Sentences with phrase «widespread discrimination in»

While school officials have a responsibility to keep the school learning environment safe, the data show widespread discrimination in school discipline that puts student civil rights and learning at risk.

Four years after the British Humanist Association (BHA) complained to the European Commission (EC) alleging that UK law breaks European law in allowing widespread discrimination in employment by «faith» schools, and two years after the Commission took the matter up as the subject of a formal investigation, the Commission has decided that there is in fact no breach of the relevant legislation.

Four years after the BHA complained to the European Commission (EC) alleging that UK law breaks European law in allowing widespread discrimination in employment by faith schools, and two years after the EC took the matter up as the subject of a formal investigation, the Commission has decided that there is no breach of current legislation.

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Researchers at the University of Toronto recently documented widespread workplace discrimination against fathers who participate in child - rearing — managers and co-workers were likely to label them slackers or «failed men.»

One could of course make the argument that limited civilian casualties would be tolerable (assuming adherence to the principles of discrimination and proportionality) to the extent that the air campaign proves successful in forestalling widespread and systematic attacks on civilians.

«The government requires teachers to work until they are 68, but fails to prevent the widespread discrimination practiced in too many schools against older teachers who are disproportionately subject to capability procedures, denied access to CPD and regularly told they are too expensive.

«The stark facts remain that BME teachers are under - represented in the teaching profession particularly at the most senior levels, they are paid less than their white counterparts, they experience widespread discrimination when applying for jobs or promotion and often have to endure racist comments and abuse at work.

And as other people have already pointed out, this would be «good for business» because the market solution of catering to a minority for excessive profit would be wide open, while in no way, shape, or form actually doing anything to solve the social issue of widespread discrimination against a minority.

«The extensive flexibility on pay given to employers by this Coalition is resulting in widespread discrimination and unfairness.

Despite a notably high percentage of women in political positions, South Africa has high rates of rape and domestic violence, suggesting poor gender equality, widespread discrimination and male dominance in (South) Africa.

«There has been a widespread pattern of discrimination against educators who would challenge evolution in the classroom,» Casey Luskin, a policy analyst for the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute, in Seattle, Washington, told ScienceInsider.

The world's first international study on homophobia in sport, «Out on the Fields,» has found widespread homophobia in UK sport, prompting calls for a zero tolerance approach towards discrimination and better training for coaches, teachers and officials.

But with public school critics also bemoaning widespread reports of LGBTQ discrimination in the state's mostly religious private schools, their support comes at a time of mounting scrutiny and criticism for private school vouchers.

This handsome book will help children better understand the widespread racial segregation and discrimination in twentieth - century America.

«If we understand the exhibition as a form of communication, it does not simply comment on actualities in our society such as widespread discrimination, bias or deliberate misinformation, but rather it presents a complex view of the real, with no one dominant view, a reality formed by a vibrant and brilliant multitude of perspectives» said Delahunty.

It is striking to note that nowhere... is any evidence presented that harassment or invidious discrimination actually exists to any significant degree in the legal profession — or that, if it does exist, it is such a serious and widespread problem that the Model Rules must be amended.

He published many articles both in technical law journals and also in the New York Review of Books, none more important than his critique in several articles in 1977 and 1978 of the supreme court's inconclusive decision of the Regents of the University of California v Bakke case, which arose out of widespread dissatisfaction with «affirmative action», or positive discrimination.

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

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded that violence against Indigenous women in Canada is widespread, overt and linked to poverty.

To fulfill the mission of ending discrimination against Florida's most vulnerable citizens, the Children's Rights Unit will engage in widespread advocacy including litigation, collaboration, education and community activism.

Other landmark decisions involving Mr. Minami include: United Pilipinos for Affirmative Action v. California Blue Shield, the first class action employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure that resulted in the granting of tenure after several hearings and widespread publicity over discrimination in academia.

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.

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

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In a review of pertinent law literature on gender bias in family law proceedings, Tillitski (1992) concluded that there is widespread discriminatioIn a review of pertinent law literature on gender bias in family law proceedings, Tillitski (1992) concluded that there is widespread discriminatioin family law proceedings, Tillitski (1992) concluded that there is widespread discrimination.