Sentences with phrase «affecting women and minorities»

The respondents said time - wasting on the Internet, intergenerational differences, integrating immigrants, and employee wardrobe choices are more serious challenges than issues affecting women and minorities.

Justice Pariente co-chairs the National Association of Women Judges» Judicial Independence Committee which works on issues relating to the independence of the judiciary, particularly as they affect women and minority judges.

Not exact matches

«The only way that we can get to an effective solution to this problem that affects women, minorities, and the disabled is by being upfront with what people are being paid per position.»

Dualistic thinking affects everyone, not just women and members of minority groups.

HM Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams reviewed the situation two years ago and found so called honour killings disproportionately affect women from ethnic minorities.

As with many Tory policies, it's people in the north, the young, ethnic minorities and women who are particularly badly affected.

Other concerns would include how any PLA would affect the state's Minority and Women - Owned Business Enterprises hiring requirements, and whether current construction timetables would still be met.

A policy which disproportionately affects ethnic minorities, LGBT people, women, the disabled and those living in less affluent areas is not only an affront to basic principles of fairness and social justice but also exacerbates the inequality crisis which continues to worsen across the UK.

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn), the only black female New York congressional lawmaker, told Observer that she was motivated by issues at the federal level which affect her community, including comprehensive immigration reform and minority - and women - owned businesses.

Turnout among minority voters and younger voters could affect the result in a district here or there, but an increase in suburban turnout or a substantial shift by suburban voters (especially suburban women) from the Republicans to the Democrats could have a much broader impact on the fight for control of the House.

«This budget, if enacted, would jeopardize our nation's educational, scientific and health enterprises and limit access to critically needed mental and behavioral health services,» said Antonio E. Puente, president of the American Psychological Society (APS) in Washington, D.C. «These cuts would disproportionately affect people living in poverty, people with serious mental illness and other disabilities, women, children, people living with HIV / AIDS, older adults, ethnic and racial minorities, immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ community.»

Their findings, published today in the journal Contraception, support growing evidence for the need to revisit a national policy that disproportionately affects low - income and minority women at high risk for unintended pregnancies.

The papers included in this interdisciplinary special issue address how poverty can affect human biology and cover issues including war and forced displacement, minorities and migrants, poverty in both developed and developing countries, health inequalities among girls and women in poverty and the impact of the economic downturn.

Educators were unclear last week how passage of the broadly worded California Civil Rights Initiative will affect affirmative action, voluntary desegregation efforts, and academic programs targeting minorities and women in the state.

«Because the justice gap disproportionately affects women, immigrants, minorities,» Sonday feels strongly that «those groups should have influence into the tech solutions that we are building and have their voices heard because they are so close to these issues.»

While the unmet need for legal services affects virtually every person of low and middle income, it disproportionally affects women and racial minorities.

Legaltech founders have surprisingly low diversity (as noted, only 5 % are black / Latinx), which is especially problematic given that the justice gap disproportionately affects women, immigrants, and minorities.

According to the budget plan, this approach will help draw attention to employers who lead in equitable pay practices, while holding employers accountable for wage gaps that affect women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities and visible minorities.

Despite the blatant obviousness that being fired for being too attractive clearly disproportionately affects women rather than men, the Court seemed unmoved by arguments that equality does not necessarily mean identical treatment of men and women but may also necessitate proactive steps to protect vulnerable minorities.

The Committee considers that the response of the justice system to the high rates of violence affecting Aboriginal women, as a disadvantaged group and a minority of the population, offers only insufficient protection.

NOIVMWC advocates for various issues affecting immigrant and visible minority women.

The legislation will include provision to hold employers accountable for wage gaps that affect women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities and visible minorities.