Her inquiry found an "alarming inconsistency" in how schools deal with sexual harassment and violence, with many under-reporting incidents, a disregard for existing national and international equality obligations and a lack of guidance and support for teachers.
He simply drew on the precedents of generations of officials whose policy against the Central Asian tribes had been to play them off against each other and to whom commercial considerations were somewhat petty matters; he did not comprehend the significance of the British demands for free trade and international equality, which were based on their concept of a commercial empire.
The right of political communities to protect their integrity stands only under conditions of rough international equality.
International gender equality rankings show that in North America, Australia and Europe, women and men are more equal than in, say, Southern Asia.
Japan performs poorly in international gender equality comparisons.
NGOs should also train their staff members, both national and international, on equality and diversity to foster cultures of mutual respect and tolerance.
But after a campaign by local rights groups and the international organisation Equality Now, as well as an investigation by Egypt's state-run National Population Council (NPC), the country's chief prosecutor agreed to reopen the case – leading to this week's seminal prosecution of both Fadl and Sohair's father.
It's not that this group started out as an entity poised to address the international economic equality of women.
At the time, I was heading the international organization, Equality Now, which in the mid-90s had led the campaign on behalf of another teenager, Fauziya Kasinga, who had fled Togo to evade FGM.
Those working for international justice and equality are now pitted against fierce defenders of - often modest - privilege.
The international development (gender equality) bill, proposed by the Conservative MP for Stone, Bill Cash, requires royal ascent before becoming law, which is considered a formality.
