Posts Tagged ‘Discrimination’
Gender discrimination in Football. Building a Toolbox Toward Gender Equity in the Beautiful Game
As the most popular sport worldwide, football (or soccer) may be the poster child for lingering gender disparities in sport.
Read MoreA Hop, Skip, and a Jungle Away: From the Global South to Sarayaku
Nearly all of the indigenous leaders who joined us for the workshop had some troubles in transit, which is clearly not an accident.
Read MoreDejusticia and other organizations support the case brought before the United States Supreme Court to protect the right to non-discrimination of same-sex couples
The United States Supreme Court will hear the case of a same-sex couple in Colorado who was denied a cake for their wedding by a pastry chef claiming religious (specifically Christian) objections. In an intervention presented before this Court, Dejusticia and other organizations of the INCLO network supported the couple’s right not to be discriminated against.
Read MoreAgainst the “faggots”
“The faggots come and organize right in front of the Church…because being a faggot is…they are faggots, I am sorry but they are faggots…This is what they are.” These are the words that Pastor Miguel Arrázola used to speak of journalist Lucio Torres.
Read MoreIntervention before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in follow-up to the situation of the Sarayaku people of Ecuador
Dejusticia, EarthRights International and the Foundation for Due Process presented an intervention before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the follow-up that this court is giving to the situation of the Sarayaku people of Ecuador.
Read MoreRacial Discrimination in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study in Bogotá
This paper documents the first Colombian quantitative study on racial discrimination in the labor market, specifically in Bogotá. The study finds that the skin color has a direct and negative effect on the chances of finding a job.
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