Gender Equality Act

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.

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

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

To this end, the Married Persons Equality Act (Act 1 of 1998) was promulgated.

The Married Persons Equality Act has significantly advanced sexual equality between spouses in civil marriages.

Hereinafter referred to as the Married Persons Equality Act

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

Two new institutions will be created according to the Act Gender Equality Commissioner and Gender Equality Council.

On 1 May 2004 the Gender Equality Act entered into force.

The Gender Equality Act already contains a number of special measures.

Finland is currently amending the Act on Equality between Women and Men.

Necessary legal grounds and responsible institutions are provided for in the Gender Equality Act.

The Gender Equality Act also protects against the use of counter measures by the employer.

The Government of the Republic of Namibia enacted the Married Persons Equality Act in 1996.

The Spanish administration has also promoted gender based positive discrimination by approving gender equality legislation in 2007 aimed at providing equality between genders in Spanish political and economic life (Gender Equality Act).

15.1 The Married Persons Equality Act (Act 1 of 1996) has abolished the marital power of the husband as the head of the household.

480. Moreover, the Act contained proposals to strengthen the Five Year Plan of Action for Equality.

Following the enactment of the Equality Act 2004, he had sought legal advice with regard to the reservation on article 11, paragraph 1, which was being maintained because of very limited exclusions in the Employment Equality Act 1998.

In 2006, amendments to the act called for local authorities and others to actively promote disability equality.

Ireland's Equality Act had fewer exclusions in the 2004 revision than it had had in earlier legislation.

The national goal, according to the Education Act, was the achievement of equality between men and women.

The Committee welcomes the Equality for Men and Women Act, 2003 and the setting up of the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality for Men and Women.

The Gender Equality Commissioner has the duty to monitor the compliance with the norms established in the Act.

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.

The coordinators in ministries had been appointed only in 2004 and were responsible for ensuring that the Gender Equality Act was implemented and cooperating with the Office for Gender Equality.

With regard to other legislation, the Labour Act (Act 6 of 1992), has outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex in most aspects of employment, the Income Tax Act (Act 4 of 1981) has done away with sex discrimination by a series of amendments to the Act, and the Government of Namibia enacted the Married Persons Equality Act (Act 1 of 1996).

The Gender Equality Commissioner is an independent and impartial expert who monitors compliance with the requirements set out in the Gender Equality Act and gives opinions regarding complaints submitted by persons.

According to the Gender Equality Act an injured party may demand compensation for damage and termination of the harmful activity.

The right to equal conditions and selection criteria in employing men and women is established in the Gender Equality Act.

The revised version of the Gender Equality Act of Norway (2002) enhanced the responsibility for gender mainstreaming in public policies.

In Finland, the Act on Equality states that the promotion of gender equality is the task of all Government ministries and that gender mainstreaming must be carried out in the entire State administration.

In such cases the court may award compensation based not only on the Gender Equality Act but also on other acts.

The Gender Equality Act establishes the duty of the employer to ensure that employees do not become victims of sexual harassment.

The new Act, which will enter into effect in 2005, will reinforce the duty to promote equality and to eliminate discrimination.

In the United Kingdom, the Equality Act 2010 requires organizations and businesses to make adjustments to meet the needs of people with disabilities.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided the single greatest legislative victory in the African American struggle for political equality and democratic voice.

In OAS, the principle of juridical equality of the States governs the participation of the member States, which act as equal among themselves.

Such laws included the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1987, the revised Family Law of 1989 and the revised Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1989 to regulate the question of equality between men and women.

There will be equality of status, equality of opportunity and equality before the law.

The Gender Equality Act sets out the prohibition of discrimination based on sex and the obligation to promote equal treatment for men and women.

There will also be equality of status, equality of opportunity and equality before the law.

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

As a general provision, the Gender Equality Act provides that direct and indirect discrimination based on sex is prohibited in all areas of social life.