Equal Rights in a sentence

Her efforts come just as the U.S. Congress is looking once again into the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) that would constitutionally guarantee equal rights for women.

State Equal Rights Amendments and original constitutional equal rights provisions: citation citation Alaska – No person is to be denied the enjoyment of any civil or political right because of race, color, creed, sex or national origin.

He told me personally that he supports the Equal Rights Amendment and a constitutional amendment to protect the right of privacy (the constitutional foundation needed to protect abortion rights, gay rights, etc.).

The Judiciary are making up the law as they go along and ignoring the fact that under our equal rights legislation every vote has equal value and that the rich, who can fund vexatious Court Action are getting preferential treatment from the Courts.

An important caveat, as exemplified by the law of equal liberty and the Lockean proviso is that all must be able to pursue liberty equally, without infringing on the equal rights of others.

Britain’s ranking was "ascribed to factors such as the decline of religious scruples about extramarital sex, the growth of equal pay and equal rights for women and a highly sexualised popular culture".

Girls were given an adequate, equal education and women had equal rights in employment, improving lives for women and families.

Does the lack of support for recognizing those of all races working for equal rights under the law, then and now, put you on the side of the troopers bashing men, women and children with batons and the legislators who voted “no” on voting rights?

He said Dr Ambedkar was a visionary, who asked for equal rights for women at a time when women didn’t have any rights.

She said Ukraine could only join the EU if it respected fundamental human rights and guaranteed equal rights to its minority citizens.

The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleges that Fearless Fund is violating Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act, which states that private contracts must be made and enforced without regard to race.

Lepofsky, who also spoke to law students at Robson Hall earlier in the day, is a lawyer who has worked to ensure the inclusion of equal rights for persons with disabilities through the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

An equal rights amendment was ratified in 1981. citation In one area, however, Switzerland was a pioneer for rights of women from other countries.

This step was part of a larger project of freeing sexual relationships and expanding women's rights – including legalising abortion, granting divorce on demand, equal rights for women, and attempts to socialise housework.

According to them, talking about equal rights in this situation makes no sense.

A constitutional amendment asking voters to change the state Constitution to guarantee equal rights regardless of gender had cleared the Senate but not the House.

Amazon has equal rights to continue to pursue their RTO policies and all other policies.

Attorney General Raul Torrez has argued that the recently enacted local laws violate state constitutional guarantees тАФ including New Mexico’s equal rights amendment that prohibits discrimination based on sex or being pregnant.

Guru Nanak gave them equal rights in 1499.

If you want to get rid of Hamas entirely, give Palestinians equal rights, unite under one state, and by showing them a sense of humanity, they can foster a positive relationship with each other and treat each other as equals.