AP®︎ Comparative Government: Topic 5.6 Flashcards

Government laws, regulations, and services affecting social well-being and access to opportunities

The expansion, restriction, or other modification of social policy in response to changing political, cultural, or economic conditions

Benefits or services intended to protect or improve material well-being, such as health care, education, income assistance, and poverty programs

Women may vote, run for the Majles subject to Guardian Council vetting, and receive cabinet-level appointments, despite continued underrepresentation and restrictions

Iranian women participate widely in higher education, but authorities have at times restricted their access to particular degrees or fields of study

Women’s attendance at men’s sporting events has been restricted and only selectively expanded, while female athletes face dress, segregation, and other religious requirements

Abortion rules and access vary among Mexican jurisdictions because states, local institutions, legislatures, and courts have adopted differing policies

A rule requiring political parties to nominate a specified share of candidates of each gender; Mexico has used quotas to increase women’s representation

A stronger requirement than a quota that seeks equal gender representation in candidate selection and public institutions

Girls generally have lower enrollment and attainment in northern Nigeria than in much of the south because of poverty, isolation, insecurity, weak capacity, and restrictive gender expectations

Nigeria’s national program to provide free and compulsory basic education, with unequal results because implementation capacity varies across regions