European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday february 17, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 girls face Bias Irr Merit tests Acle charges Washington a the Ameri can civil liberties Union charges that girls Are being denied their fair share of National Merit scholarships because the qualifying test is biased against them. A complaint was filed tuesday wit the education department by the Acle s women s rights project on be half of the National Center for fair an open testing. The Center known As fairest is a Cambridge organization that is a tical of standardized testing. It charges the educational testing service and the College Entrance examination Board with violating . Educa Tion Law that bars recipients of Federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex. The College Board sponsors the preliminary Scholastic aptitude test National Merit scholarship qualifying test and ets administers it. Surveys done by fairest show that boys account for about 60 percent of the National Merit scholarship semifinalists and winners. The College Board said it had not seen the complaint and could not comment on its specifics. But it said that on the basis of fairest s news release it considered the charges without Merit. As a membership organization of Al most 3,000 High schools and colleges the College Board said in a statement we would not be allowed to sponsor or use something that was biased. Differential performance is caused by what students bring to the test not the . Official vows to focus on rights of women kids United nations a the . High commissioner for human rights Jose Ayala Lasso of Ecuador pledged tuesday to Zero in on the prob lems of women and children. One of the most important chapters will be the rights of women he told a news conference. Ayala Lasso now Ecuador s ambassador to the United nations was confirmed monday by the general Assembly which created the Job last year. He begins work feb.28. He sounded a cautious and conciliatory note tuesday saying he will handle his new duties with All the delicacy needed to achieve i will maintain an attitude of open Ness vigilance and initiative he said but gave few details about his approach and declined to discuss specific cases. Establishment of the Post was consid ered a major Victory for the United states and Western nations which made it a priority. Developing nations went along but insisted the new . Watchdog must be sensitive to cultural differences re Spect economic development As a human right and not impose Western ideas of democracy on other nations. Some devel Oping nations contend that their economic needs supersede human rights consid Lasso said he will try to Perpet uate a culture of human he appealed to All nations to work with declined to be specific about How Tough he will be emphasizing instead the need for cooperation. In demanding respect for children s and women s rights he noted not Many years ago it was clearly established that women in Many societies Are still discriminated against and their rights not fully respected. One of my principal endeavours will be to create per manent respect for and promotion of the human rights of hr-j1404um family message function random assemble editing front a input terminal av-s21x1 21" mum system ctr worldwide super Multi 21-system compatibility 100-position station memory Jav master command Remote gr-ax55u 10x Power zoom built in video Light Multi Brand Remote control unit c-13cl4 is arc no. 9141524 Cable tuner Jevc master command Remote closed caption decoder c-20cl4 Cable tuner Jevc master command Remote closed caption decoder Mast command hr-j1600um do no Hafl Var new hyper Bass system family message function Ergo jog ecu with Multi Brand capability. Tc-20sxpb2 tc-30ehgpb2 Vic Vum Casum Jevc official he a Veo systems Otto world cup usa1994 � 9a a a co 9 gr-ax35u Pum Styf compact Hsc Mcarm 10x Power zoom full Auto functions Remote control unit
