Sentences with phrase «against gender discrimination»

The notice included no provision against gender discrimination.

Struggle against gender discrimination.

The message resonates with Deutch, who is an ardent supporter of women's rights and the Time's Up campaign against gender discrimination.

Most states have implemented laws against gender discrimination, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects women at the federal level.

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Outten & Golden have also represented employees in gender discrimination lawsuits against Goldman Sachs and Microsoft.

Catherine Lhamon, the Department of Education's assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement that the government would «vigorously enforce Title IX's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity, in every applicable school.»

The consensus among authors is that the main causes are gender bias, prejudice and discrimination against women — an answer that is as dismaying as it is simple.

In addition to federal laws against gender - based discrimination, the American With Disabilities Act can be used to protect against the unlawful treatment of caregivers.

In 29 states, it «s still not explicitly illegal to discriminate against both employees and prospective hires based on sexual orientation — and 32 states allow workplace discrimination based on gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign, America's largest civil rights organization.

And it can use the legal argument that sexual orientation and gender expression fit into the prohibition against discrimination based on sex, says Mark T. Phillis, a Littler Mendelson shareholder and co-chair of its diversity and inclusion council.

In two cases against the U.S. Postal Service in 2011, the EEOC ruled that gender stereotyping claims are indeed sex - discrimination claims.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

A former junior partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Pao lost a high - profile gender discrimination suit against the venture capital firm in March.

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In its tweet, IBM said that it believes the new law will lead to discrimination against «people based on marriage status, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.»

Cook also brought up Apple's fight against workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

It is the policy of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to provide equal opportunity in employment throughout the corporation for all qualified applicants and employees without discrimination against any person because of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex / gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and breast feeding), national origin, ancestry, gender identity, gender expression, legally - protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.

«ACT for America has never, and will never, tolerate any bias, discrimination, or violence against anyone, based on their religion, gender, race, or political persuasion,» Act for America told Newsweek in a statement.

Now, after the close of Pao's gender discrimination lawsuit against VC giant Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the two are optimistic that the trial could help advance gender diversity, by moving dialog about diversity to the forefront.

Therefore we call for an end to all religious and civil discrimination against any person based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.

Historically, California's higher - education law, which includes requirements against discrimination based on sexual orientation, sex, and gender identity, has had an exemption allowing a religious college to follow policies based on its religious tenets.

Seemingly, despite progress made against discrimination / prejudice against external differences (colour / race / gender), it is still perfectly acceptable in some places to discriminate against internal differences (beliefs / ideology / worldview / sexual orientation etc.) and to do so with such vehemence as to rival some of those historical examples you cited.

Commission chair Patricia L. Gattling said in her official statement that «Today, the NYC Commission on Human Rights settled the cases it had filed in August 2012 against seven businesses on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn based on gender and religious discrimination — the posting of signs in the store windows that discriminated against women.»

Therefore we call for an end to all religious and civil discrimination against any person based on seixual orientation and gender identity and expression.

There is no acknowledgment that, in the view of many, a discrimination - free society is one that does not discriminate for or against people on the basis of their race or gender, as quotas certainly do.

«Vistaprint in no way condones - and does not tolerate - discrimination against any of our customers based on their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.»

Therefore, BWI does not condone silencing, tone policing, or otherwise oppressing marginalized groups, nor does BWI discriminate or permit discrimination by any member of its community against any individual on the basis of age, citizenship status, class, color, disability, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, parental status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

«I vividly remember her work to break the cycle of violence against women and to stop discrimination based on race, income, religion, ability, region, gender identity, or genetic information.»

The justice and education departments said in a joint statement late on Wednesday that they «withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex require access to sex - segregated facilities on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex.»

Ms Hilary Gbedemah, Ghana's representative to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), United Nations, took participants through the topic: «Understanding the content of sexual and gender based violence in Ghana».

Gender equality is known as sustainable development goal five (SDG5) and includes pledges to end discrimination and violence against women and girls.

The bill would ban discrimination based on one's gender identity or expression and also expand hate - crime laws that would explicitly outlaw crimes committed against people due to their identity or expression.

I am a cosponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act that would repeal DOMA and I am dedicated to ensuring protections against any form of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The measure, known as the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, would provide protections against discrimination of transgender people in housing, the workplace and other public accommodations.

For instance, 40 % quotas on all electoral lists, harsher punishments for men in cases of domestic violence, special judicial and economic assistance for women who are victims of gender violence, a requirement for corporations with more than 250 employees to have their own equality plan aimed at eliminating discrimination against women, etc..

A con - con will also be a way to enshrine certain protections in the law, including safeguarding voting rights, implementing campaign finance reform and protecting against sexual and gender discrimination.

That decision came after the New York State Legislature failed to pass the Women's Equality Act, which Gov. Cuomo said would close the gap between men's and women's salaries, introduce zero - tolerance rules against sexual harassment, fight workplace discrimination due to gender and protect abortion rights.

«And whether it is hiring qualified women, supporting those who run for office — and also standing up against sexual harassment once and for all, saying women should not be the subjected to degradation, discrimination or harassment because of the gender in the workplace,» Hochul declared.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a number of bills that aim to protect women against discrimination and inequality based on gender.

There are all kinds of gender organisations who complain about discrimination against women and I hope they have read this article by George Andah in the course of his campaign.

He could pass a DREAM Act, raise the age of criminality in the state, legislate against discrimination against those who express their gender differently and encode a woman's right to an abortion into the state's health law.

New Yorkers are protected against discrimination in employment, housing, and public services based on race, creed, age, citizenship status, gender, marital status, and sexual orientation, among other qualities.

State AG Eric Schneiderman has opened an inquiry into the Weinstein Company examining whether allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against its co-founder Harvey Weinstein reflect broad gender discrimination and other civil rights violations.

A former Ramapo police officer has filed a lawsuit against the town claiming race and gender discrimination.

Malliotakis argues that her critics take her votes out of context, such as her vote against a 2011 bill to bar discrimination based on race, gender, or national origin, which she said she opposed because it is redundant to existing state and federal law.

Since Saidani - Scott's early troubles, European countries have put tougher laws in place against gender and ethnic discrimination in education and employment.

These were the Social and Institutional Gender Index or SIGI (which measures discrimination against women), the Gender Inequality Index or GII (which measures health economic and power inequities), and the Gender Gap Index or GGI (a measure of economic, education, health and political power).

Specifically, higher scores indicating greater levels of discrimination against women on the SIGI, greater gender inequity on the GII, and lower scores on the GGI indicating greater gender gaps are associated with higher rates of child physical abuse and child neglect.

A former employee of a company co-founded by genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter has filed a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination against the firm's female employees — and alleging harassment by Venter himself.