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In November 2008, Nebraska voters passed a constitutional ban on government-sponsored affirmative action. Initiative 424 bars government from giving preferential treatment to people on the basis of ethnicity or gender.
The Parliament of Ghana passed the Affirmative Action Bill on July 30, 2024. [52] The bill aims to increase the number of women in politics, with a target of 30% by 2026, 35% by 2028 and 50% by 2030. The 2024 Ghanaian general election in December was the first with affirmative action legislation in place.
Executive Order 10925, signed by President John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, required government contractors, except in special circumstances, to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin".
Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was an executive order of the Article II branch of the United States federal government, in place from 1965 to 2025, specifying non-discriminatory practices and affirmative action in federal government hiring and employment.
Most notably, Trump rescinded Executive Order 11246, signed by Johnson in 1965, which directed the government to use “affirmative action” and non-discriminatory practices in hiring and ...
OPINION: As the Supreme Court hears arguments that will likely lead to the end of affirmative action, ... South Carolina passed the Negro Act of 1740. The legislation made it illegal for human ...
The Supreme Court's recent ruling to overturn affirmative action means that Colleges and universities can no longer consider race in admission policies. Here how the ruling affects students.
It was the first electoral test of affirmative action policies in North America. It passed with 55% in favor to 45% opposed, thereby banning affirmative action in the state's public sector. It passed with 55% in favor to 45% opposed, thereby banning affirmative action in the state's public sector.
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