legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. There are several current pieces of legislation relating to equality and diversity‚ including • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (see……) • Every Child Matters • Children’s Act 1989 • Children’s Act 2004 • Human Rights Act 1998 The most recent act is the Equality Act 2010. Previous to this‚ equality legislation in this country was somewhat fragmented. The purpose
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The results of national testing‚ at all ages‚ suggest that we have not achieved equality of educational opportunity in the UK. With reference to a range of factors‚ what explanation can you offer for this? “Everyone has the right to education” and furthermore “… higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit” (United Nations‚ 2013). The DfE (2013) holds a highly educated society as the ideal in which opportunities are equal in spite of background or circumstance. This
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Although freedom and equality are values that American’s hold dear to their hearts‚ they are difficult to enforce to an entire nation from the perspective of the US government. Freedom was easier breaking from the colonial days to a new constitutional government‚ one reason was because there was less people to govern‚ and secondly because only first class citizens (white male) had any true freedom to do whatever they we interested in. This was the case because all men were not created equal in the
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Ryan Yarbrough Dr. J. Onega EH 101 22 March 2013 Marriage Equality It is unbelievable that our American Society is still having a debate about same-sex marriage. By denying same-sex partners the right to marry‚ the United States government is discriminating against them and their ability to access the social‚ legal‚ and economic benefits available exclusively to lawfully married couples. Banning same-sex marriages is nothing more than a violation of civil rights and the Supreme
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Equality for every individual is something that we as Americans strive to provide and maintain for the current and future generations. The idea of equality for all has become an integral and necessary part of our American culture. Without equality for all‚ we cannot function as one nation under one flag. It has become such an important ideal and concept of American culture‚ that whenever people think of America‚ they naturally and automatically think of freedom and equality. In the pursuit of equality
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Gallo March 7 2013 Daft 1 Total Equality In the short story “Harrison Bergeron “ the author Vonnegut’s lets the readers get a good look on American society in 2081. The government wants the world to be equal to everybody in every aspects of their life. The author also shows us the danger of trying to achieve total equality‚ which affects the country‚ and their citizens. He shows us theme of forced equality by altering beauty‚ strength‚ and intelligence rather then
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Equality and diversity policy statement and employment policy 1 1.1 Equality and Diversity Policy statement The Trust’s equality and diversity policy statement is as follows: The London Ambulance Service is committed to equality and diversity. One of our values states: ‘We will value diversity and will treat everyone as they would wish to be treated‚ with respect and courtesy.’ In practical terms this means: • Everyone‚ including patients‚ colleagues and health and social care partners‚ will
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In chapter 11‚ Equality begins to refer to himself as “I” rather than “we”. He never explains why he began call himself this until chapter 12‚ rather this whole chapter is full of descriptive words‚ or what could be called a form of poetry. He states that he discovered “I” whilst reading the books in the house him and Liberty come across. “It was when I read the first of the books I found in my house that I saw the word ‘I’. And when I understood this word‚ the book fell from my hands‚ and I wept
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Equality and Diversity In my assignment I am going to discuss promoting equality and diversity. A description of the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality to access. The importance of supporting the rights of children and young people is that not all children are the same. They learn at different paces and many need support to help them e.g. one to one teaching‚ speech therapy‚ disability problems ect. They all deserve the right to learn
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Marriage Equality Constructing social problems begins with making claims about any perceived condition. These claims are the first component of the social problems process. When a claim is made that a condition should be recognized as a social problem‚ the claimsmakers must bring attention to the topic and convince others that it should be recognized as troubling and that something needs to be done about it (Best‚ 2013). One reoccurring frame is on the topic of marriage equality‚ which is typically
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