Sentences with phrase «with women and equality»

The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the plans, with women and equality spokeswoman Lorely Burt arguing it was essential «if we are to address the persistent problems affecting women at work».

Rayner, MP for Ashton - under - Lyne, has previously held post as a shadow work and pensions minister, and more recently moved to work with the women and equalities portfolio.

Not exact matches

The increasing availability of education, coupled with shifting roles in the home for women, is not only changing women's lives but also reworking attitudes toward gender differences and equality.

The women's professional network Levo, for instance, launched its annual #Ask4More campaign last week, opening with comments from high - profile leaders such as Chelsea Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg on the importance of demanding equal pay and equality generally.

Men who believe in equality need to champion the idea of women in power and, more significantly, they need to model for other men that they are respectful of and comfortable with female leaders and female bosses.

It's a four - year project with a long - term objective of «promoting good governance and greater equality between men and women in Nepal.»

Now, with this essential funding commitment from the Province, We for She 2018 will continue to bring together women and B.C. students for a fifth annual one - day forum, with the ultimate goal of making gender equality in leadership a priority,» said Iain Black, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Jasmine believes that empowering Jewish and Arab women with small and medium businesses in Israel is essential to strengthening the Israeli economy, facilitating gender equality and realizing the power of coexistence in Israel.

While I believe in equality, I believe more in treating women with respect and some degree of limitation on physical contact in public events.

Far be it for some Christians to validate a young woman's strength and equality by wrapping it up in some phony «It's not okay for a young X-tian boy to grapple with a girl» But it is just fine to grapple for hours with a boy?

♦ Then there's Sandy Newman, president of Voices for Progress, writing to John Podesta in 2012 when the HHS mandate was announced: «This whole controversy with the bishops opposing contraceptive coverage even though 98 % of Catholic women (and their conjugal partners) have used contraception has me thinking... There needs to be a Catholic Spring, in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.

It has got away for so long with the kind of lunatic word - games that allow death - by - torture to be presented as an act of love, and eternal torment in the flames of hell to be seen as a necessary act of justice, that we should perhaps not be surprised that it has also managed to dupe its followers into seeing the systematic suppression and silencing of women as an act of liberation and equality.

She rejects a limiting view of feminism as the quest for women's equality with men in favor of radical feminism's focus on «the autonomy, independence, and creation of the female Self in affinity with others like the Self» (GFF 11).

I learned about equality even from Paul, who taught that with the resurrection, something radical had changed — not merely ontologically, but functionally — in the relationships between slaves and masters, Jews and Gentiles, men and women, rendering those whose identity was once rooted in hierarchy and division brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ instead; who put a radical gospel - spin on the Greco - Roman household codes, breaking down the hierarchies so that slaves and masters, wives and husbands were charged with submitting «one to another» with the humility of Jesus as their model; who taught that power was overrated and that service will be rewarded; who surrounded himself with women he called «co-workers.»

If the cost of addressing these kind of issues is to be wrongly perceived as having misunderstood, as acting in a way that is consistent with a hindrance to women (as in this instance by you) rather than what is actually happening — a combination of life experience and informed opinion acting in a way that is conducive to equality, dignity and empowerment for women then this is a price I am willing to pay for the sake of women's well being.

The «prevailing Christian view» until relitively recently, would have been against any notion of the rapture, the equality of women, the emancipation of slaves, and a host of other things that most Christians today look back on with some disgust being attached to their religion's history.

Women are given equality with men, in principle, for the Qur» an says, «Whoever, male or female, who is a believer, performs good actions, they will enter into Paradise» (Surah IV, 124), and again, «Men have reward for what they do, and women have reward for what they do» (Surah IV,Women are given equality with men, in principle, for the Qur» an says, «Whoever, male or female, who is a believer, performs good actions, they will enter into Paradise» (Surah IV, 124), and again, «Men have reward for what they do, and women have reward for what they do» (Surah IV,women have reward for what they do» (Surah IV, 32).

I'm sticking to my position on gender equality in the home and Church --(which doesn't mean I don't think there are differences between men and women, by the way; it just means I am reluctant to declare those differences universal and prescriptive or indicative of some sort of God - ordained hierarchy between men and women)-- but I want to «fight fair» if you will, especially with folks I consider to be my brothers and sisters in Christ.

In response to our coordinate efforts for Mutuality 2012, I have heard from women who say they feel their dignity and worth have been restored, from multiple readers who have changed their minds about women in ministry, from couples relieved that they can finally put a name to how their relationship has functioned all along, from singles freshly inspired by the «great cloud of witnesses» that surrounds them, from followers of Jesus whose passion for justice and equality has been renewed, from women ready to «get on with it» and stop asking permission to use their gifts and start unapologetically using them.

As someone who by admission leans towards rampant domination with «equality» it is perhaps not surprising for you to talk of interchangeable between men and women and otherwise be socially constructed.

It was fun and enlightening discussing issues related to the Bible, gender equality, and faith with women coming from a somewhat different religious culture.

The Shaker Society in 19th century America also combined rejection of violence and war with the affirmation of women's equality.

No one said that women should take a back seat and it has nothing to do with equality but rather all with biology.

Yo soy mujer y tengo dignidad, y pronto la justicia serd una realidad» («I am a woman searching for equality; I will not put up with abuse and wickedness.

I wish we could get beyond the arguments over women leaders and same - sex equality and get on with the job of being Christ to people.

Only with such a mutation in the species - call it engineered hermaphrodism - would equality between men and women be possible, gender roles rendered a matter of choice, not of destiny.

The sexual liberation of women can also be correlated with their struggle for political freedom and social equality.

Some of these stories involved well - meaning people who nevertheless tripped up in treating women with equality and respect, while others were clearly just jerks, through and through.

However, the change in women's attitudes and practices will be equally profound, for there is no reason to think that with the increasing equality of women we can assume that women will «naturally» want to be mothers.

Today these various concerns about culture, socio - economic justice, true equality for women, institutions, and the natural world are in some tension with one another.

Yet there is no suggestion, either in Old Testament law or in the world to which Jesus came, of a true equality of women and children with the husband and father of the family.

Again in order that this issue be addressed can we whilst being attentive to the justice and equality needs of women not create a society of fear and retribution where every man is treated s guilty before being proven innocent and not treat every woman as if they have nothing to take ownership for with their feelings and conduct either?

In another sermon, Marshall noted that if a woman tries to assume equality with men, she automatically steps down «from the pedestal on which Christianity, chivalry, and idealism has placed her.»

When the vp and cabinet members are being picked have a whole list of targets for LGBT people, minorities, and women, there's an issue with that, and even if I didn't fall into one of those categories I'd still give a damn because I'm a decent human being that cares about equality.

Positive steps also continued to be taken towards gender equality in Oxford Sport following the merger of the men's and women's rugby union clubs in 2015 - 16, with the Varsity football match being played as a double header for the first time last year.

And if, due to equality, birth - control, libido, societal acceptance, and insecurity, many women are willing to have sex with men who don't call, pay, commit, or make an effort, then those women are essentially teaching men that they do not have to behave well to procure sAnd if, due to equality, birth - control, libido, societal acceptance, and insecurity, many women are willing to have sex with men who don't call, pay, commit, or make an effort, then those women are essentially teaching men that they do not have to behave well to procure sand insecurity, many women are willing to have sex with men who don't call, pay, commit, or make an effort, then those women are essentially teaching men that they do not have to behave well to procure sex.

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.

We made this argument at conferences including the Working Families conference, in press articles and in the broadcast media (including Radio 4's Woman's Hour); and in meetings with Secretary of State for Equalities Harriet Harman and Equality Minister Barbara Follett.

I've been having a good laugh, (both with you and at you) while remembering similar experiences and imagining how all of the youthful ideals of gender equality that young white Canadian women grow up with go right out the window in the face of a very traditional, conservative and proud culture.

This provision is a win not only for public health, as breastfeeding is associated with improved outcomes for moms and babies, but also for women's equality.

One of the things that really struck me during the conversation with these extraordinary women is that Positive Discipline is all about equality and mutual respect.

Feminism isn't about forcing women to do what others think they should do to further gender equality or women's rights; it's about women securing and exercising the right to do whatever it is they want to with their bodies, and as parents.

Commenting on the report by Women and Equalities Commission, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The latest report from the Women and Equalities Commission sadly reflects and confirms the issues and concerns the NASUWT has been raising with Government and employers about the treatment of women teachers for some Women and Equalities Commission, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The latest report from the Women and Equalities Commission sadly reflects and confirms the issues and concerns the NASUWT has been raising with Government and employers about the treatment of women teachers for some Women and Equalities Commission sadly reflects and confirms the issues and concerns the NASUWT has been raising with Government and employers about the treatment of women teachers for some women teachers for some time.

«Given that Cuomo's administration has made gender equality a major part of its platform, responding to a viable woman challenger with snark and dismissiveness is a particularly bad look.»

The role of minister for women and equalities has been split, with Ms Morgan taking on the women's brief and Mr Javid handling equalities.

On Monday Mr O'Mara resigned from the Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee after he joked about having an orgy with Girls Aloud.

In June 2009, Sir Michael Scholar, head of the UK Statistics Authority, wrote to Harman to warn her that different headline figures used by the ONS and Government Equalities Office with regards to pay differentiation between men and women might undermine public trust in official statistics.

For instance, 40 % quotas on all electoral lists, harsher punishments for men in cases of domestic violence, special judicial and economic assistance for women who are victims of gender violence, a requirement for corporations with more than 250 employees to have their own equality plan aimed at eliminating discrimination against women, etc..

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, long - time representative of the Upper East Side and champion of women's equality will speak, with other luminaries, about what forms the attack on women's rights are taking and how to stand up, speak out and hold on.

With this commonsense legislation, Governor Cuomo once again stands with women to advance their equality, opportunity, and safWith this commonsense legislation, Governor Cuomo once again stands with women to advance their equality, opportunity, and safwith women to advance their equality, opportunity, and safety.