Sentences with phrase «included abolition»

They included abolition of child labor, protection of workers against industrial hazards, shorter hours — the 12 - hour day was then common — a living wage and arbitration of industrial disputes.

Most religions have consistently resisted progress — including the abolition of slavery; women's right to vote and choose contraception and abortion; medical developments such as the use of anesthesia; scientific understanding of the heliocentric solar system and evolution, and the American principle of state / church separation.

In The Reason For God, Keller argues that Christians have served on the front lines of nearly every social movement toward morality and justice in modern Western civilization, including the abolition of slavery and the Civil Rights Movement in America, which is certainly true given the religious demographics of Western and American culture.

The Indian Independence Act, 1947, and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with all enactments amending or supplementing the latter Act, but not including the Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949, are hereby repealed.

In the Home Office in the 1960s she oversaw the introduction of societal changes including the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the legalisation of abortion.

History: In twentieth century history, there is a section on «society and social reform, including the abolition of capital punishment, the legalisation of abortion and homosexuality, and the Race Relations Act».

The mainstream practitioners who were active in the years of Harold's premiership all indicate support and admiration for the way he held the Labour party together, sought to drag Britain into the modern era and presided over a series of liberalisation acts including abolition of the death penalty and the legalisation of homosexuality, abortion and divorce.

The Treasury this week announced # 6 billion of cuts, including the abolition of Child Trust Funds and cuts in university funding.

Several changes from the 2014 election are anticipated, including the abolition of regional constituencies, return to national lists, increase in the number of French seats from 74 to 79, and possibility of transnational lists after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

This includes the abolition of Class 2 NICs, reforms to the NICs treatment of termination payments, and changes to the NICs treatment of sporting testimonials.

It marks a step towards the vision outlined by the AU in its Agenda 2063 policy document, which includes the abolition of visa requirements for all African citizens in all the continent's countries by 2018.

These include the abolition of the communications allowance, a reduction in the number of MPs and a clear commitment to a reduction in the overall cost of politics.»

Many MPs have also suggested he announce a further postponement of fuel duty rises, and others want measures to cut energy bills, including the abolition of green levies.

These include the abolition of unnecessary neonatal deaths and ending AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases.

More than one spokesmen for the organization has advocated violence as the solution for achieving animal rights» goals (6) which include the abolition of pet ownership.

Part of this was accelerated by regulatory changes including the abolition of exchange control, privatisation of the utilities industries and the Big Bang in 1986, which reformed the stockbroking industry.

[70] This «new approach» will include the abolition of CDEPs and IECs in urban and major regional centres, as well as a greater focus on placement directly into jobs through «employer - focused job brokerage».

The Committee notes its concerns in the findings which include the abolition of ATSIC; the continuing gap between Indigenous peoples and others in the areas of housing, employment, health and income; the continued existence of mandatory sentencing in Western Australia; the over representation of Indigenous peoples in prison, continued deaths in custody, Aboriginal women as the fastest growing prison population; and the Government's rejection of most of the recommendations adopted by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation in 2000.8

Not exact matches

The rest of that paragraph, including the final abolition of reversion, occurs later (T10).

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

but the rank and file of church members have seemed paralyzed, unable to act decisively, unwilling to insist in any clear and public way that the nations of the world, including their own, move toward the abolition of war and the realization of the prophetic dream.

Not least is the question, Why did Yahweh commend, even require, the death penalty in the Old Testament for certain sins, including murder, but command its abolition in the New?

Henry rejected liberal versions of the social gospel which tended to be all social and no gospel, but he appealed to an earlier evangelical consensus of cultural engagement that included the work of William Wilberforce in campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade in England, the revivalist impulses of Charles G. Finney against slavery in this country, as well as evangelical concerns for suffrage, temperance, child labor laws, fair wages for workers, and many other progressive issues to which many theologically conservative Christians were once committed» before what David Moberg has called «the great reversal,» an evangelical withdrawal from such concerns.

None of what Lincoln achieved — the eventual abolition of slavery, the preservation of the Union — would have happened had Lincoln not thought himself constitutionally authorizedto resist the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott; constitutionally obligated, by his oath, to resist secession; and constitutionally empowered, as commander in chief, to fight the enemy with the full powers at his disposal, which included military force, blockade, suspension of habeas corpus, arrest and detention, seizure of enemy property, and emancipation of Southern slaves.

The document says that women have reacted badly to «visible and prominent» issues, including tuition fees, abolition of child trust funds, changes to child tax credits, benefits and income support.

The abolition of the Regional Development Agencies - which helped draw in investment and stimulate growth in our regions — including from European funds to our regions - hasn't helped.

But whilst there has been disagreement over whether the tax should stay or go, everyone, including those who argue for the abolition of the 50p rate, points to the implicit political toxicity of doing so.

Labour's poll ratings are bouncing around on a par with the Conservatives, a party whose populist programme includes a 1930s austerity package, the effective abolition of the NHS and the early release of some of the nation's most brutal sexual predators.

These included her advocacy of the abolition of «conspiratorial groups» such as MI5 and Special Branch in the late 1980s, both of which she said had been successfully reformed.

The glossy guide includes about two dozen destinations highlighting events and sites dedicated to abolition and African - American history, suffrage and women's rights, and LGBTQ and human rights.

And she unveiled a # 140billion «ransom note» for Britain to drag Labour to the left, including an end to austerity, rising benefits payments and the abolition of Trident as the price Mr Miliband would have to pay for getting into Number 10.

In fact he has made a stand on a number of limited issues including his support for gay adoption and for the abolition of the anti-gay Section 28.

The group, which includes the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and Compassion in World Farming, says allowing cruelty because it is useful to humanity is «using the ends to justify the means».

This lively, illustrated, and never simplistic volume about the essential role of blacks in America's early history includes complicated views, such as that of African Americans Richard Allen and James Forten, who opposed the back - to - Africa movement because freed blacks in the U.S. were the strongest fighters for the abolition of slavery.

In the elections of the autumn of 1819, most of the members of the very radical Left were re-elected, including the Abbé Grégoire (who in 1792 voted for the abolition of the monarchy and the prosecution of Louis XVI).

It has a host of excellent museums, including the famous Blue Penny Museum, plus the moving Aapravasi Ghat, which is where indentured labourers (mainly Chinese) were brought after the abolition of slavery.

This has included developing a major multi-site exhibition programme, called We Face Forward, of art from West Africa, for the Cultural Olympiad; an exploration of the visual legacies of slavery with Trade and Empire, presented to coincide with the bi-centenary of the abolition of British slavery; and consistent attention to artists from South Asia, including a celebrated 65 - hour drawing and performance installation in 2013 by Indian artist Nikhil Chopra, the presentation of Subodh Gupta's work in the grounds of the Whitworth and video and textile work by Aisha Khalid.

In addition to recommending the abolition of Crown copyright and Crown prerogative in legislative and judicial materials, the Committee extended its recommendations to other government - produced materials that should be made freely available, including:

In September, the Bach Commission published its review of legal aid, calling for reforms including more provision of legal help and the abolition of the Legal Aid Agency.

Abolition of the Senate would fundamentally change Canada's constitutional structure, including its procedures for amending the Constitution, and can only be done with unanimous federal - provincial consensus.

Visitors to «Within These Walls» encounter a picture of everyday home life that emerges against the backdrop of American history, including such touch points as colonial America, the American Revolution, slavery and abolition, the industrial revolution, and World War II.