesus chose men as his apostles because of culture of the time
Who: Roman Catholics
What: Men and women should have equal roles and equal statuses in the eyes of God but only men can become preists
Why:
Jesus chose only men to be his successor
Jesus was a man
4.4 The UK as a Multi-Ethnic society
The UK is a Multi-Ethnic society as it is made up of many different races, cultures and nationalities living together. Currently, over 7/8 of the population are white British.
Advantages of a Multi-Ethnic Society:
It helps different…
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