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A new report on the state of corporate boards in the United States of America suggests it will take decades for women to achieve equality on corporate boards.

Not exact matches

«It's wonderful that women are standing up for something that's been going on for a long time, and hopefully, within a generation, we will come closer to this equality we're trying to achieve.»

Intel announced on Tuesday that it has achieved 100 % pay equality for both women and underrepresented minorities, according to the chipmaker's 2016 diversity and inclusion report.

Presentation to the UN Expert Group Meeting on «The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality», 21 to 24 October, Brasilia, Brazil.

Based on some rather primitive research the article suggested that citizen's income, rather than a policy designed to achieve equality, would actually hurt the poor.

The Human Rights Campaign, America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, recently wrote to Cuomo, urging him not to reappoint Graffeo based on her LGBT record.

A major new piece of research on disability in Britain was launched in March 2009 as part of the Government's long - term aim to achieve equality in all areas for people with disabilities.

While we haven't achieved gender equality (not least on Today), Tessa gave a compelling Today performance last week.

Whereas, Dr. King has had a permanent and lasting impact on the world; lauded for his efforts to achieve social, political, and economic equality, Dr. King was named Time magazine's «Man of the Year,» in 1964 and was awarded the Nobel Peace prize that same year; his ideals are highlighted annually on the federal holiday established in his honor in 1986, and his message is passed on to new generations inspired by his strength, hope, and conviction; and

Speaking at a packed panel discussion on how to achieve everyday equality for disabled people, hosted by Scope and the Fabian Society, the shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams attacked the current social security system.

Anyone with an interest in supporting the push for marriage equality in New York is encouraged to join this group to stay updated on activities toward achieving this goal.

If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern... I promise more «effective leadership» than Kennedy on winning full equality for gays and lesbians... and I oppose a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and I support gays serving openly in the military.

In its appropriation directions for higher education institutions for the 2016 fiscal year, the government states that all higher education institutions must produce a plan showing how they intend to move their work on Gender Mainstreaming forward, so as to contribute towards achieving the goals of gender equality policy.

Gender equality has not yet been achieved in science, medicine, and engineering, but NYSCF, through its Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering, is committed to making sure progress is made.

Jodie Foster's Secretary Rhodes is fighting to keep anti-immigration laws in place to maintain the lifestyle on Elysium while Matt Damon's Max winds up taking on a mission that could achieve equality.

In an interview with Indiewire, the filmmaker was direct about the political implications: «You can get on your soapbox, you can push your political agenda or your religious agenda, against gay marriage, against racial equality, but you can't argue about these people in their home... Equality as a concept isn't something I think we ever achieve, it's something we make progress toward, and hope that we don't slip back and lose any of it.

There will be panel discussions on the progress our country has made in achieving equality of educational opportunity in the decades since the publication of the Coleman Report and the options for making greater strides in the future.

The Nordic strategy for achieving equality and excellence in education has been based on constructing a publicly funded comprehensive school system without selecting, tracking, or streaming students during their common basic education.

So much responsibility keeps getting piled on the shoulders of a movement whose primary purpose is to achieve equality, in all realms, between men and women.

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has honored Baker & Taylor's Axis 360 digital media platform with the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award, which recognizes individuals and organizations that have «made outstanding contributions toward achieving the full integration of the blind into society on a basis of equality.»

This week, International Women's Day was recognized the world over and a much - needed spotlight was shone on the progress achieved for equality and challenges that still lie ahead.

Nature is not based on equality but simple and sincere goal toward what need to be achieved reaching a balance with nature functioning without spoiling simple principles in the underlying of our fundamentals.

Although distributive justice would also allow for other morally relevant considerations to be considered in allocating ghg emissions that diverge from strict equality, including such considerations as historical ghg emissions levels, these other considerations can be built into a C&C framework either by negotiating the convergence dates in a C&C regime or in side - agreements on such issues as financing technologies for low - emitting nations at levels that would allow them to achieve per capita emissions limitations.

Like Jewish lawyers, who had to strike out on their own to achieve equality in the profession, I believe that women and minority lawyers will have to do the same, setting up their own firms and growing them into powerhouses that compete with BigLaw.

The pressure exerted by the better overall gender equality results achieved by Germany, France, and the Scandinavian countries will have an impact on the approach the UK adopts in future, regardless of its status within or outside the EU.

Like you, I believe that there are strategies the LSUC could pursue which would achieve their substantive goals, strategies which accurately reflect existing (and unambiguous) legal and ethical obligations and which are consistent with constitutional requirements and principles (as I've noted above, if the current requirement around a Statement of Principle merely required acknowledgement of our actual existing obligations under the Rules, rather than a general duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion which is found nowhere in the Rules, I suspect much opposition would melt away and the LSUC would be on far stronger Charter grounds).

The suggestion that there is an analogy between their struggle to achieve equality and these petitioners» concerted efforts to deny women equal access to a constitutionally protected privilege may have rhetorical appeal, but it is insupportable on the record before us...» Justice Stevens also noted that Bray «presents a striking contemporary example of the kind of zealous, politically motivated, lawless conduct that led to the enactment of the Ku Klux Act in 1871 and gave it its name.»

The Court of Appeal also referred back to Lambert v Lambert [2002] EWCA Civ 1685, [2003] 4 All ER 342 in which, although the court made an unequal division based on special contribution, Bodey J stated that in order to justify a departure from equality «the characteristics or circumstances clearly have to be of a wholly exceptional nature, such that it would be obviously be inconsistent with the objective of achieving fairness for them to be ignored».

Vandana has focused her legal career on working to achieve gender equality and empowerment for women.

Drawing on a team of feisty international lawyers, the equality effect supports its regional legal partners by initiating creative legal advocacy projects to achieve systemic change.

She has achieved important court victories on GLBT issues, including bringing marriage equality to Pennsylvania through her work for plaintiffs in Whitewood v. Wolf, the federal lawsuit that successfully challenged the Pennsylvania Marriage Laws as amended in 1996 to ban same - sex marriage.

The Employers Forum on Age says it is imperative that employers continue to play a part in achieving equality in the UK.

As I've touched on already, there is a wide range of perspectives as to what equality should consist of, how much and types of diversity are appropriate, and the best means to achieve inclusion.

About Blog The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is a human rights organisation and movement dedicated to achieving equality and justice for all Guyanese, especially those suffering discrimination based on their sexuality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

Customer service skills; knowledge of customer experience; teamwork; collaboration; health and safety protocols; equality, diversity and inclusion; working under pressure; meeting acquisition targets; achieving personal goals... the list goes on and on and when you look at the new job these skills are needed too!

It acts on the premise that every woman has the right to live a free life from violence, poverty, and discrimination, and that gender equality is central to achieving development.

We believe that gender equality can only be achieved through a grassroots - led, bottom - up approach to development that is centered on those most marginalized by patriarchy.

Our work focuses on issues such as achieving equality and access for Deaf people.

As Women's Day is celebrated around the world, the Committee on Equality acknowledges the progress achieved towards greater equality between women and men while taking stock of the challenges that lie ahead.

Article 8 of the Declaration on the Right to Development states that the realization of the right to development would ensure «equality of opportunity for all in their access to basic resources, education, health services, food, housing, employment and the fair distribution of income», achieved through appropriate economic and social reforms and the eradication of all social injustices.

Substantive equality on the other hand not only permits the recognition of difference but may require it where this is necessary to achieve equality between racial groups.

The report looks at what has been achieved under the five dimensions of reconciliation shown in the image above — race relations, equality and equity, institutional integrity, unity, and historical acceptance — and makes detailed recommendations on how we can progress reconciliation into the next generation.

Throughout the year I will be calling on all sectors of Australian society to express their support for commitments to achieving Indigenous health equality within a generation.

On this view, differential treatment on the basis of race that seeks to achieve equality is not discriminatorOn this view, differential treatment on the basis of race that seeks to achieve equality is not discriminatoron the basis of race that seeks to achieve equality is not discriminatory.

«Delivering a progress report to Parliament at the start of each Parliamentary year is one way we can be sure to keep on top of where we are succeeding and where we need to improve to achieve Indigenous health equality,» Mr Gooda said.

There is no domestic mechanism to implement the international obligation on States to achieve equality.

The longer - term prospect (i.e. by around 2030) is that spending on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health will begin to reach parity with the non-Indigenous population as health equality is achieved.

As the tenth annual Close the Gap Day approaches on 17 March, now is a great time to pledge your support and host an event to raise awareness about how we can achieve health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

There are two developments that together will determine whether the national effort to close the gap stays on course and whether Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality is achieved by 2030:

Chapter 5: Progress towards achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation — an update on efforts to «Close the Gap» PDF Word