Sentences with phrase «towards equal opportunity»

If those continuing to insist on forced yearly testing are doing so because they do not trust state and local officials to work towards equal opportunity, that is understandable.

As for the developers» own political leanings, they tell Fortune, «As brothers ourselves, we admire the legacy of brothers John and Robert Kennedy for their commitment to cultivating an America that embraced a young generation, stood for civil rights, and worked towards equal opportunity.»

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I think given equal opportunities there will be a natural inclination for many towards traditional roles and that this is healthy, has nothing to do with any artificial social construct but is natural and comes out of biology and now might be the time to be having open discussions about this kind of thing without having to face the fear of being labelled misogynistic for doing so or with feeling fearful of any threat to equality.

My 26 year old daughter struggles with committing to church because as someone working towards her PHD in education, she will be given equal opportunity to teach on a college and university level, but not be allowed to teach in the church... How surreal is that?!

I would like to see a new front opened up in the gender debate — a strong coalition of men and women who understand that expanding opportunities for men in the home and for women in the workplace are inextricably linked, and who advocate both with equal urgency, on behalf of both men and women — and who therefore argue robustly for the «next steps» in the path towards gender equality: equity in the leave entitlements for men and women.

Could it be that as a society we have become so far obsessed with equal opportunities within gender towards women, that we have created somewhat of a parallel paradox against the very issues surrounding men and more specifically single fathers?

Under the performance agreements, the 13 MDAs are required to initiate innovative strategies to generate local revenues with support from the government, geared towards job creation, prosperity and equal opportunity for...

Taken together the raft of welfare and other changes will seriously affect disabled people's income and opportunities and risk undoing the momentum towards a more equal society that has taken decades to build.

Under the performance agreements, the 13 MDAs are required to initiate innovative strategies to generate local revenues with support from the government, geared towards job creation, prosperity and equal opportunity for all citizens.

We offer various measures to guarantee that female and male employees receive equal opportunities towards career development and to achieve a manageable work and family life balance.

We work towards a more just society and as such we are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood.

But neither administration was willing to take any further steps towards making America's promise of equal opportunity for all a reality.

[18] In other words, there needs to be a further paradigm shift towards more clinically - based legal training opportunities for students, placing practical knowledge on more of an equal footing with theoretical knowledge.

Unfortunately, in the last 40 years, the change towards equal rights and equal opportunities for Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders has been slow and, some might argue, non-existent.