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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a non-departmental public body which has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in England, Scotland and Wales, while the Government Equalities Office is a government department charged with promoting and improving gender equality within the UK ...
1790: "On the Equality of the Sexes" published by Judith Sargent Murray [2] 1791: Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen published by Olympe de Gouges. 1792: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman published by Mary Wollstonecraft. 1793: Society of Revolutionary Republican Women is founded in France.
History of women in the United Kingdom Cover of WSPU's The Suffragette, 25 April 1913 Gender Inequality Index Value 0.098 (2021) Rank 27th out of 191 Global Gender Gap Index Value 0.775 (2021) Rank 23rd Part of a series on Women in society Society Women's history (legal rights) Woman Animal advocacy Business Female entrepreneurs Gender representation on corporate boards of directors Diversity ...
United Kingdom: The Equality Act 2006 (c 3) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom covering the United Kingdom. The 2006 act is a precursor to the Equality Act 2010, which combines all of the equality enactments within the United Kingdom and provide comparable protections across all equality strands. Those explicitly mentioned by the ...
By presidential decree, the Republic of Kazakhstan created a Strategy for Gender Equality 2006–2016 to chart the subsequent decade of gender equality efforts. [28] Personal, social, health and economic education , religious studies and language acquisition curricula tend to address gender equality issues as a very serious topic for discussion ...
United Kingdom: The Medical Act 1876 (39 and 40 Vict, Ch. 41) was an act which repealed the previous Medical Act in the United Kingdom and allowed all British medical authorities to license all qualified applicants whatever their gender. [108] [109] [110] United Kingdom: Universities open to women. [111]
United Kingdom: The Equal Pay Act 1970 was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament, which prohibited any less favorable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. United States, Illinois: The equal protection of the laws shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex by the State or its units of local ...
The Equality Act 2006 (c. 3) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a precursor to the Equality Act 2010, which combines all of the equality enactments within Great Britain and provides comparable protections across all equality strands. Those explicitly mentioned by the Equality Act 2006 include gender; disability; age; proposed ...