"No one worked harder behind the scenes to make Fed Cup succeed and help it achieve equal status, and equal pay, with the men's Davis Cup," King said.
By increasing its military presence in Syria in recent weeks, Russia is trying to achieve equal status with the United States in the Middle East, he said.
Women's rights advocates say Iranian women are displaying a growing determination to achieve equal status in this conservative Muslim theocracy, where male supremacy is still enscribed in the legal code.
Women's rights in Iran have been curtailed since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but in recent years, women have been displaying an increasing determination to achieve equal status in this conservative Muslim theocracy.
Canadians especially can and will discuss anything with anybody.Keith Baker Heber City, UtahHow best to help the RomaSIR – Your briefing on Europe's Roma accurately depicts the attempts by that minority to achieve equal status in society as a failure ("Bottom of the heap", June 21st).
Compared to mentoring relations where a subordinate party can achieve equal status, relations of patronage tend to reinforce inequality (Stein 1984: 34).
In her book, Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women's Lives Aren't Getting Any Easier -- And How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters, Congresswoman Maloney debunks the myth that women have achieved equal status with men in American society.
As for Ani and Mauricio, they will continue to educate and spread awareness about the rights of the disabled, knowing that they are the most important instruments to helping them achieve equal status in society.
Author Peter Lavezzoli wrote: "Harrison would finally achieve equal songwriting status ... with his two classic contributions to the final Beatles LPP".
Here we are, 91 years later -- a lifetime in anyone's book -- and women still haven't achieved equal constitutional status.
