Sentences with phrase «gender equality laws»

Following recent reports regarding the government's ineffectual gender equality laws, Lawyer Monthly has heard from Sarah King, a specialist employment lawyer at Excello Law, who digs deep in to the details.

, the Civil Rights Act of 1965, gender equality laws, women in authority, working women, reproductive education, family planning, contraception, condoms, gay rights and a host of others.

The Buffalo Common Council is again looking at a gender equality law for the city and city government, with a crowded public hearing Tuesday night in the Council Chambers.

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Title IX, on the other hand, is a 1972 law that addresses gender equality on campus.

due to some crazy religious beliefs out there in the world i.e. marrying off young children and marrying genetic kin, the government can't ever allow religion to dictate marriage policy, so have your ceremonies and deny same - gender couples to marry in your church but bluntly stated your crying and foot - stomping will accomplish nothing, marriage isn't a religious thing it is a civil rights and equality thing, thus if the religious win by denying same gender cuples their civil rights to equal treatment under the law, then don't be surprised when others use those same grounds to deny you your rights under the law.

Under the law, local authorities need to publish an overall scheme and action plan for promoting gender equality, covering all areas where gender equality issues are deemed to be relevant.

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Under the law, bodies that commission maternity related services, like other public services, need to publish an overall scheme and action plan for promoting gender equality, covering all areas where gender equality issues are deemed to be relevant.

Also, Aspiration 3 states it in a different way, «Africa shall have a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law».

The issue of gender equality continues to separate views, with some viewing it as a lost cause while others see the need for a law granting women equal rights as their male counterparts to be implemented.

He identified other negative effects of corruption as, posing a real threat to national security; eroding the development of a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, human rights, justice and the rule of law.

Harriet Harman, the Equalities minister, wants a new law to put «the persistent inequality of social class» on the same footing as discrimination on grounds of race, gender, sexuality or disability.

1118 - FCO - For first time in 64 year history the Commonwealth will have a formal Charter setting out core values: democracy; human rights; peace and security; tolerance, respect and understanding; freedom of expression; separation of powers; rule of law; good governance; sustainable development; environmental protection; access to health, education, food and shelter; gender equality; and the importance of young people and civil society.

REFORMING OUTDATED SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS AND DEFENDING WOMENS RIGHTS Shelley has spent her career standing up for gender equality, women's access to healthcare, equal pay, and an end to sexual harassment and abuse.

Sweden does not have any single sex schools, due to its strict laws on gender equality.

Reinforcing the frustration felt by all, the words of Marina Parvin, from the Indigenous Mundas community in Bangladesh and representing the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) were read by Carmen Capriles of Bolivia to bleary - eyed delegates around 3:00 AM in the closing moments of the extended negotiating session, «I have travelled all the way from Bangladesh, leaving my home and family, hoping to see a commitment to an effective and equitable new agreement that is binding, ambitious and transformative; a commitment to uphold human rights, gender equality, and the rights of future generations.»

Resources for Multicultural Classrooms (Teaching Tolerance): Produced by The Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance's classroom resources page offers free lesson plans for exploring topics like race and ethnicity, gender equality, and sexual orientation with students.

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Stephen Robertson, in his article «Age of Consent Laws», states: «Narrowly concerned with sexual violence, and with girls, originally, since the 19th century the age of consent has occupied a central place in debates over the nature of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and been drawn into campaigns against prostitution and child marriage, struggles to achieve gender and sexual equality, and the response to teenage pregnancy.»

After completing a Masters in Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict in Galway, Ireland, she's been teaching English in Spain, giving gender equality workshops and helping women set up businesses through cooperatives in Rwanda, trying to free human rights defenders in Dublin... and finally working with the UN in Geneva.

Other law firms need to step up and join gunnercooke in leading the way to greater gender equality.

With reference to Canada's labour laws, Equal Pay for Equal Work establishes the right to gender equality and freedom from gender - based discrimination.

I think we can all agree that full gender equality has not yet arrived in law or business, and especially not in the executive suite.

With this project, the law firms are given a unique opportunity to find and develop concrete solutions to improve gender equality, says Sara Ribbeklint, SWAN:

Headon noted the CBA's sexual orientation and gender identity conference and equality committee articulated their views in a letter sent to the FLSC last March in conjunction with a letter sent by the CBA stressing that approving a new law school should go beyond whether it complies with national standards:

When we discuss gender equality at law firms, we look for all kinds of reasons why women don't advance, from the billable hour to lack of work / life balance to less - successful rainmaking skills.

Given that women's participation in the profession (thirty - seven percent) is still decades away from equaling that of men and that women have stalled at around twenty percent of partners (17 % for equity and 23 % for income partners) for many years now, it is clear that women still have a very long way to go to mirror the gender equality that law schools have enjoyed for over twenty years.

Similarly, if law firms actually want to attain gender equality, there should be consequences for failure to achieve the stated goals.

How do we make real changes, not just «pinkwash» over the issue, and actually begin to achieve gender equality in law firms?

Recognising the potential and challenges of the law promoting gender - equality, Charlotte is often invited to speak and write about gender - based legal reforms in areas such as FGM, forced marriage, prostitution, rape and quotas for women.

West Coast LEAF asserts that the Law Society's decision to deny accreditation is consistent with equality rights; BC law schools must be accessible to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, marital status or gendLaw Society's decision to deny accreditation is consistent with equality rights; BC law schools must be accessible to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, marital status or gendlaw schools must be accessible to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, marital status or gender.

Hughes Hubbard worked with lawyers at Equality Now and Professor Martha Davis of Northeastern University School of Law to argue that the government's rationales for the law did not support the gender - based differences and the weight of international and foreign law supports gender equality in citizenship laLaw to argue that the government's rationales for the law did not support the gender - based differences and the weight of international and foreign law supports gender equality in citizenship lalaw did not support the gender - based differences and the weight of international and foreign law supports gender equality in citizenship lalaw supports gender equality in citizenship laws.

When I went to law school a generation later (1988 - 91) law schools still had more male than female students but they were approaching gender equality.

That's why LTN has created our annual innovation awards; challenged Big Law to list C - level folks on their websites; fought for gender pay equality and pushed to get girls interested in science, technology, engineering and math.

Along with the president of the National Women's Law Center, Hill met with 150 top - level Hollywood professionals to explore strategies to stop sexual harassment and promote gender equality.

The Equality Impact Statements analyze provincial legislation using gender as a focal point to compare the intentions of law - makers to meet standards of fairness and equality with the actual outcomes of legislative and policy choice; the ultimate goal was to ensure that provincial legislation was having a positive impact on British Columbians.

In this episode of the ABA Law Student Podcast, host Sandy Gallant - Jones speaks with McDermott Will & Emery partner Andrea Kramer about her new book, «Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work,» and gender equality in the workplace.Andrea recalls the

Other law firms need to step up and join gunnercooke in lead - ing the way to greater gender equality.

«It brings our child welfare laws in line with our recognition that we need to move towards equality with respect to gender identity and gender expression,» Radbord says.

Even at a law firm with amiable intentions and gender equality ideals, I can not criticize them for having financial considerations.

When asked what it will take to increase gender equality in the legal profession, Pennycook said: «More women directly involved in law firm management; increased flexibility in how individual lawyers contribute to the firm's practice; commitment to women staying connected while on maternity leave; and facilitating reintegration upon return.»

Summary: The billable hour has long been a staple of law firms, but it also appears to be hindering gender equality at major law firms.

Chicago - Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology provides equality of opportunity in legal education for all persons, including faculty and employees, with respect to hiring, continuation, promotion and tenure, applicants for admission, enrolled students, and alumni, without discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

On 1 March 2011, the European Court of Justice decided insurance companies who used gender as a risk factor when calculating insurance premiums were breaching EU equality laws.

The quintessential concern of the human rights enterprise is to raise to a status of dignity and equality each powerless person — persons who for reasons such as law, poverty, race, religion or gender are unable to achieve dignity, fairness, basic equality and justice...

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