Sentences with phrase «policies on equality»

Though the party has good policies on equality, it has not prioritised the promotion and selection of women and ethnic minority candidates.

Not exact matches

According to the World Economic Forum, two thirds of OECD countries have introduced policies on pay equality, including requiring some employers to publish calculations every year showing the gender pay gap.

He said he was backing Clinton because Democrats» social policies, for example on marriage equality, resonated more with him than Republican ones.

Your support is invaluable to helping us fuel the progressive change that Canada needs, and to take on the powerful forces advancing policies that threaten democracy, equality, and sustainability in Canada.

Lincoln Financial Group received a perfect score of 100 % on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.

The Liberal government took several important steps during its first year in office, but its bold feminist rhetoric has not yet translated into policy and spending decisions that push the needle forward on gender equality.

«On June 6, Minister Freeland outlined a new foreign policy for Canada, and underscored our commitment to a rules - based international order, progressive trade policies, gender equality, and fighting climate change.»

We usually focus on the content of faiths and policies in disputing groups; for example, the Catholic bishops» pastoral letters, the sermonic messages of Martin Luther King, Jr., and black churches, Mormon doctrines about equality or inequality, New Christian Right teachings based on revealed truths, or Jews» concepts of the land of Israel.

- «Normative support: servicing the intergovernmental UN bodies where commitments, norms and policy recommendations on gender equality and gender mainstreaming are discussed and agreed upon; supporting the monitoring of these commitments...

Bork surveys a long and depressing series of decisions - on free speech, pornography, contraception, abortion, sexual equality, etc. - in which the Supreme Court, claiming the authority of the Constitution, has taken public policy out of the hands of the people and their elected representatives.

If anything, they excuse the proposer from engaging real - world evidence on marriage and family policy or assessing the equality claims of sexual minorities.

The incident on 2nd November 2017 prompted an inquiry by the school which concluded Mr Sutcliffe «contravened the school's equality policy» and «misgendered» a student.

On November 7th in Cork City, Young Knocknaheeny will bring together leading experts, policy makers, practitioners, and participants to share and connect the science, policy, and interdisciplinary practice across the domains of child development, health, equality, urban development, and change practices for whole community prevention and early intervention.

The Green parties do campaign on increasing equality and fairness, but don't shy away from environmental policies that will hurt financially.

At the start of the year, the opposition to these policies was largely within NGOs and charities working with migrants and refugees, race equality organisations, and a number of concerned parliamentarians and representatives including Brian Paddick in the House of Lords, Sian Berry on the London Assembly, and Caroline Lucas in the House of Commons.

Q: Why doesn't our policy statement include broader support for all the other issues good Democrats should care about, ie, Constitutional right to choice, Constitutional right to marriage equality, Constitutional ban on guns everywhere, Constitutional right to free college, etc?

Based on some rather primitive research the article suggested that citizen's income, rather than a policy designed to achieve equality, would actually hurt the poor.

She was not interested in finding out more about how we often seek to work with religious people on shared aims for equality and non-discrimination in party policy.

In his article Roy sets out to make three arguments: that policy needs to be built on a consistent and coherent idea; that the only tenable ideological position for Labour is a social democratic commitment to greater equality and the freedom that is its product; and that Labour should eschew «news value» in favour of ideology.

He's clearly keen to put some distance between himself and the record of the last Labour government on many issues — Iraq, equality, redistribution and tax, markets and privatisation, industrial policy, trade union rights and working hours, and civil liberties.

He said he didn't think Cuomo got enough credit for policies on economic growth and praised him on issues like the state property tax cap and marriage equality.

And after reports that equality watchdog Trevor Philips is to claim a «cold war» based on racial and religious tensions could erupt in the UK due to concerns over mass immigration, Mr Johnson said a reassessment of British immigration policy was paramount.

But supporters of Corbyn immediately swung behind Burgon on social media, with shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner stating: «On Newsnight, Richard Burgon brilliantly keeps the focus on our popular policies, on equality & declines the elephant traps.&raquon social media, with shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner stating: «On Newsnight, Richard Burgon brilliantly keeps the focus on our popular policies, on equality & declines the elephant traps.&raquOn Newsnight, Richard Burgon brilliantly keeps the focus on our popular policies, on equality & declines the elephant traps.&raquon our popular policies, on equality & declines the elephant traps.&raquon equality & declines the elephant traps.»

[20] In 2008, Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed her to act as his Senior Policy Adviser on Equalities and Diversity and Faith.

Essentially, Mr Gove is championing traditional values in a modern setting: although the language in which he presents his policies is progressive - justice and equality are two of his watchwords - their irreducible core, to borrow another of the Blairite phrases he tends to smile on, is unrepentantly old - fashioned.

Quite apart from centuries - old political stances being irrelevant to the current campaign - the Labour Party once stopped Emmeline Pankhurst from joining on the grounds of her gender, but I'm not aware of that governing the nature of their equalities policies since - Mr Huhne is being selective with his history.

«I want to thank Speaker Heastie and the Assembly majority for their leadership on so many issues — from school funding and workplace protections to tax policy and women's equality — that are critical to the lives of average New Yorkers,» UFT president Michael Mulgrew said in a statement.

This creates the political justification for sharpened rhetoric on equality, while the policy rationale is contained in counteracting the tendencies to inequality involved with both globalisation and technological change, the great drivers of economic transformation in our times.

The UK has been active in the policy arena throughout the 1990s, with initiatives that have focused both on equality of opportunity in academia and on improving the situation of women in science.

The results showed that the attitudes of students who were told that their views on the exam policy were based on morality were more likely to predict their behavior than the attitudes of students who were told their views were based on equality or tradition.

In its appropriation directions for higher education institutions for the 2016 fiscal year, the government states that all higher education institutions must produce a plan showing how they intend to move their work on Gender Mainstreaming forward, so as to contribute towards achieving the goals of gender equality policy.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a The department for justice (DG JUST) is responsible for the EU Commission's policies on justice, consumer rights and gender equality.

Reference card on equality in education through the lens of core (fundamental) values and, on the reverse, suggestions and considerations for developing and reviewing an equality policy in school.

So rather than abandon a modestly successful program in our attempt to promote equality of education, the best policy would be to let a few states have more control of Head Start funds, carefully study their subsequent reforms, and then determine future policy based on solid evidence.

The guide helps schools demonstrate a well - considered position on equality and diversity and includes examples of schools» equality policies.

The ESSA incorporates the idea of equity into its policy orientation, and based on the reasoning above, equity seems to be «fairer» than the idea of equality.

Addressing a Department of Education policy seminar in Dublin, the Finnish scholar said «either you are serious about equality» or you rely on parental choice «and you just hope that this will somehow create good things».

While Coates doesn't touch on education policy, he essentially makes a strong historical case for why reformers (especially increasingly erstwhile conservatives in the movement) must go back to embracing accountability measures and a strong federal role in education policymaking that, along with other changes in American society, are key to helping children from poor and minority households (as well as their families and communities) attain economic and social equality.

Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two

A «Skill - sharing session on monitoring of gender - responsive climate policy» brought forth research on possible synergies or tradeoffs between gender equality and other objectives for climate policy, while a panel discussion with the same partners looked at «Gender equality in climate policy: Translating global commitments to national policy».

This guidance document aims to guide policy makers on how to promote gender equality across all levels of policy and programming in climate change, and to provide them with the necessary tools to do so.

From equality and diversity in the workplace to client engagement, from training and development to our pay policy, we focus on what matters.

«Like most large firms in Quebec and Canada, we are as far advanced on these issues as our clients — whether it be on diversity, environmental policies, or equality,» says McCarty.

Opponents to the policy and proposed legislation, both in the federal and provincial realm, believe that they go against, in Ontario attorney general Madeleine Meilleur's words, «deeply held views on equality and tolerance for the religious beliefs of everyone in our society,» and are «inconsistent with Canadian values of inclusion and diversity.»

The CAPCJ has a formal equality and diversity policy and a standing committee on equality and diversity.

The Equality Impact Statements analyze provincial legislation using gender as a focal point to compare the intentions of law - makers to meet standards of fairness and equality with the actual outcomes of legislative and policy choice; the ultimate goal was to ensure that provincial legislation was having a positive impact on British Columbians.

We received a perfect score on this national benchmarking survey and report on policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

He also has experience of dealing with such issues in the health sector, and has advised on matters such as the compatibility with Convention rights and equalities legislation of policies for the treatment of funding.

He has advised on the compatibility of funding policies with Convention rights and equalities legislation.

Dr. Gehl sought declarations from the Court, among others, that she was entitled to Indian Status under s. 6 (1)(a) of the Indian Act and that section 6 of the Indian Act, the Indian Registrar's Proof of Paternity Policy («the Policy»), which requires certain kinds of proof of a person's ancestry in an application for Indian registration, and the Registrar's decision in her case, were contrary to the guarantee of equality in s. 15 (1) of the Charter because they discriminate against descendants of illegitimate children of Indian women on the basis of sex.