Gay Men & Lesbians Historic & Current Barriers to Equality • In the past homosexuality was a crime- it was a part of the Criminal Code of Canada • Punishments: fines‚ persecution & torture‚ death • The first attempt to put homosexuality in a positive light was carried out by Jim Egan- submitted articles and letters to tabloids like Toronto’s True News Times in the 1960s. • The Maison de Lys- first club where gay men and lesbians could go for same-sex dancing‚ opened in 1961
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Pushing For Equal Pay and Gender Equality in the Workforce Over the past hundred years‚ women’s participation in the workforce has grown significantly. Today’s women are getting college degrees which was not common before the mid-twentieth century. More of them than ever are taking jobs that were originally run by men. Many women are going into medicine‚ engineering‚ and law which was nearly impossible fifty years ago. Their ability to get into these fields allows them to pursue careers they could
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Equality in America Although the Constitution only discusses equality in terms of equal protection (14th Amendment)‚ American history has demonstrated that “a belief in equal rights has often led to the belief in equality of opportunity.” For example‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1964 enforced an equal right to vote and created an equal right to use schools and other public accommodations. Until that point‚ there was a severe disparity between the facilities available to African-Americans and those
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some humans just want to rule as much land as they can and fight anyone to get it. That is also the reason that wars start and people die‚ because humans are selfish and only think about their own well being. So‚ America isn’t the worst place for equality‚ but we did do some bad things to get what we wanted. In America whites have everything‚ and any other race gets half or less than that. It used to be that only whites could vote‚ and only whites could run for
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our society. They were even becoming accepted in the workplace. Many employers were no longer bothered by giving a job to an African-American. America seemed to finally be turning around for the better. After all‚ African-Americans only asked for equality‚ and they were getting closer and closer to that goal with each passingday. Suddenly‚ however‚ some people began to lose sight of the mission they set out to accomplish. Instead of just trying to make America equal‚ they felt that they should attempt
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Equality Act 2010 Liability for employers and employees Inorder to disuss who is liable for maintaining equality we need to first inspect how equality is maintained in any organisation. For the effective and efficient implementation of the Equality Act ‚every organisation has to have its own equality policy drawn out abiding by the Equality Act.This also necessitates the need for carrying out equality audit regularly to maintain the organisation’s efficiency in functioning compliantly.
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The biggest challenge of The Reconstruction Era was creating laws that would work to create equality‚ but laws aren’t always the answer in creating equality especially between whites and blacks. Although the 13th amendment had occurred and slaves were freed and given a "helping hand" to start a new‚ free life‚ that amendment did not help all that much. Later on the blacks were given The Freedmen’s Bureau to get help in resources and finding new opportunities‚ the bureau did try to do as much as
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SHC 33 – 1.1/EYMP 4 – 3.1/CYP 3.7 – 4.1 Diversity – The differences between individuals in society‚ differences could stem from ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ disabilities and appearance. Equality – Each individual having the same opportunities to achieve and experience life to the same standard as other individuals Inclusion – The process of identifying differences and barriers in individuals and working towards adapting activities or experiences to enable the individual to participate Discrimination
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women to serve their country in combat and elite forces. Since all combat roles are open‚ women cannot be denied of any career they may want to pursue in the military. Due to this new opportunity for women‚ there is another issue that relates to the equality of women in the military. The next issue to address in America is women and the selective services. The selective service is the requirement that all male citizens of the U.S‚ between ages 18 through 26‚ must register for in case of a possible
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(PTLLS) Assignment 1 Question 3 - Explain how you could promote inclusion‚ equality and diversity with your current/future learners. Identify other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners. In modern day society we all expect equality in one form or another‚ the diversity and the make up of our class rooms and lecture halls today‚ reminds us that the learning environment should be about ensuring learners are treated fairly and not discriminated against. Regardless
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