The Equal Treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of age in employment, the professions and vocational training.

Age discrimination is permitted only in cases in which setting an age limit is objectively justified.

(a) The present anti discrimination legislation does not cover discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation and age

Recognizing that the intersection of, inter alia, gender, age, class and ethnic discrimination and stereotypes can compound the discrimination faced by women migrant workers,

The current situation amounted to tacit acceptance of discrimination based on class, race, gender and age.

The organization also provided evidence on age discrimination, abuse and gender based violations of rights to various policy forums.

That equality provision had been regularly interpreted by the courts as prohibiting gender, age or any other kind of discrimination.

While the minimum age for marriage for both boys and girls was set at 16, in practice girls suffered discrimination.

The European Union therefore fully supported the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and was combating age discrimination in employment through a European directive on equal treatment which required Member States to introduce legislation prohibiting discrimination in employment on the grounds of age, sexual orientation, religion and belief, and disability.

The most frequent grounds of discrimination cited were race, colour, ethnic or national origin, as well as age and social condition.

And discrimination on additional grounds such as class, creed, ability and age further complicates efforts to build a just and peaceful world.

The most frequent grounds of discrimination in these complaints were disability, sex, race, colour or ethnic or national origin, as well as age.

In addition, women were often exposed to double or multiple discrimination on grounds of their ethnic origin, religion, belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina announcing vacancies still involves gender as one of the issues preferring one specific gender, with similar discrimination existing regarding the age.

To increase participation of older women on the labour market, an expert of the ILO prepared a study aid for the reduction of age discrimination.

Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have a specific State level law regulating elimination of discrimination on the basis of age, i.e. protection of elders and children.

HelpAge International has engaged actively with donors on inclusive and rights based approaches, which require action by Governments to eliminate discrimination on the basis of age.

Even though the existing labour legislation is adjusted to the requirements of a market economy, in practice it includes discrimination on an ethnic, age and gender basis.

2. Also stresses the need to eliminate discrimination on the basis of gender and age and ensure equal rights and their full enjoyment for women of all ages

(g) The systemic discrimination against women and girls in law and in practice, and at the recent rejection of legislation to raise the age of marriage for women

3. Also stresses the need to eliminate discrimination on the basis of gender and age and ensure equal rights and their full enjoyment for women of all ages

The two directives offer better protection against discrimination in certain areas (race, ethnic background, age, disability, religion and convictions, sexual preference) than the older directives based on gender alone.

The High level Plenary Meeting should highlight the importance of combating discrimination on the basis of race, colour, gender, language, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and other such grounds.

The initial report referred to women's higher life expectancy and the possibility of their being subjected to complex discrimination in terms of health because of their age and gender.

Recognizing that victims of trafficking are particularly exposed to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and that women and girl victims are often subject to multiple forms of discrimination and violence, including on the grounds of their gender, age, ethnicity, culture and religion, as well as their origins, and that these forms of discrimination themselves may fuel trafficking in persons,

Ensure that, in all victim assistance efforts, emphasis is given to age and gender considerations and to mine victims who are subject to multiple forms of discrimination in all victim assistance efforts.

The ideal situation would be for Paraguay to raise the minimum age for marriage to coincide with the civil age of majority, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which Paraguay had ratified.

He spoke about the discrimination in law against women in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including that girls could be punished at the age of 9 whereas for boys the age was 15, that two women were only as effective as one man as witnesses, and stoning was a form of punishment.

As from 2004 this new rule also shifts the burden of proof in cases involving discrimination on other grounds, such as race, nationality, homosexual heterosexual orientation, religion, belief, age, and disability or chronic illness.

The single largest share of the national budget was spent on providing universal access to education up to the age of 16, with free primary and secondary schooling available without discrimination to all children.

Section 15 (1) of the Charter provides Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

Age not at all as pathology age as potential.

As far as section 15 was concerned, the judges unanimously recognized that the provision imposed different treatment on the basis of the beneficiary's age, a prohibited ground of discrimination under section 15 of the Charter.

Beyond the age of information is the age of choices.

While welcoming the adoption of the Personal and Family Code in 2004, aimed at eliminating discrimination against women and abolishing many discriminatory provisions of the customary law of Dahomey, including polygamy, levirate marriage and discrimination in inheritance rights and the age of marriage, the Committee remains concerned about the application of customary practices and the consequences thereof.

Three Bills were introduced in Parliament to facilitate the implementation of these directives. These were the Equal Treatment Bill, Equal Treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Bill and the Equal Treatment of Disabled and Chronically Ill People Bill.

Age? 16.

Maximum age

RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION

racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination

Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination

Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination

The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 makes sex discrimination illegal.

Consequently, the Knesset enacted the Retirement Age Law, 5763 2004 ( Retirement Age Law ).

Table 10.4. The age of persons giving birth under the age of 18