The Committee is concerned that societal discrimination persists against vulnerable groups of children, including children with disabilities, those living in institutions or in poverty, migrants and asylum seekers with no formal residence permits.

Discrimination was rooted not just in the societal beliefs and customs but in the laws themselves, such as the Mohammedan Marriages and Divorce Act and the Wills Act, which prescribed that religious laws governed.

b. Cross sectoral issues, including contribution to the societal agenda

He also requested more information on how the practice of polygamy could be justified (question 5), including on religious grounds that issue was related to the need to combat cultural and societal attitudes which promoted discrimination against women.

Societal issues found included violence against women, human trafficking, and child labour.

In addition to these, there also exists a societal reverence for motherhood.

), Nanoethics The Ethical and Societal Implications of Nanotechnology (Hoboken John Wiley Sons, 2007).

Indeed, abuses such as this one are common on both societal and governmental levels.

Society will be exposed to putrid legislation and that will affect the societal equilibrium .

The report claimed that the disadvantages women faced resulted purely from societal beliefs and attitudes.

People, who change their religion from Islam to another, are subject to societal and official pressure.

Societal attitudes already disadvantage women on the one hand and people with disabilities on the other.

Women continue to be excluded in extreme and significant ways from basic rights and societal benefits.

The exclusion of women from all levels of societal decision making is linked to their disempowerment.

The issue of changing societal attitudes towards women will be an integral component of this project.

Today, by adhering to those very values, Bangladesh itself is undergoing a quiet but significant societal transformation.

Bearing in mind that volunteering is one of the important ways in which people participate in societal development,

Trading against others is regarded as an inherently selfish pursuit, even if it might have indirect societal benefits.

The societal impacts relate notably to human migration and economic refugees, leading to deepening poverty and political instability.

It was stressed that expressions like situations of destabilizing civil unrest or societal breakdown would themselves require definition.

As societal structures and common norms of behaviour gradually break down, the vulnerability of the population increases sharply.

A woman's value is less than that of a man and her inferiority is embedded in societal structures.

There are however societal attitudes, which sometimes hinder women's access to healthcare in some remote and underdeveloped areas.

This depression is probably inevitable. But, on a societal scale, it is eventually overcome, as new generations grow up.

So there is a structural failure in coping with complex private activities that risk leading to large societal damage.

The technologies of the Internet were thought to fragment societal forces rather than unite them in a common cause.

Taxes on speculative activity might encourage banks to focus greater attention on performing their key societal role of providing credit.

In a different spectrum of societal norms the Goals 2 and 6 are being threatened by an age old privilege.

Conversely, some disasters have been instrumental in aggravating societal tensions, as was the case in Nicaragua after the 1972 earthquake.

Achieving the health and nutrition related Millennium Development Goals requires political, institutional and societal solutions as well as technical ones.

It had also focused on raising public awareness of the terrorist threat and on strengthening societal harmony and national resilience.

Their governments would fight hard to protect these companies from being required to pay for the societal risks that they represent.

It extends the law on discrimination to indirect 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.

racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination

Discrimination

The flipside of this is that constantly being told that you are gifted, chosen and born to rule has distinct societal downsides.

On a societal level, genetic engineering that only the wealthy can afford would threaten social cohesion by ruling out equality of opportunity.

Of course, there is no guarantee that domestic policies accurately reflect societal demands even democracies are frequently taken hostage by special interests.

The social model of disability defines the societal values that actually disable people through imposed measures which prevent involvement in public life.

The novel explores common fin de siecle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.

Women are prohibited from essential forms of societal participation while they are the most vulnerable to social stress, deprivation, poverty and violence.