Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

In addition to the Employment Equality Act and the Equal Status Act he had just mentioned, equality was promoted by an Equality Authority.

Securing equality of women is achieved by strengthening of their status, education and their active participation in decision making process in all social sectors.

Substantive issues Recognition as a person before the law, discrimination on grounds of birth status, equality before the law, right to life, inhuman treatment

The current Government is also working to improve the status of women in a society in which women are yet to achieve equality with men.

Since the application of the Swiss authorities' principle of equality of treatment of international organizations, the status of UPU is currently considered identical to other Swiss based organizations.

In that regard, Ghana has established a Ministry of Women's and Children's Affairs to spearhead policies and programmes to promote gender equality and enhance the status of women.

A single, secular, national Civil Code governing personal status was essential to strengthen equality in society and to help the Government in its implementation of the Convention.

The Human Rights Act recognises and acknowledges the right to equality and prohibits discrimination based on sex, marital status, family status and pregnancy as well as on lawful source of income, all of which have the potential to alleviate and prevent discrimination against women.

The status of women, protected in the 1946 Law on Equality of the Sexes, was also protected in the constitution and in labour, education, public health, civil and family law.

A framework committee was developing guidelines on employment equality policies, recruitment and equal status, based mainly on best practices, and disseminating them to employers and organizations.

Also, on an issue taken up at the previous meeting, she asked if Traveller women could appeal to the Equality Tribunal on the combined grounds of gender and Traveller status.

Of course, women s changing status may not translate immediately into growing political influence. And the rest of Europe might never follow the example of Scandinavia, where gender equality has advanced much further than anywhere else.

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Status of Women was established in 2004. As of June 2005, the Committee has released reports on funding of women's equality seeking organizations, gender based analysis and pay equity.

Full equality of genders shall be guaranteed in all spheres of life, particularly in education, economy, employment and work, social and health protection, sports, culture, public life and media, regardless of marital or family status.

I am hopeful that we will be able to elaborate on the importance of the minimum standards of absolute political equality set forth in the legitimate political status options of integration, free association, or independence.

Beyond equality of status, there is a need to strengthen the independence and freedom of women in Guinea by combating sexist violence and strengthening women's rights to take responsible decisions regarding their sexuality and procreation.

With regard to the status of women, the Constitution guaranteed the equality of the sexes and established the same rights and obligations for men and women in all areas of family, occupational, political, social and community life.

Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

Reaffirming the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality,

Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

In October 2003, a preparatory technical meeting of the 48th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held in Brasília. Discussions revolved around the participation of men and boys in the process to generate gender equality.

15. Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

17. Reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting the advancement of women and gender equality

Yet equality before the law was not the same as equality in rights or gender equality.

The Gender Equality Act stipulates an obligation of employers actively to promote gender equality.

In order for governments to fulfill their commitments to gender equality, public expenditures must include a gender analysis involving women in budget decision making and assessing the impact of fiscal measures on the status of women in the community.

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Equality of the sexes

(v) Identify value statements for the decision making process of each board or committee underlying the governance and oversight functions of each organization, incorporating the principles of collective responsibility for decisions and the equality of status in discussions and models of conduct

Promotion of equality of opportunity

(v) Actively promoting gender equality with the aim of achieving full equality between men and women

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

Conference of Ministers of Gender Equality

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

He himself headed a 10 person gender equality unit at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform which was responsible for implementing Ireland's international gender equality commitments.

The Court concluded that this distinction is based on residency status and is not one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination enumerated in section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (equality rights) nor is it an analogous ground to that list.

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