Sentences with phrase «leave women with disabilities»

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You don't see the nine year old girls given in marriage, children with disabilities locked in basements, women not allowed to leave the house, girls sent back to their homeland to be killed (honor killing), men with one family in Dearborn and another family in Yemen, the Imam who harasses children at lunch time telling them not to eat their free lunch because it isn't Halal, etc., etc..
One senior source told us that «we treat pregnancy the same as any other disability» — this stern wording reflects the principle that's written into the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which specifies that companies must treat pregnant women the same way as they treat any employee with a temporary disability, allowing them to accrue seniority, raises and vacation leave.
As a result, women with disabilities have more difficulty in leaving abusive situations, let alone taking legal action against their abusers.
«Importantly, the court recognizes that women in family law cases, aboriginal persons, those with disabilities, and recent immigrants are disproportionately impacted by the current hearing fee system,» said Kasari Govender, executive director and co-counsel for West Coast LEAF.
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