MINORITY ETHNIC WOMEN

MINORITY ETHNIC WOMEN



Minority Ethnic Women

Introduction

One of the strong methodological issues in comparative studies is the construction of equivalence, ie, the event that the instrument measures the same latent trait in all groups, or nations and cultures ". The paper discusses about "ethnic" and "race" there are serious obstacles to the construction of such comparative rankings across countries and a wide range of concepts are currently used to describe ethnic / racial composition of the population as an ethnic group, ethnicity, socio-cultural group, race, nationality, origin, social origin, nationality, and others. These concepts and associated tags that are specific to different groups, developed under different processes of the genesis of ethnic specific to certain countries, including colonialism and its legacy, migration, racism and discrimination. Consequently, a key objective for the development of a national cross-cultural understanding, decided that the distribution of values of these concepts and terms that are often nuanced and inconsistent use. In addition, while the ruling party (the government or institutions, or census statistics) of the definition in the lexicon, which may differ from those used by members of the academy, and the people thus described. Sociology is part of the area of sociological theory and therefore is a core subject in the training of this discipline (Seidner, 2005).

Discussion and Analysis

Ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, either on the basis of a presumed common descendants or origin, or recognition by people belong to different ethnic group represent their own culture. Many cultural differences also arise, which we are observing through history.

Within the United Kingdom, there is a special emphasis put on minority women, especially African-American women. Taking its roots from the historical inequalities generated within the society, African-American women given more advantages in their search for funds. Some examples to this additional help are the United Negro College Fund and Nursing Grants for Minority Women. Other than African-Americans, Native Americans are also paid particular emphasis in the provision of grants. For instance, the Indian Health Service provides grants for Native American women who are willing to further their studies in the health sector.

Disabled women also get additional opportunities in receiving grants from different sources. The category "disabled women" includes not only physical, but also cognitive disabilities. Especially local governments are there to help women with disabilities via financial help. Women falling into this category can seek help not only for direct educational purposes, but also for housing, paying bills, buying food, and any other specific needs these women might come across. It is necessary to provide the potential grant providers with complete information so that the best results can be obtained from the applications (Barth, 2005).

The vital role of ethnic minority women's organizations

Ethnic minority women's organizations know and understand their communities and the women they work with. They work with women in need who have little or no other support and tackle the deep disadvantage at the intersection of race and ...