Sentences with phrase «from gender equality»

We will all benefit from gender equality in the workplace.

From a gender equality point of view, we would be better to ask why women can't be called Sir.

The operas selected for First Take explore themes ranging from gender equality — Laura Karpman's Balls, about the legendary tennis match between Billy Jean King and Bobby Riggs — to ecological anxieties, in John Hastings» The Former World, adapting texts by pioneering land artist Robert Smithson.

In 2014, she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, and later that year she delivered a powerful speech for the HeForShe campaign, encouraging men to help advocate from gender equality.

While 31 % is still a far cry from gender equality, it should be noted that this compares favourably to the proportion of women in the parliamentary party (20 %), indicating that Cameron is striving to present a more representative image for his party.

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.

This fall, the company — doubtlessly aware that young people distrust brands that don't give back and eager to signal its commitment to gender equality — launched what it calls the 50/50 Founders» Fund, donating a dollar from each sale to a pool of seed money evenly distributed between startups led by men and women.

The gender equality push also has come at the same time that the firm's revenue has jumped — it rose 18 percent from 2015 to 2017, to $ 1.1 billion.

The 39 - year - old actor posted a series of questions on LinkedIn a few days ago with the intention of starting a «live open dialog about gender equality in the work place [sic] and in tech in general» with his partner from venture capital firm Sound Ventures, Effie Epstein.

The government - backed report from Lord Mervyn Davies, who has been championing gender equality in the boardroom, shows that FTSE 100 companies have exceeded the target of having 25 % women on their boards — more than doubling the number in 2011 when the target was set.

Though they have made their mark in the private sector, these men and women are taking public stands on hot button social and environmental issues ranging from gay marriage to climate change to gender equality.

She oversees a statutory reporting process which gathers gender equality data from over 11,000 employers and covers more than 4 million Australian employees.

Now, with this essential funding commitment from the Province, We for She 2018 will continue to bring together women and B.C. students for a fifth annual one - day forum, with the ultimate goal of making gender equality in leadership a priority,» said Iain Black, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Now in its fifth year, We for She annually attracts close to 1,000 young women from throughout B.C. to learn about career opportunities, gender equality and mentorship.

Jacinda Ardern and Justin Trudeau take questions from young Londoners on gender equality and how to bring about change in society

«It should be troubling — to «progressive» Catholics as well as others — that political operatives like John Podesta, who has been associated with Clinton campaigns and administrations for decades, admits that his organization set up (with funding from the Koch Brothers... I mean, George Soros) groups with the purpose of promoting a «revolution» — a «Catholic Spring» — «in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.»

Indeed, it's a convenient tactic for politicians to unite people from the Right (concerned with the «threat of Islam») and the Left (moved by issues of gender equality and secularism) in order to draw attention away from pressing social and economic issues.

Rev Stowell from Women and the Church went on to say: «This has been a very clear marker for the direction of travel of the Church in terms of wanting to have full gender equality.»

Unless they are actively working to change things from within, which most are not, it is out of laziness and narrow self - interest (nice place for a wedding, pretty communion dresses for the kids) over caring about vital international aid issues and healthcare or gender equality.

She seeks to do this through promoting truth - seeking expeditions, advocating gender equality, educating the Church on abuse, and aiding the rescue of men, women and children from spiritual, emotional and physical poverty.

It was fun and enlightening discussing issues related to the Bible, gender equality, and faith with women coming from a somewhat different religious culture.

The ancient core of Christianity relied on teachings from many sources beyond the Bible, most of which promote equality amongst the genders.

There is overwhelming biblical scholarship for the full equality of women and that the interpretation of scripture to exclude women from roles by gender (rather than gifting) has been found to be rooted in patriarchy, an ancient worldview that became intertwined in the growth and doctrine of the church.

«At the Regional level, the Regional Commissions of the UN support Member States in addressing gender equality issues from the regional and sub-regional perspectives.

The «gender equality» UN norm is inclusive of and inseparable from the other UN norm of «reproductive health and rights», which is itself inclusive, inter alia, of «safe abortion» and of universal access to contraceptive information and services by 2015.

From the beginning of what we may call the «gender revolution» in the 1970s to now, when the goals of a minority of western agents of change are about to take on a more visible, global and powerfully financed institutional form, the normative and operational activities of the gender equality process has been led by «experts», NGOs, UN Secretariat bureaucrats, panels - not by the man - on - the - street or his legitimate representative.

From 1970 to the present, mainline churches have officially been more tolerant than conservative churches of divorce, abortion, gender equality, family pluralism and homosexuality — all changes in keeping with the family modernization process.

The whole notion of equality of genders and races comes from the Bible.

«They are keenly aware of the need for social and economic justice, the stewardship of creation, and equality of opportunity; they are equally aware of the need for a society free from any form of prejudice rooted in anything which is part of the individual identity, gender, race, origin, religion or orientation of anyone.»

The next step for gender equality in Britain is that we need greater support from government and employers, for men to be active, hands - on dads.

The new Gender Equality Duty (Equality Act 2006), effective from 6 April 2007, requires all public authorities, including those commissioning parenting services, to have «due regard» to the need to promote equality of opportunity between men and women.

But to see this particular wife betrayed not just by her husband but by hoary stereotype and default cattiness is to be reminded just how far we are from true gender equality.

With this decision from the 26th of February, the EP backs a report titled «Sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality» that was proposed by Labour MEP for London Mary Honeyball.

The letter also took the opportunity to make the case for incumbent Rivera, noting his support for marriage equality, the long - stalled Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, and Hoylman's bill to bar mental health professionals from subjecting patients who are minors to «sexual orientation change efforts» — so - call reparative therapy.

Though adolescent pregnancies declined from 12.1 percent in 2015 to 11.8 percent in 2016, Mrs Bawumia said the rate needs further reduction if Ghana is to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5 which targets gender equality and women empowerment by 2030.

Quite apart from centuries - old political stances being irrelevant to the current campaign - the Labour Party once stopped Emmeline Pankhurst from joining on the grounds of her gender, but I'm not aware of that governing the nature of their equalities policies since - Mr Huhne is being selective with his history.

We can not separate out the need for gender equality from other struggles for a fair, equal, and environmentally sustainable society.

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equality (sex, gender, social economic status, race), freedom from war, innovation; it actually brought tears to my eyes to know that i am living in a society that has re-elected a man with such liberal and wonderful views.

A majority of men believe that feminism has changed dating for the better, with only 35 % saying that the rise of gender equality has made dating worse, according to data from Match's Singles in America survey, which was resurfaced for International Women's Day.

Ashton Kutcher announced on Wednesday that he's hosting a «live open dialog [sic] about gender equality in the work place [sic]» where he hopes to Ashton Kutcher has finally pulled the trigger, filing for divorce from Demi Moore... over a year after the couple split up and now we know

Alex Jones and Clare Balding among the female stars of the BBC who are calling for gender pay equality We all want to go on the record to call upon you to Diane Clare, whose career stretched from Ice - Cold in Alex to the Hammer horror classic The Plague of the Zombies, has died aged 74.

Based on a true story, this spirited satire follows New York City activists Liv and With, who take their crusade for gender equality from the streets of the urban jungle to the courts.

From Jennifer Lawrence's open letter on the gender pay gap to Maureen Dowd's New York Times Magazine exposé, «The Women of Hollywood Speak Out,» the fight for equality rages on.

A conversation on how perceptions on gender equality, gender and professions, gender and employment, can be shaped and changed from actors in different fields.

«We are very excited to be hosting this panel with such a diverse group of women from various fields of the industry,» explains Elisabeth, «it is very important to continue a conversation about gender equality that started many years ago but has reached a new high point now, and come up with ideas and solutions for the future.»

From the start to the finish, the 71st Cannes was dominated by protest and petition for gender equality, culminating in the extraordinary sight at the festival's closing ceremony Saturday of Italian filmmaker and Harvey Weinstein accuser Asia Argento vowing justice for sexual predators in the film industry.

The festival aims to increase tolerance and gender equality by showing some of the many diverse stories about, and by, Arab women — stories which are often entirely excluded from Western media's war - focused Middle Eastern coverage.

From the time I started working on my first music documentary, I appreciated how it's a way into anything, generations, gender, equality, creative genius, and ideally it can rise above just being about music.

The film, a Cannes favorite that rebooted for awards season at TIFF, is everything that the Academy is chasing after both from the optics perspective — it's a film about equality on all fronts, from racial to gender to marriage — and from an overall logistics perspective, since it's an earnest and straightforward true story with social relevance that will be an undeniable across - the - board hit with viewers of all stripes.