Sentences with phrase «systemic discrimination in»

In other words, this would be for a collective of licensees who have repeatedly refused to comply with a number of the other initiatives that are focused on systemic discrimination in the workplace.

58... There is evidence that this widespread racism has translated into systemic discrimination in the criminal justice system...

In addition, we will hear from a panel of human rights lawyers, academic and community activists who will examine the current state of (in) equality in various areas such as disability rights, socio - economic inequalities facing racialized communities, women and immigrants, and the issue of systemic discrimination in certain areas of law.

«The difficulty is that the Supreme Court has said on a number of occasions that Aboriginal people face systemic discrimination in the criminal justice system,» says Rudin, «and this case doesn't really let us figure out how we're going to deal with that question.

«If you look at the number of contracts that go to Latino and African - American owned businesses either there's systemic discrimination in the contracting policies of New York City or we as African - American and Latinos are innately inferior,» Peebles said.

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It speaks to the systemic, sneaky nature of the discrimination in the tech world.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella this month became the latest tech executive to demonstrate, at best, a lack of understanding of the systemic discrimination facing women, suggesting that women not ask for raises in order to have «good karma.»

Like a heavyweight boxer whose momentum had turned, Kalanick has taken punch after punch this year, from the outrage in January over his association with Donald Trump, to the widely - viewed video of his berating an Uber driver, to the explosive blog post by an ex-employee alleging systemic sexual discrimination at Uber, to Google's (googl) charges of theft of its self - driving car technology.

The 13 recommendations in the report are designed to assist the profession in combatting systemic racism and discrimination.

Solution Altee11: They (the mullahs, the imams and the Muslims) need to acknowledge (stop living in denial) that their religious book fulls of hatred, vengeance and systemic discrimination against non-Muslims and even their own women.

First, Russia bowed to EU and US pressure to tolerate the systemic discrimination against Russophones (mostly ethnic Russians) in Estonia and Latvia, leading to those two countries being included in the enlargement process of the EU and NATO, despite their flagrant infringements of Western norms on minority protections.

The letter reads in part: «SERAP is concerned that years of systemic corruption within the NNPC and looting of Nigeria's natural resources have had uneven consequences against the vulnerable groups of the society, including the poor, women and children, perpetrating and institutionalizing discrimination, and jeopardizing the needs and well - being of future generations.

Online movements such as #OscarsSoWhite have become trending debates that discuss the lack of opportunity for actors of color to receive nominations, a phenomenon which is better understood as being indicative of a systemic practice of discrimination in the film industry, which also underemploys women.

Amy Adrion's documentary asks a slew of female filmmakers and industry luminaries in a business built on systemic discrimination.

Recently, several prominent national education organizations (including the NEA, AERA, AFT, and NCTE) have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that we need to highlight the «systemic patterns of inequity — racism and educational injustice — that impacts our students,» and that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

So investigators went looking for systemic discrimination, and in their view found it: «Schools with higher percentages of black students established stricter punishment for discipline incidents.»

Public Advocates Inc. is a nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization that challenges the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing and transit equity.

But simply dismissing the entirety of the EDI initiatives as lacking legal authority, especially in the context of a study that has said that lawyers are resistant to preventing discrimination in their workplaces and the legal industry in general, only highlights further that the goals of many licensees differ from the broader objectives of creating a more inclusive legal community where systemic discrimination does not occur.

The Tribunal concluded that there was both individual discrimination against Jeffrey and systemic discrimination against students with severe learning disabilities in general, for which the Province and the School District were responsible.

Where elements of systemic racial discrimination does exist, recommendation 25 provides concrete steps in which to address it:

The 13 recommendations in the report are designed to assist the profession in combatting systemic racism and discrimination.

Systemic factors include the widespread discrimination that Aboriginals experience both in, and outside, penal institutions.

The aftermath of such treaties were not favourable to Assiniboine peoples; many suffered from poor housing, deteriorating health, high unemployment, systemic discrimination, frequent abuse and cultural dislocation in residential schools, limited education and training, and government restrictions on religious ceremonies and political activity (see Social Conditions of Aboriginal People).

Compensation for musculoskeletal disorders in Quebec: systemic discrimination against women workers» International Journal of Health Services, 33 (2), 253 - 281.

Our research methods in this study included a respectful approach to women's lived experiences, informed by the recognition of existing inequalities, systemic discrimination, and gender bias in our society.

We address systemic issues that newly arrived refugee claimants face in Canada including lack of resources, marginalization, and discrimination.

Addressing systemic discrimination of Aboriginal children and children of colour in the school system has been identified as a key objective of your leadership.

NJP will also accept cases involving other issues, such as transportation, discrimination in public accommodations, general barriers to accessing courts and other means of resolving disputes or matters that otherwise address systemic problems experienced by low income individuals or communities.

He regularly advises and defends clients in response to the EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), including systemic discrimination investigations and related class actions.

As Craig says, reasonable people can disagree whether existing obligations were accurately summarized In addition to Craig's comments, I would note the obligation from the Human Rights Code to ensure that systemic discrimination is avoided which I think amounts to the stated obligation.

It is clear that human rights tribunals can not be effective if they are precluded from granting systemic remedies, especially as Canada faces more difficult and complex discrimination that is entrenched in institutional practices.

Moreover, even if a complainant has a right of appeal to a court, the court only has jurisdiction over individual complaints, and can not in an individual case deal with systemic issues of discrimination: Brar v. British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association, 2007 BCHRT 363 at para. 43 onward.

The Retention of Women in Private Practice: The Challenge is Intersectional While the CLA's report on the retention of women illustrates the various ways female lawyers are impacted by sexism, it is relatively silent on other forms of systemic discrimination female lawyers experience, particularly racism experienced by women of colour and Indigenous women.

Such a person must be taken to possess knowledge of the local population and its racial dynamics, including the existence in the community of a history of widespread and systemic discrimination against black and aboriginal people, and high profile clashes between the police and the visible minority population over policing issues.

«Ms. McCue alleges that her culturally - traditional approach to teaching and scholarly activity, have been under - valued» in the tenure and salary review processes, and that her situation «shows a pattern of systemic discrimination against non-traditional indigenous scholars and women,» Walter wrote.

Concerns about systemic discrimination are relevant at the bail stage in post-9 / 11 terrorism cases as the overwhelming majority of the accused have been Muslim men, and by definition, all those accused of terrorism will have controversial political or religious motives.

«As a result, systemic racism (together with age discrimination) constitutes a mitigating factor that should be taken into account in deciding appropriate discipline.»

Michelle Seldin Silverman counsels and defends clients facing single - plaintiff and systemic employment discrimination claims in US state, federal, and appellate courts.

This year, Sisters Inside successfully lobbied the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission to conduct an inquiry into systemic discrimination experienced by women in prisons.

Due to systemic barriers — like discrimination and harassment in accessing health care, which 28 percent of transgender people say they have experienced — LGBTQ people are more likely than non-LGBTQ people to be living in poverty and to be uninsured.

promoting and enhancing opportunities for people in places where systemic barriers, bias, and discrimination unfairly hold them back;

The current criminal justice system has a deleterious effect on Indigenous communities through over-representation of Indigenous people in custody, in large part due to historically derived disadvantage and ongoing systemic discrimination.

Now I note that you said today that there's been great improvement over a short period of time, and I'm sure there has been, but you know it's interesting to me, and again I will say this because I come from a country myself where there is a disadvantaged community and a lot of government programs et cetera, it's of serious concern the extent of the dramatic inequalities that are still being experienced by these population groups when they represent only, you know, no more than 2 % of the population of a highly developed, industrialised state, and I just, it makes me wonder about things like the effectiveness of the programs, monitoring, benchmarking, what are the standards, is anybody watching this to see whether or not they really are designed to meet the disadvantages that are real in the communities, you know the real history of systemic discrimination, institutional racism?