Sentences with phrase «equality agenda set»

According to insiders, Greening was «cheerful and upbeat» when she met staff at the DfE's Sanctuary Buildings shortly after lunch to set out her vision for the future, outlining her commitment to the equality agenda set out by new prime minister Theresa May just yesterday.

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I believe, on the contrary, that it is a matter of the greatest importance to make clear the true implications of the negation of sexual difference and to debate publicly what is at stake rather than falling back on principles, such as equality, that flatter those who set themselves up as their standard bearers, even though the way these principles are invoked to justify the homosexual - marriage agenda does not stand up to critical scrutiny.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

«The Women's Opportunity Agenda is a bold set of proposals to build on our proud New York record of furthering equality and ensure that we continue to move women's rights forward, not backward.»

I would urge every Lib Dem minister to set themselves a personal mission to do what they can to drive the equality agenda over the next five years.

The Commons» last day before the Easter break opens (9.30 am) with half an hour of international trade questions, followed by a mini-question time on women and equalities and the weekly business statement, setting out the agenda for the House after Easter.

There is also no broader agenda for setting a timeframe within which to achieve equality in health status or to match funding contributions and activities to the achievement of this goal.

The exploration in this year's report of Indigenous human rights protections, remote Indigenous education, Indigenous healing and Indigenous health equality provide the basis for identifying the important steps government needs to take over the following eighteen months, to set the new agenda for Indigenous affairs.