Rights & wrongs — The Hindu (Dec 09, 2017)
It will be a travesty of its avowed objectives if the proposed legislation to protect the rights of transgender persons is not sufficiently rooted in a rights-based approach. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)
- travesty (noun) – misrepresentation, distortion, perversion/poor imitation.
- avowed (adjective) – asserted, admitted, stated (publicly).
- objective (noun) – aim, intention, target/purpose.
- brush aside (phrasal verb) – dismiss, disregard, ignore.
- entitle (verb) – qualify, authorize, allow.
- conform (verb) – abide by, obey/observe, follow.
- discrimination (noun) – prejudice, bias/bigotry, inequity.
- accord (verb) – give, grant, tender someone (status/recognition).
- affirmative (noun) – positive, supportive, sympathetic/sensitive.
- binary (noun) – something having two parts.
- provision (noun) – term, clause; condition.
- benevolent (adjective) – kind, compassionate/sympathetic, benign.
- imbue (verb) – inject, instil/ingrain; fill.
- marginalised (adjective) – minor, insignificant/unimportant, powerless.
- autonomy (noun) – independence, freedom/liberty, individualism.
- come up with (phrasal verb) – produce, propose, put forward/present.
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