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Rights of Women director Estelle du Boulay called it «a victory for women and also for common sense».

Rights of Women director Estelle du Boulay said: «This is a victory for women and also for common sense.

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«If you see a colleague being sexually harassed, or hear comments about women that are demeaning or derogatory, say something in that moment,» Noreen A. Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates, tells CNBC Make It.

Dawn Huckelbridge, director of American Bridge's Women's Rights Initiative, released the following statement in response to the US Senate's vote on a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and threaten doctors with jail time:

1920 Rev. Curtis Lee Laws first uses term «fundamentalist» 1920 Prohibition 1920 19th Amendment gives women right to vote 1921 Latin American Mission (Harry and Susan Strachan) 1923 J. Gresham Machen publishes Christianity and Liberalism 1924 Evangelical Theological College, later called Dallas Theological Seminary 1925 Scopes «Monkey» Trial 1927 First «talking» motion picture 1928 Henrietta Mears becomes Director of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood 1929 Stock market crash begins Great Depression 1929 Fundamentalists leave Princeton to form Westminster Theological Seminary

A board of directors who was ready to turn their company over to a pregnant woman, without making condescending inquiries about controlling her hormones or taking a vacation right after starting?

She served on the Women's Sports Foundation Board of Directors for 7 years and was a WSF advocacy consultant for two years, with a focus on Title IX, childhood obesity, and athletes» rights issues.

Monday 16.00 - Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment: Women on Boards, Karen Jochelson, Director of Economy and Employment Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC); Scarlet Harris, Women's Officer, Trades Union Congress (TUC); and (at 5.00 pm) Liz Murrall, Director, Corporate Governance and Reporting, Investment Management Association, and Joanne Segars, Chief Executive, National Association of Pension Funds Ltd (NAPF).

State Assemblyman Ron Kim (D - Flushing) stood with Emily Kadar of the Committee for a Pro-Choice New York PAC and Eleanor's Legacy Executive Director Brette McSweeeney Tuesday to endorse state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Flushing) for re-election, as well as to denounce her rival in the Democratic primary, S.J. Jung for recent remarks against a woman's right -LSB-...]

The Baker Project is dedicated to Martha Baker, a lifelong advocate for women's rights and a founding director of Eleanor's Legacy, and to Constance Baker Motley, the first African - American woman elected to the New York State Senate.

«Research has shown that when survivors are given proper information and support their case is more likely to end in the criminal conviction of the perpetrator of sexual violence,» Emma Scott, director of Rights of Women said.

«Women's rights are human rights — no exceptions,» Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, also the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV / AIDS epidemic, has said.

In Africa alone, the continent with the highest fertility rate and lowest use of modern contraceptives, 26 countries will double their population by 2050, according to the U.N. «Fundamentally if you're looking at World Population Day, it is at heart a women's rights issue,» said Roger - Mark DeSouza director of population, environmental security and resilience at the non-partisan policy Wilson Center, based in Washington, D.C. World Population Day is meant to draw attention to the challenges we face with a human population that is constantly growing.

«Dan Lipinski is way out of step with his constituents and with Democratic party principles when it comes to women's rights, LGBT equality, and the basic freedoms that Americans hold dear,» Mitchell Stille, NARAL's National Campaign Director, said in a statement.

Among other items, the resolution created a Director role to be dedicated to this effort, and the party committed itself to doubling the number of Democratic women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Women's Right to Vote.

«It treats gender like it's in a vacuum, like there is no baggage that goes along with being a woman or a man,» says Jane Stout, director of diversity research at the Computing Research Association in Washington, D.C. Perhaps women are not being discriminated against when reviewers consider resumes, «but what have women and men had to do differently to get to this specific situation right now [of being considered for a faculty job]?»

The feature, Actors in Search of a Story, applauds the entire cast of the film (right down to the woman who plays Harold's psychologist for about two minutes of screen time), Building the Team profiles director Marc Forster and some of his crew, and Words on a Page focuses on budding young screenwriter Zach Helm.

and the stream of activism demanding fair treatment for women, topped off by Barbara Streisand giving a mini speech about no women directors, and there is zero chance Gerwig will be left off the list because they're filling out their ballots RIGHT NOW.

Moroccan writer - director Meryem Benm» Barek tearfully accepted the Best Screenplay award for her debut feature «Sofia»; a Casablanca - set drama about a 20 - year - old woman facing arrest after giving birth to a baby out of wedlock, it draws heartfelt attention to the lack of women's rights in the filmmaker's home country.

Director Sarah Gavron returns to the Festival for a third time with a film that tells the story of the ordinary British women at the turn of the last century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote.

Black women played a seminal role in the Civil Rights Movement, but, more often than not (with the notable exception of Julie Dash's The Rosa Parks Story, 2002), its history has mostly been told by male directors.

Men, Women & Children Director: Jason Reitman Writer (s): Jason Reitman, Erin Cressida Wilson Producers: Right of...

You can see that «Ida» is right up the director's alley as now he posits two women as opposite as they can be; one a naïve 18 - year - old committed to taking vows in a convent, the other a hardened Communist member who, as a judge in the Poland of the 1960s sent people to their deaths.

In «The Snowman,» a wretched waste of time and talent from the Swedish director Tomas Alfredson («Let the Right One In»), two detectives track a serial killer who likes to hack up women's bodies and then scatter the pieces all over: a head here, a limb...

With the latter, the story of the movement for the women's right to vote in England, we welcomed star Carey Mulligan, who has won high praise for her role as a young wife and mother who becomes increasingly active in the organizing of the movement, and director Sarah Gavron, who told me her reason for doing the film was simply that it was overdue and timely.

Incredibly relevant and relate - able to the political climate of equality that continues to make headlines in present day, Directors Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris and writer Simon Beaufoy set up an insightful and well balanced look to a defining moment for women's rights and eventually sexual identity.

«With perspective from opening Sundance's records for four years of landmark research that examines the barriers facing women in film, the time is right to gather industry leadership and start to address these obstacles,» Sundance Institute Executive Director Keri Putnam said.

Bond: Marai Larasi, (right) arrived as a guest of Tessa Thompson (left) and she is the executive director of Imkaan, a British black feminist organisation which campaigns against violence towards black, minority ethnic and refugee women and girls

Unfortunately, none of these new directors are women, but the fact that Marvel enlisted a talent like Coogler to handle the first predominantly African - American superhero movie is a step in the right direction.

Director Craig Gillespie (REAL GIRL) and writer Steven Rogers (HOPE FLOATS) take this idea and skate on the edge, right along with Tonya who becomes the first woman to land a triple axel in competition as well as the most reviled figure in all of skating.

Emily Martin, deputy director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, says that though single - sex education may be just the ticket for some kids, the risks far outweigh the benefits.

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21 Union of Refugee Women & Others v The Director: The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority & Others, 2007 (4) BCLR 339 (CC), para 65 (concerning the rights of refugees to work in the private industry in South Africa).

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At The London Book Fair this week, Hannah Berry (graphic novelist, writer and illustrator), Audrey Niffenegger (visual artist and writer), Corinne Pearlman (Creative Director, Myriad Editions) and Sophie Castille (International Rights Director, Mediation) formed the panel to question, in this «golden era for comics and graphic novels», if this is even true, and examine the state of women in comics today.

Women after Pablo Picasso run riot amid an impeccably dressed cast of museum directors, critics, dealers, and the artist herself in white, idling ever so gracefully to the right.

«This Juried Art Show is a unique way to honor people's artistic talents and passions in a way that creates funds to help abused women and children right here on the East End,» said Director of Philanthropy of The Retreat, Hope Kramer.

Currently the Director of Environmental and Climate Justice at the NAACP, Jacqui Patterson, MSW, MPH, has served as a trainer, organizer, researcher, program manager, and policy analyst on international and domestic issues including women's rights, HIV&AIDS, violence against women, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color Unwomen's rights, HIV&AIDS, violence against women, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color Unwomen, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Baltimore City Healthy Start, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color UnWomen of Color United.

«Women's rights are human rights ̶ at CCLA we are always vigilant about standing up for rights and we march in solidarity to ensure the rights of all women everywhere are recognized and protected,» says Sukanya Pillay, CCLA's Executive Director and General CouWomen's rights are human rights ̶ at CCLA we are always vigilant about standing up for rights and we march in solidarity to ensure the rights of all women everywhere are recognized and protected,» says Sukanya Pillay, CCLA's Executive Director and General Couwomen everywhere are recognized and protected,» says Sukanya Pillay, CCLA's Executive Director and General Counsel.

It's going to discuss the outcome of the criminal legal aid tender as well as hearing from the director of Rights of Women about the domestic violence evidence criteria for legal aid.

«We know that child care has complex and wide - ranging impacts on the human rights of women, and particularly marginalized women,» says Kasari Govender, Executive Director of West Coast LEAF.

In 1972 Ginsburg joined the law school faculty at Columbia, and she founded and agreed to serve as director of the Women's Rights Project of the ACLU.

He now works as the Director of Civil Rights & Policy at Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights.

«We are extremely disappointed that the decision did not take seriously the discriminatory impacts of the Covenant on potential LGBTQ and female students, staff, and faculty — in fact, the Court seems to have completely ignored the impacts on women's rights» says Raji Mangat, Director of Litigation at West Coast LEAF.

«Having a separate law school that effectively excludes LGBTQ people and women who may want to exercise their rights to reproductive freedom hearkens back to an era of segregation,» says Kasari Govender, Executive Director of West Coast LEAF.

Sampson has worked as counsel for the Ontario Human Rights Commission and as the Director of Litigation at the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.

On April 14, 2016, West Coast LEAF's Executive Director and Director of Litigation appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in Ottawa to offer our expert perspective on the barriers to women's access to justice in Read More

On Thursday, April 14, West Coast LEAF's Executive Director, Kasari Govender, and Director of Litigation, Raji Mangat, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (Justice Committee) to tell lawmakers about the challenges facing women in accessing fair and just outcomes through the legal system in Canada.

Group marketing director Brianna McCrory shared this fab pic (below right) of the women working at BigHand on LinkedIn, commenting: «I feel very fortunate to work for a company that has supported and encouraged me to progress and develop on both a personal and professional level, regardless of gender or age.

When she was a law professor at Columbia, she, Brenda Feigen - Fasteau, former director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, and 15 law students put together a report for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.