Sentences with phrase «gender justice issues»

Lidy is an activist from the Philippines working on economic, environmental, social and gender justice issues.

A Christian who specialises in gender justice issues has called the «heelgate» scandal, where a woman... More

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Most of us are more immediately involved in issues of gender, ethnic pluralism, and justice than in global environmental questions.

Finally, a new collection of 14 essays, Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism (Oneworld), illuminates the breadth of the honest intellectual engagement with which many Muslim scholars today address critical and controversial issues.

On the social - action agenda of mainline denominations today are sexual - justice issues regarding gender and sexual orientation.

The issue of gender justice is Islam.»

(21) They must be hospitable to the whole family of God, enabling the family members in their diversity to address with integrity the whole range of issues that divide us, issues of Christology and ecclesiology, issues of culture, race, and gender, issues of social justice and the integrity of creation.

The justice and education departments said in a joint statement late on Wednesday that they «withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex require access to sex - segregated facilities on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex.»

«The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader has galvanised a new generation of activists, and this year at Left Field we aim to give them a platform to discuss issues around social justice, the economy, gender and the possibilities for genuine change under a Corbyn government.»

«being proactive about women's rights» and even more broadly, «stand on social justice and human rights issues ranging from race, ethnicity, gender, religion, immigration and healthcare».

Her research agenda explores the politics of race and gender in the academy, issues of social justice, and activist research methodologies as tools for social change.

All of a sudden my general (and at times very overwhelming) interest in this massive social justice issue of global extreme poverty and gender inequality became a narrow - focused mission to help a few of Uganda's brightest young women go to college and become leaders in their communities.

Trish Glazebrook, U.S. Representative for Gender CC: Women for Climate Justice, made clear: «Gender is not an «add - on issue».

The need for a greater emphasis on prevention is something that Finn noticed throughout her nearly 10 years working on issues of gender inequality at organizations like the Tahirih Justice Center and Futures Without Violence.

While we may drastically disagree on the causes and solutions to issues of poverty, social justice, gender equality, the refugee crisis or finding peace in the Middle East, the ability to understand and carefully consider an argument with which you disagree is the beginning of insight.

She is committed to community organizing, having worked in organizing Florida around issues of racial, gender and economic justice.

Critical pedagogy extends critical theory - the neo-Marxist examination of the relationship between power and culture, aimed at addressing issues of class, race, gender, and social justice through the remaking of societal institutions - to the realm of schools.

We help build the global citizenship skills needed to solve world issues such as human rights, gender equity, the environment, sustainable development, poverty, and global peace and justice.

The guidance issued today by the Departments of Education and Justice adds another voice to an ongoing conversation about how gender identity is addressed, and expresses an interpretation of Title IX that is unsettled law.

When we introduce our teacher candidates to critical literacy in our English language arts program, some of them are reticent to addresses issues of gender, equity, and social justice with students in the early years.

Check out these two flipped classroom exercises that can help engage students in the issues central to the novel — and their own lives — including race, class, gender, justice, and moral growth.

While no such federal law exists, courts and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as well as the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, issued significant guidance in May 2016 asserting that Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on a student's gender identity, including discrimination based on a student's transgender status.

Facing History's Teaching Mockingbird guide offers a fresh approach to the classic that engages students in the issues central to the novel — and their own lives — including race, class, gender, justice, and moral growth.

When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.

Exploring identity, family relationships, gender roles, and race, class, and social justice issues, Weems's photography - based practice often employs text, audio, video, digital images, fabric, and installation.

It reimagines next steps, expanding feminism from the struggle for gender parity to embrace broader social - justice issues of tolerance, inclusion, and diversity.

As with many politically engaged artists whose practices take on complex issues of ethnicity, social justice, and gendered cultural agency, Maiolino deconstructs oppressive hierarchies not only on an institutional scale, but in terms of their everyday manifestations in the daily experiences of the disenfranchised.

She cares particularly about equity and social justice issues, including gender equity.

Conversely, thoughtful attention to social justice issues affords any individual or organization the capacity to rise to the challenge of complex global work across lines of race, gender, class and disability (to name a few).

What it means is that climate is not isolated from other issues such as gender equality or economic and racial justice, because causality runs both ways: those who are oppressed in other ways are precisely those who are vulnerable to the worst effects of climate change, and precisely those who are least responsible for its occurrence.

Last week's comment by English Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption that it may take another 50 years to achieve a gender - balanced roster of judges in England brought the issue of gender equality to the front pages.

She has experience writing and communicating about legal and justice issues, foreign affairs, gender issues and economic analysis for publications across Canada.

In particular, my work tends to focus on racial equity and racial justice, but we certainly also address gender and class quite a bit and any other equity or social justice issues that organizations has some questions about.

The second survey, the Justice Sector Survey, captures data in greater depth on respondents» views and experiences related to dispute resolution, legal awareness, legal identity, household dynamics, and gender issues.

Jordan's scholarship focuses on the history of women lawyers and their local, national and international social justice activism; issues of gender race and the law, and critical race theory.

Promote, for Council and members of the Society, awareness of gender equity issues in the legal profession and in relation to access to justice in Nova Scotia;

Our ongoing efforts to address gender parity include establishing a mentorship program aimed at supporting young lawyers as well as creating both a Woman's Vice-President position and a Women's Committee aimed at tackling gender issues encountered in our justice system.

Other examples of remedial efforts taken too far include Justice Zucker's decision last year in R. v. Ururyar, which drew significant attention in its extensive reference of sociological work on gender issues and sexual assault in society.

NOTE: Eligible courses include but are not limited to the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Meaningful Child Participation in Family Justice Processes courses presented by IICRD and CLEBC, and may cover such topics as: effects of separation and divorce on parents and children; communication skill development of children; family dynamics; adult and child dynamics; parent and child bonding and attachment theory; child development; empirical research on developmental needs, children's ages, gender systems and structural family theory; opinions and effects of parenting arrangements; ethno ‐ cultural family dynamics; family violence, power imbalance, and control issues; alcohol and substance abuse issues.

The legal issues include child trafficking, crime victimization (gender - based violence, sexual abuse, rapes, crimes in housing camps), unlawful evictions, inadequate housing, dangerous deportations (leading to issuance of precautionary measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights), immigration (e.g. need for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extensions and redesignations in the U.S.), and access to justice and the courts.

Dr Arabena's work has included coordinating population health strategies across northern Australia and contributions to Australia and the Asia Pacific region in cross-jurisdictional areas such as gender issues, social justice, human rights, violence, access and equity, service provision, harm minimisation and citizenship rights and responsibilities.

It honors the generations of women who have fought for reproductive justice, while also recognizing that our movement has evolved and must continue to evolve to include people of all genders and the myriad issues affecting Planned Parenthood's patients and their communities — like transgender justice, immigration rights, and police violence.

Her work has been in areas such as gender issues, social justice, human rights, access and equity, service provision, harm minimisation, and citizenship rights and responsibilities.

Related topics include: developmental considerations, social and cultural factors of interpersonal issues of adolescents, gender specific and LGBT issues, multicultural family systems, use of diagnostic criteria, treatment planning issues, counseling interventions, relational and career issues, chemical and process addictions, technology, trauma focus and attachment, justice involved adolescents, sexually maladaptive behaviors and legal and ethical considerations.

Beyond ethnicity, you will also explore issues of age, gender, sexuality, religion, acculturation, and social justice, as well as opportunities to strengthen your own cultural self - awareness.