Sentences with phrase «discrimination against children»

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MILWAUKEE (Nov. 19, 2014)-- The Wisconsin Federation for Children applauds the parents and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) who have sued to end public school discrimination against children with special needs.

The U.S. Department of Justice has stated discrimination against children with special needs in the Milwaukee and Racine voucher programs must stop.

It will change not because the feds will continue investigating discrimination against these children, as they found recently in a virtual Ohio charter, but because the smarter charter and virtual operators will find that they can succeed with special needs kids when others have failed.

It puts beyond doubt the position that, even though there may be a religious motivation for doing so, discrimination against children in admissions on racial grounds is illegal under any circumstances.

Not exact matches

Researchers at the University of Toronto recently documented widespread workplace discrimination against fathers who participate in child - rearing — managers and co-workers were likely to label them slackers or «failed men.»

So do you ACTUALLY support slavery, discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, discrimination against the handicapped, beating children with rods, etc. just like the Bible?

What logical, caring person can support slavery, discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, discrimination against the handicapped, beating children, beating elderly female slaves without punishment, supporting a god who would let the family of his greatest supporter be killed to WIN A BET, etc..?

What good are morals if the one giving them supports morals that most people consider to be awful like slavery and discrimination against women, gays and the handicapped, as well as beating children and slaves without punishment in some cases?

We are talking about adoption agencies being required to assign children to gay couples, colleges and universities being required to offer same - sex couples access to married housing, and any number of similar scenarios revolving around perceived discrimination against gays and lesbians.»

How are you going to explain to him why you didn't support slavery like he does or discrimination against women like he does or discrimination against the handicapped like he did or (hopefully) not beating your children with rods like he insists on?

Where do the morals come from that tell you the Bible is WRONG to support the OWNING of other people; discrimination against women, discrimination against the handicapped, unpunished BEATING of slaves, children, etc..?

One method of emphasizing our disgust over selective abortion is to ensure all countries we support with our tax dollars have signed the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development who have agreed to «eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child.

That's how we know that it supports slavery and the inferiority of women and discrimination against the handicapped and never labels child molesting as a sin.

«Which means that there will be no legal basis for restrictions against a h0m0 couple obtaining children in any way they choose, for such restrictions would be discrimination.»

Endeavour Forum is one of the few women's organisations which speaks out against the oppression of women under Islam — not just radical Islam as in ISIS and Boko Haram, but mainstream Islam which allows polygamy, child marriage, discrimination against women in divorce proceedings and inheritance laws.

These same people likely choose to support some of the discriminations in the Bible (like against gays), but choose NOT to support the Bible when it comes to slavery, beating children, etc..

The nationalism mainly apparent in Deuteronomy's acute martial sensitivity speaks in discrimination against the stranger even in worship (alas, contemporary worship practices remain by and large in this sense deuteronomic), and to the bastard child, then — as down to our own time — there is harshness (23:3 ff.

We need stories from all fifty states to tell lawmakers: your constituents matter, and we want discrimination against LGBTQ children, youth, and parents to end.

Baby Milk Action and all IBFAN groups support the IBFAN - GIFA office in its work with the various human rights treaty bodies that meet in Geneva: the Committees on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Human Rights Council.

Humanists UK, which leads the national campaign against religious discrimination and segregation in schools, has stated that such a decision would ignore the evidence that the cap has boosted integration in faith schools and instead show that the Government has bowed to the demands of the religious lobby instead of sticking up for the interests of children.

The letter reads in part: «SERAP is concerned that years of systemic corruption within the NNPC and looting of Nigeria's natural resources have had uneven consequences against the vulnerable groups of the society, including the poor, women and children, perpetrating and institutionalizing discrimination, and jeopardizing the needs and well - being of future generations.

«SERAP is concerned that years of systemic corruption within the NNPC and looting of Nigeria's natural resources have had uneven consequences against the vulnerable groups of the society, including the poor, women and children, perpetrating and institutionalizing discrimination, and jeopardizing the needs and well - being of future generations.

We will not stand for the mistreatment and discrimination against our most vulnerable children and their families, and will hold any institution responsible for their actions so that all students can have the education they deserve.»

Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer today signed a bill today legalizing discrimination against gay couples who want to adopt children.

This unilateral announcement is not a «resolution» — it's discrimination against charter children, whose families were never consulted about these locations.»

«A media report this morning suggests widespread practices of housing discrimination against tenants with children,» Cuomo said, calling it «repulsive and against the values New York was founded upon.»

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.

Rates of discrimination against women substantially influence the levels of child physical abuse and child neglect.

Ageism — stereotypes that lead to prejudice and discrimination against older people — occurs frequently in young adults and can be seen in children as young as 3.

Mr. Fernandez has given the districts until the end of this month to either adopt the teachers» guide, called «Children of the Rainbow, First Grade,» or propose alternatives that conform to the board of education's policy on educating to eliminate discrimination against various groups, including people with different sexual orientations.

Democrats immediately criticized DeVos's philosophy, saying the nation's top education official must be willing to defend children against discrimination by institutions that get federal money.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

First, when lobbying state legislatures for improvements in gifted education, request a simple, common - sense, global provision prohibiting discrimination against gifted children on the basis of their chronological age.

We also handle appeals against discrimination by schools or local authorities due to a child's disability.

To end Washington's discrimination against special needs kids in religious schools — and to vindicate the rights of parents to choose their children's schools from a wide array of options, including public, private and religious schools — the Institute for Justice Washington Chapter filed a federal constitutional lawsuit challenging the special education ban.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.

Organizations doing amazing work, that desperately need our help to continue with rescues, adoptions, building proper shelter facilities, getting proper medical care, low cost spay and neuter programs, helping to teach children kindness and compassion through animals, and advocacy programs such as fighting against cruelty and working to fight against breed discrimination.

-- Require the cross-reporting of animal abuse; — Prohibit the drowning of animals; — Prohibit the automatic killing of animal fighting victims; — Prohibit discrimination against dog breeds; — Require property owners to look for animals when property is vacated and notify the police or an animal control officer if an animal is found; and — Prohibit sexual contact with an animal or forcing a child to engage in sexual contact with an animal.

The threats to water supplies that might be posed by BECCS could be construed to violate the right to water, recognized, inter alia, under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

One survey participant comments: «There is still a lot of discrimination at City law firms against women, especially women who have children before making partnership, even when they work full time and put in the same hours as male colleagues.

In this case, the Tribunal addressed two applications against a school board in which a parent alleged discrimination and failure to accommodate his children's respective disabilities under Ontario's Human Rights Code (the «Code»).

The Fair Housing Act, with some exceptions, prohibits discrimination in housing against families with children under 18.

The ruling on a landmark case to stop federal government discrimination against First Nations children is expected this spring.

To fulfill the mission of ending discrimination against Florida's most vulnerable citizens, the Children's Rights Unit will engage in widespread advocacy including litigation, collaboration, education and community activism.

While the government takes its time in implementing measures to end the discrimination against First Nations children, the number of children experiencing adverse impacts of such discrimination is increasing.

Moore Blatch education law expert, Janata Ali has assisted many parents to pursue SEN (special educational needs) appeals and disability discrimination claims against schools failing to provide sufficient educational support for children with autism.

HC had submitted that her exclusion from entitlement (by three statutory instruments)(i) involved unlawful discrimination against her and / or her children; (ii) breached the EU Charter, arts 24 and 34 (requiring equal treatment); and (iii) breached the PSED, as there was insufficient recognition of the effects on women and children in the defendants» equality analysis and statements.

Equally, discrimination arises against persons unable to accept the western concept of adoption, i.e. the complete transfer of a child from one family and lineage to another.