Sentences with phrase «discrimination against women by»

(d) To refrain from engaging in any act or practice of discrimination against women and to ensure that public authorities and institutions shall act in conformity with this obligation; (e) To take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women by any person, organization or enterprise

«As a lifelong progressive, he's fought for equal pay for equal work, reproductive freedom and ending discrimination against women by insurance companies,» James said in a statement released by the senator's campaign.

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Supporters of a change in the current DOD policy argue that just as blacks and women experienced discrimination in the past, so too are homosexuals discriminated against today by being excluded from military service.

The U.N.'s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), tasked with monitoring compliance by 185 states party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (also called CEDAW), uses UNFPA data regularly to argue that abortion is an international human right.

If women are restricted as to what medicine is covered by their insurance provided by their employer but men aren't, that is discrimination and is against the law.

Like most UN human rights treaties, its implementation by state parties is overseen by a compliance committee, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which issues «General Comments» meant to guide our understanding of the provisions contained in the treaty, and which conducts periodic reviews of state parties, instructing them how to change their laws in order to comply better with the treaty, as understood by the Committee.

Such discrimination on the professional scene is paralleled brutally by the light regard which society has traditionally held toward crimes against women such as wife - battering or rape.

As scooped by Gannett, the IDC is proposing a separate package of bills aimed at curbing discrimination against women, including a pay equity measure targeting the public workforce.

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.

It comes after a report said leaving the EU would turn the clock back on women's rights by «decades», hitting equal pay and protection against pregnancy discrimination.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «The experiences shared by women teachers today, demonstrates that discrimination against and exploitation of women teachers is rife.

ALBANY — The Buffalo woman who recently told her story of being sexually harassed by Sam Hoyt, a former state lawmaker and top economic adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has filed a federal lawsuit against Hoyt for engaging in a «pattern of committing sexual harassment, assault, discrimination and retaliation» against her.

70 However, this has been construed non-substantively and claims by individuals or groups, claims against governments who remain inactive and claims against private parties have been regarded as impermissible.71 Nevertheless, the CEDAW committee has finally recognized violence against women as a type of sex discrimination, thus making states accountable for «private acts» if they fail to prevent, investigate or punish discriminatory acts of violence.72

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 cWomen'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 cwomen 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

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.

West Coast LEAF's mission is to achieve equality by changing historic patterns of systemic discrimination against women, through BC - based equality rights litigation, law reform and public legal education.

The first woman to ever be permanently appointed to lead the RCMP promised Friday to leave no stone unturned in her efforts to modernize a law - enforcement organization that remains plagued by complaints of sexism, workplace bullying and discrimination against Indigenous Peoples.

There is so - oooo much fuzziness regarding what was actually decided: What constitutes a «closely held» corporation; how is a «sincere» religious belief determined, and by who; who speaks for the convictions of the corporation; and Obamacare aside, what if said religious belief calls for discrimination against blacks, gays and / or women?

West Coast LEAF's CEDAW Report Card is an annual assessment of how well BC is complying with the obligations set out in the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which was ratified by Canada in 1981.

A new report by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) slams Canada for its inaction over Aboriginal wWomen (CEDAW) slams Canada for its inaction over Aboriginal womenwomen.

West Coast LEAF's mission is to achieve equality by changing historic patterns of discrimination against women through BC - based equality rights litigation, law reform and public legal education.

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.

Attorney Jeffrey S. Taylor won summary judgment on a case of employment discrimination brought by a woman against a private, religious school.

(However, Bill C - 31 still did not eliminate all the forms of sexual discrimination against indigenous women and their children that were created by the Indian Act.

In the case of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, police forces must refrain from discriminating against women, and take measures to eliminate discrimination by private persons — the due diligence obligation.

NEW: This employment law blog by Eric Bachman of Zuckerman Law focuses on promotion discrimination against women and racial minorities in corporate America.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, General Recommendation 19, in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies UN Doc HRI / GEN / 1 / Rev5 2001, paras 1,7.

That the Commonwealth government ensure universal ratification of individual communication processes under international human rights treaties by ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

82 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, General Recommendation 19, para 1 in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies UN Doc HRI / GEN / 1 / Rev5 2001.

84 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, General Recommendation 12, preamble in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies UN Doc HRI / GEN / 1 / Rev5 2001.

The Convention has been ratified by 170 nations (only the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women have been ratified by more nations).