Sentences with phrase «gender equity among»

The initial pilot intervention, titled Dosti Ka Safar (The Journey of Friendship) is built on Lions Quest lessons and programming, and will help foster and cultivate greater gender equity among 2,000 youth in New Delhi and surrounding regions.

But once the referee is gone and the consent decree is no longer the guiding document, Title IX will still be in effect and Quinnipiac, under federal law, must continue to strive for gender equity among its student athletes.

Not exact matches

Among its recommendations, the task force on women faculty called for the appointment of a senior provost who would work closely with Harvard deans to promote gender and ethnic equity.

Many U.S. universities have no women at all among their physics faculty, and when people talk about gender equity in physics, this fact is often cited as evidence of a hiring bias.

«We believe the issue of gender equity in physics is complex and nuanced,» said Ivie, «It is unwise to try to simplify it by examining whether or not a department has a woman among its faculty.»

Since 2010, the civil rights office has issued detailed directives on eliminating racial disparities in school discipline; the allocation of school resources among racial groups; schools» responsibility for preventing bullying; the use of race - based assignments to achieve diversity; achieving gender equity in intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, and support for pregnant and parenting students.

A Detroit native, his transdisciplinary scholarship explores a variety of equity and education justice - related topics, including the following: school climate and discipline; school integration and choice; culture and education; vulnerable learners; and intersections among race, gender, and education.

In presenting this definition of equity, we recognize and acknowledge that significant disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes exist among students based on socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, special needs, English language proficiency, sexual orientation, and geography, which result from a history of systemic, economic, political, and moral inequity.

Among other benefits, promoting sex and gender equity can help schools ensure equal access to rigorous coursework, a healthier and safe learning climate, and high quality teaching.

Youth Leadership Council members at Intermedia Arts will facilitate a discussion among youth artists in the gallery framed by the exhibition Hands Up, Don't Shoot — HER and the themes of race, gender, equity, and social justice.

Among them: moving away from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy, halting deforestation and the loss of species, more efficiently managing resources, stabilizing the human population, eliminating poverty and ensuring gender equity.

Among women who do successfully attain equity partnership, the compensation gender gap between male and female equity partners is still vast.

Therefore, the Act is much broader than just advocating gender pay equity, instead, the Act expands equal pay on the basis of membership in the protected class which includes, among others, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or breastfeeding, sex, gender identity or expression, disability or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, or liability for service in the armed forces.

«Lakehead has many exceptional people and groups working hard to promote and facilitate an inclusive culture for all members of our diverse University community, including, among others, our Office of Human Rights & Equity, our Office of Aboriginal Initiatives, our chair on Truth & Reconciliation, our Ogimaawin - Aboriginal Governance Council, our Faculty of Law's Aboriginal Advisory Committee, the President's Advisory Council on Truth & Reconciliation, Lakehead's Anti-Racism Committee, Lakehead's Aboriginal Education department, as well as the Lakehead University Student Union's Pride Central, Gender Issues Centre, Aboriginal Awareness Centre and Multicultural Centre.»

«While much as been written about law firms» struggles to reach gender parity and equity among their ranks, there has been scant recognition of the general disparity in legaltech,» writes Sonday, who was herself recognized among the 2017 Women of Legal Tech by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center.

In face of historic, biological and psychosocial differences that men and women tackle, and stressing the changes that emerged with the increase of female workforce, new gender equity roles in many Western countries and new family configurations, this study aims at investigating the relationship between romantic relationship satisfaction and love components in Sternberg's (1986) model among Brazilian men and women.