Sentences with phrase «achieved equality for»

But twenty years after the Touchstones Report, we still have not achieved equality for women in the legal profession, despite a wide range of efforts and initiatives designed to promote that goal.

The fight for marriage equality in every state in the nation doesn't stop here; it simply brings us ever closer to achieving equality for all.»

The NUT recognises that we still have a long way to go to achieve equality for women and women teachers — whether that be through tackling the gender pay gap in schools or challenging the routine sexism that affects women teachers in the classroom and many young women students and girls too.

Everyone agrees art is effective but there are still so many obstacles to overcome, hurdles to jump, red tape and excuses to achieving equality for persons with disabilities.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)-- Womble supports the LGBTQ community through its involvement with HRC, the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people.

As a national organization representing Aboriginal women since 1974, NWAC's mandate is to achieve equality for all Aboriginal women in Canada.

Worldwide About Blog Rooted in faith and justice, this global project amplifies faith voices that protect human dignity and achieve equality for LGBT people and their families.

Worldwide About Blog Rooted in faith and justice, this global project amplifies faith voices that protect human dignity and achieve equality for LGBT people and their families.

Washington, DC About Blog The NWPC is a multi-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women's participation in the political process and creating a political power base designed to achieve equality for all women.

Ultimately, achieving equality for Indigenous peoples in life expectancy rates within 25 years is an achievable goal.

Co-Chair Melinda Cilento said that racism remained prevalent in Australian society and was a major impediment to achieving equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in health, employment, education and housing.

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«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.

In that letter he wrote about «an urgent need to achieve real equality in every area: equal pay for equal work, protection for working mothers, fairness in career advancements, equality of spouses with regard to family rights.»

For the sixth consecutive year, AIG has achieved a 100 % rating in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBT equaliFor the sixth consecutive year, AIG has achieved a 100 % rating in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBT equalifor LGBT equality.

He called for a «redoubling of efforts» to achieve gender equality.

This would assume an «imaginative,» not a historical, disposition: a divine intent in history, God - gifted immutable laws of morality, to which man has a duty to conform; order as a first requirement of good governance, achieved best by a restraint and respect for custom and tradition; variety as more desirable than systematic uniformity and liberty more desirable than equality; the honor and duty of a good life in a good community as taking precedence over individual desire; an embrace of a skepticism toward reason and abstract principle.

I'm all for seeing women achieve equality in all aspects of life throughout the world.

For the people of Palestine, suffering under the Roman regime, it must have been as hard to believe this as it is today in the United States of America for people struggling to achieve economic and political equality of opportunity, or as it is for the native people of Palestine or Vietnam who are exiled from their homes and dependent upon the scanty bounty of the United Nations and charitable organizatioFor the people of Palestine, suffering under the Roman regime, it must have been as hard to believe this as it is today in the United States of America for people struggling to achieve economic and political equality of opportunity, or as it is for the native people of Palestine or Vietnam who are exiled from their homes and dependent upon the scanty bounty of the United Nations and charitable organizatiofor people struggling to achieve economic and political equality of opportunity, or as it is for the native people of Palestine or Vietnam who are exiled from their homes and dependent upon the scanty bounty of the United Nations and charitable organizatiofor the native people of Palestine or Vietnam who are exiled from their homes and dependent upon the scanty bounty of the United Nations and charitable organizations.

If equality is not achieved, then why do they piss and moan about alimony, paying for their little shit factories that a man may not have even fathered and have a court system that defaults to catering women over men?

The theme for this year's session is «Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.»

Safeguarding the health of expectant and nursing mothers and protecting them from job discrimination is a precondition for achieving genuine equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women at work and enabling workers to raise families in conditions of security.

In Nancy's day there was a mountain to climb for women who wanted to achieve any form of equality.

This can be achieved by reciprocity both at transnational and transcultural levels, through mutual respect, equality, justice and the guarantee of human dignity for all, at all times, and under all circumstances.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

The party has achieved great things, and I believe it is still the best vehicle for delivering greater equality and social progress.

Cuomo, in exchange for an endorsement from the left leaning Working Families Party, promised to help reunite the two Democratic factions in order to achieve passage of several progressive issues, including public campaign financing, a women's equality act with an abortion rights provision, and a measure to give college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, known as the Dream Act.

Labour is more willing than the other parties to embrace special measures for achieving equality, including the Equality Act and the use of all - women shortlists.

The Minister for Universities and Science (Mr David Willetts): Fair access to university is crucial for achieving equality of opportunity, and there is a clear issue of principle here.

We have come a long way and now it is time to go further — to achieve marriage equality for all New Yorkers.

«Jeremy Corbyn... has said «we will never be a successful society in which all are able to achieve their potential until we have equality for women».

READ MORE: Ban harmful cultural practices that undermine women's rights — WiLDAF The United Nation (UN) said, the idea behind this year's theme, «is to consider how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal number 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; and number 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning».

Related: It will take Ghana 50 years to achieve gender equality — Abantu According to the WEF, the report shows that there «remain huge differences in the opportunities for women in the best and worst performing countries around the world.»

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.

Our state is closer than ever before to achieving marriage equality for all New Yorkers.

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

For the class - blind proponents of liberal identity politics, gender equality in the university admissions process had been achieved.

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.

«I am not going to leave this planet earth» until equality for women has been achieved, Cuomo vowed, his voice drowned out in applause.

For some people, equality is one of the things that they try to achieve whenever they're making decisions.

We definitely need to strengthen services for women experiencing violence, but to make a real difference in the lives of women and girls, we must work towards achieving gender equality and preventing violence before it even starts,» explains Series co-lead Professor Charlotte Watts, founding Director of the Gender Violence and Health Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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.

Achieving gender equality, social justice, and environmental sustainability is not going to be achieved without people like you agitating for change, whether in your workplace, in politics, or more broadly in society.

Given the recent Supreme Court ruling, I can only hope that the work of organizations like the HRC contributed to building advocacy for marriage equality and that we may have helped in a small way towards helping them achieve that goal.

I'm heartbroken but deep inside all I've got to fight with is a belief that we can achieve justice & equality for all.

Women have been fighting for equality for centuries and now, in 2013, it's starting to feel like we've achieved it.

But William - who famously publicly supported his «Shameless» co-star Emmy Rossum in her negotiations to be paid more than him - warned it will take time for true equality to be achieved.