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equal opportunity 1) n. a right supposedly guaranteed by both federal and many state laws against any discrimination in employment, education, housing or credit rights due to a person's race, color, sex (or sometimes sexual orientation), religion, national origin, age or handicap. A person who believes he/she has not been granted equal opportunity or has been outright sexually harassed or discriminated against may bring a lawsuit under federal and most state laws, or file a complaint with the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission or a state equal opportunity agency. 2) adj. a term applied to employers, lenders and landlords, who advertise that they are "equal opportunity employers," subtly suggesting all others are not, even though they are required by law to be so. (See: affirmative action) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In response to a question about whether Tunisia has gone too far in imposing modernity, Minister Saloua Ayachi Labbene replied that people have rallied behind the Personal Status Code and subsequent measures because they see them as being in line with Islamic values based on the dignity of the individual and equality of opportunity for all. As stated by the editors in the book's introduction, the volume is "optimistic concerning the power of social policy to enhance equality of opportunity. A liberal democracy designed to protect and maximize human freedom and to provide for equality of opportunity and treatment must not only be secular, it must be devoutly secular. |
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