Substantive issues Equality of arms in the courts

Two of the revised provisions concern issues of gender equality

more objective and reliable information with frequent display of equality issues

Substantive issues Equality before the law, non discrimination, denial of justice

Substantive issues Right to equality and freedom from discrimination access to public service enforcement of a remedy

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.

NGOs provided regular input to government institutions through their participation in the Council for Gender Equality, the Inter ministerial Working Group on Gender Equality Issues and other relevant working groups.

While some projects addressed gender issues, others paid little or no attention to gender relations and gender equality

The Republicans should not have been caught off guard by Americans interest in issues like disenfranchisement and gender equality.

Substantive issues Right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law Right to an effective remedy

Discussion groups on gender issues equality, HIV AIDS, effects of globalisation speaker from FAO Volunteering Challenges to the Rural Community.

While a single authority dealing with gender issues might have advantages, the approach of the Equality Authority also had merits.

Parties that is, the Government, the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice Equality Movement (JEM) negotiated seriously and with flexibility, discussing political issues rather than procedures and minor issues.

Countries like Rwanda and Burundi have given gender equality issues special attention and consideration from the very beginning of the peace process. They have actually written these issues into their constitutions.

We welcome the focus on gender equality in development issues, but we would also like to see a focus on gender equality and the role of women in efforts to promote peace and conflict resolution.

The Ministry of Gender Equality had been expanded and restructured, renamed the Ministry of Gender Equality and the Family, and given responsibility for family policies such as child rearing and family health in addition to gender issues.

Given their Resident Coordinator role, UNDP Resident Representatives should provide leadership on gender equality issues and gender mainstreaming within the United Nations system.

We encourage the measures, albeit still limited, that have been taken in promoting gender equality, including the filling of obvious gender gaps and the revisiting of legal issues, together with the development of an action plan for gender equality.

The multifaceted challenge of development cuts across a vast array of interlinked issues ranging from gender equality through health and education to the environment.

In Greece, issues of gender equality are discussed mainly from the viewpoint of civil and social rights, which of course constitutes an important dimension.

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

Gender equality issues were addressed by a number of parliamentary bodies, including the Gender Equality Subcommission of the Commission on Human Rights and Public Affairs and the Women's Interparliamentary Cooperation Group, and by specially designated officials in every government Ministry.

Adopt a human rights approach to macroeconomic issues that promotes sustainable development linking economic growth to gender equality, social development and environmental protection and peace.

For those countries and regions on track for achieving access and parity goals, a heightened focus will be needed on issues of quality and equality.

They have also contributed to the establishment of an ongoing open dialogue on issues of gender equality between the State and the international civil society.

In its decision 48 101, the Commission agreed to explore ways to make better use of its standing agenda on emerging issues, trends and approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men.

There has also been an increase in the number of offices and focal points established at municipal, district and provincial levels to address gender equality issues.

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

Today, it is easily understood that issues of equality are political issues par excellence, included in the daily agenda of the E.U. and all International Organizations, such as the U.N., the Council of Europe, and the International Labour Office.

In accordance with Council resolution 1996 6, the Commission should identify emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men that require urgent consideration and make substantive recommendations thereon.

The NGOs also had their share in development of State Action Plan on Gender Issues and other processes of development of policies and legislation promoting gender equality.

In stead, we can point at some issues in general, in all areas, which can be regarded as obstacles in terms of the Gender Equality Law implementation.

Substantive issues Right to a fair hearing by an impartial tribunal Right to access to public service on general terms of equality Right to an effective remedy

Human rights, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, environmental sustainability and education are cross cutting issues contributing to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals.

Greater equality reinforces the ambition for still more equality.

It is also important that the dialogue around country owned PRSs address these issues, as well as issues of gender equality, employment and workers' rights to help to achieve the necessary growth while ensuring that development will accrue lasting benefits.

On the other hand, I ve always been interested in human rights and gender equality issues, and that s the reason I offered myself as a volunteer for Amnesty International.

Among the themes and issues explored in this literature are the role of African Americans within the larger American society, African American culture, racism, slavery, and social equality.

Gender center of Republika Srpska opened offices in Banja Luka, Prijedor, Gradiška and Laktaši with the task to deal with issues of gender Equality at local community level.

Thus, self protection has assumed increased importance, which carries with it the potential to undermine cooperation on such critical issues as human rights, gender equality and health care.

They began to identify processes and tools that would encourage greater accountability when addressing gender equality issues and to improve the collection and dissemination of data, disaggregated by gender.

The Third Committee devoted two agenda items to gender equality issues one on the advancement of women and another on follow up to the Fourth World Conference on Women.

All staff Basic sensitization to the importance of gender issues for the mandate and goals of UNDP, and the implications of gender equality at the personal and professional levels.

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