Sentence examples for discrimination in law and practice from inspiring English sources
Efforts to narrow the gender divide continue to be stymied by discrimination in law and practice, violence against women and girls, unequal employment opportunities and unequal division of unpaid care and domestic work.
The London-based human rights group Amnesty International said in its 2013 report on Iran that women there "faced discrimination in law and practice in relation to marriage and divorce, inheritance, child custody, nationality and international travel".
And discrimination against women in law and practice continues unabated.
Amnesty said women in Saudi Arabia face "severe discrimination" in law and in practice.
Birney was trained in law and practiced in Danville.
The intent was to stigmatize them, enshrine discrimination in law and encourage discrimination against gay men, lesbians and same-sex couples.
"As an African American whose ancestors were the subject of discrimination in law and in fact, I appreciate and understand, I think, the discrimination you face," Johnson said.
This early recognition has been backed by data from the OECD's Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) that provides evidence of how discrimination in laws, attitudes and practices reduces women's ability to take advantage of empowerment opportunities and break cycles of poverty.
Religious minorities are at particular risk, facing "discrimination in law and/or in practice.
It documents other alleged violations, including "systemic discrimination of women in both law and practice" and "abuse of migrant workers".
