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Anita Hill, in full Anita Faye Hill, (born July 30, 1956, Lone Tree, Oklahoma, U.S.), American attorney and educator who garnered national attention for her testimony in the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, whom she accused of sexual harassment. Hill, the youngest of 13 children, grew up on a farm in Oklahoma. After studying psychology at Oklahoma State University (B.A., 1977), she earned a law degree from Yale University in 1980. Shortly thereafter she joined a law firm in Washington, D.C., but she left in 1981 to work at the U.S. Department o...

The New Paper Aware wants workplace discrimination, harassment laws to be enhanced Aware is also seeking a clear protocol of support and resources for victims of sexual harassment.TNP FILE PHOTO 0 Engagements Gender advocacy group Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) has called for laws on workplace discrimination and harassment to be enhanced, and for watchdogs to get more powers to deal with the challenges faced by women. It also called for a national code of conduct across institutes of higher learning and a clear protocol of support and resources for victims of sexual hara...

Covid-19 Response Diplomatic Correspondent 20th February, 2021 11:18:41 Bangladesh Permanent Representative to UN Rabab Fatima at a special meeting has said the Covid-19 response in Bangladesh is being guided by its state policy of equality and social justice.  Referring to the commitment of Bangladesh to equality and social justice, she highlighted various aspects of Bangladesh’s Covid-19 recovery plan, which has placed the most vulnerable section of the society at the centre. Rabab Fatima made the remarks at the High-level Special Meeting titled ‘Reimagining Equality: Eliminating Raci...

COVID-19 response in Bangladesh is guided by its state policy of equality and social justice Diplomatic Correspondent 20th February, 2021 04:38:51 Bangladesh Permanent Representative to UN Rabab Fatima has said the migrant workers particularly are in precarious situation in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis and it is a manifestation of the inequalities and discrimination that prevail in our societies. “We need to create employment and other opportunities for people who are left behind,” she said the at the High-level Special Meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), entitled, Re...

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) The State of Qatar participated in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting on ‘Reimagining Equality: Eliminating racism, xenophobia and discrimination for all in the decade of action for the SDGs' held through video conference technology yesterday. The delegation of the State of Qatar to the meeting was headed by the SecretaryGeneral of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chairman of Qatar Committee for the Alliance of Civilizations, H E Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi. In a speech to the meeting, Dr. Al Hammadi stressed the need to a...