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  2. Equal employment opportunity - Wikipedia

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    President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Equal employment opportunity is equal opportunity to attain or maintain employment in a company, organization, or other institution. Examples of legislation to foster it or to protect it from eroding include the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to assist in the protection of United ...

  3. Discrimination - Wikipedia

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    This moralized definition of discrimination is distinct from a non-moralized definition - in the former, discrimination is wrong by definition, whereas in the latter, this is not the case. [ 12 ] The United Nations stance on discrimination includes the statement: "Discriminatory behaviors take many forms, but they all involve some form of ...

  4. Freedom from discrimination - Wikipedia

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    The right to freedom from discrimination is internationally recognised as a human right and enshrines the principle of egalitarianism.The right to freedom from discrimination is recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and enshrined in international human rights law through its inclusion in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant ...

  5. Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention ...

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    Compliance to this statute has so far been left to the vagaries of the employers and government has not taken any significant step to enforce the law so far. For example, 6 months after the law came into effect, the state of UP remained dreadful as women could not participate in the workforce due to sexual harassment. Everyday women are being ...

  6. Anti-Bihari sentiment - Wikipedia

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    Anti-Bihari sentiment refers to the large scale discrimination against Biharis in India. Bihar experienced slower economic growth compared to the rest of India, prompting many Biharis to migrate to other regions in search of better opportunities.

  7. Article 15 of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    For example, in 1989, a Regulation that required air hostesses of the national carrier to retire earlier, or under certain conditions including pregnancy or marriage, was only partially struck down. The Supreme Court held that it was discrimination not just on the basis of sex, but other considerations such as working conditions and employment ...

  8. Hate speech laws in India - Wikipedia

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    In 1990 the Hindi translation of the book was banned, and in March 1991 the English original became banned as well. [23] Publisher Sita Ram Goel was arrested. [24] Indian intellectuals protested against the arrest of Goel. [24] Arun Shourie commented on the criminal case:

  9. Racial discrimination - Wikipedia

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    Discrimination based on skin color,(measured for example on the Fitzpatrick scale) or hair texture (measured for example on a scale from 1a to 4c) [5] [6] is closely related to racial discrimination, as skin color and hair texture are often used as a proxy for race in everyday interactions, and is one factor used by legal systems that apply ...