In the afternoon, they hear from Stonewall, the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, and Gender Identity Research and Education Society followed by Liberal Judaism, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
Under the 2013-2017 Partnership Framework, the UN will ensure that reforms in the area of institutional development and justice remain on track while promoting human rights and gender equality, and strengthening civil society organizations.
In a round table with executive and legislative officials and civil society leaders, representing gender, ecology and education committees, the Director-General gained insight into policies on gender, ecology, education and culture.
On a recent morning, Mr. Leon was teaching his 12th-graders a class about gender roles in the media and society.
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This gives rise to such questions as: How media institutions can effectively assess their gender sensitive responsiveness and how civil society can, in turn, evaluate this responsiveness?
It cannot support the legislation "because of its concern for the uncertain and unforeseen consequences for wider society and the common good when marriage is redefined in gender-neutral terms, " it said.
They will contribute to inform UNESCO's decision to support the development of gender sensitive indicators to be used by media organizations and civil society and will be featured on the Women Make the News 2010 website.
While tradition and attitudes towards gender make this issue particularly contentious in Saudi society, in our country, women drivers are not always perceived as astute as male drivers.
Iran is a society that is deeply fractured along class, social and gender lines.
Language and gender courses show students how to be aware of gender issues in society.
But despite these efforts, gender-based violence persists and has a huge impact on the individual and society in general.
It's called subtle sexism, and it unravels the tremendous progress society has made toward the goal of gender equality.
Islam also acknowledges the importance of the female gender in providing the guarantee for humanity's sustenance and development, without which the edifice of society would crumble.
The General Conference will decide on the proposed programme and budget for the 2012-2013 biennium, which gives priority to sustainable development, culture of peace and non-violence, with a special emphasis on gender equality, Africa, Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and the most vulnerable segments of society.
And it pointed to what it said was an increasingly worrying trend of gender segregation at student Islamic Society events.
She believes she is the victim of a "witchhunt" because "my face did not fit within the Law Society, given my background in industry as against private practise and my ethnicity and gender".
At the same time, failing to recognize gender difference within marriage and the family would be a "deceit" that would rock the foundations of society and lead to discrimination between children, he said.
The weakest members of society must be empowered through political and economic freedom, education, improved health and nutrition, gender equality and through government's providing a basic, adequate infrastructure.
Though she presents her ideas as new, she thinks of herself as a feminist, and like all feminists, she blames "society" for sending "cultural messages" loaded with "gender stereotypes" that discourage women from becoming leaders in their fields.
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