Sentences with phrase «equality act failed»

Last year the women's equality act failed to become law over a dispute over one of its ten provisions, known as the Reproductive Health Act.

Not exact matches

«One of the rapes that Harvey Weinstein is accused of happened at Cannes, and so the festival can not fail to act,» said France's gender equality minister Marlène Schiappa, referring to allegations from actress Asia Argento.

«The Government is right to challenge employers and institutions to address these disparities, but it must also take responsibility for having created a system which has failed to ensure that employers act responsibly and lawfully in tackling discrimination and advancing equality for all groups.

According to the parents» complaint, the district and the union have violated the children's «fundamental right to basic educational equality and opportunity» by failing to comply with a section of the California Education Code known as the Stull Act.

Four issues had been identified by the parties: (i) whether the Court of Appeal had correctly held that the 2009 and 2010 care plan reviews were to be read as including a reassessment of the claimant's community care needs; (ii) whether the authority's decision to provide pads interfered with the claimant's Art 8 rights and, if so, whether such an interference was justified and proportionate; (iii) whether the authority had been operating any relevant policy or practice for the purposes of s 21E (1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA 1995) and, if so, whether that policy was justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, namely the equitable allocation of limited care resources; and (iv) whether the authority had failed to have due regard to the needs specified in s 49A of DDA 1995 (the general disability equality duty) when carrying out their functions in the instant case.

Sharpe J.A. took a Charter values approach and found that the Registrar's application of the Policy to Dr. Gehl was unreasonable because it failed to take into account the equality - enhancing values and remedial objectives of the 1985 amendments to the Indian Act.

The report concludes that, on the High Court's own analysis, the extinguishment of native title, both under the Native Title Act and at common law, is not only discriminatory at international law but fails to meet the standards of equality under domestic law.