Not exact matches
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.