Gender discrimination

Air India, a state-owned company, required female flight attendants to retire under three circumstances: (1) upon reaching 35 years of age, with possible extensions up to 45 at the Managing Director’s discretion (2) upon getting married within the first four years of service, or (3) upon first pregnancy. In Air India v.

A framework strategic document for inclusion of the principle of gender equality in all areas of social life, providing guidelines for development of operational plans of institutions at all levels of government in Bosnia. It is orientated around three key strategic goals. First, the development, implementation, and monitoring of the program of measures for advancement of gender equality within governmental institutions.

The Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act establishes state controls over gender-identity-related medical and educational interventions for minors. Section 2 sets the legislative findings, declaring that a child’s biological sex is immutable and that medical treatments intended to affirm a different gender present experimental risks. 

In Alaska State Comm’n for Human Rights v. Yellow Cab, 611 P.2d 487 (Alaska 1980), the Alaska Supreme Court upheld the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights’ finding that Yellow Cab unlawfully discriminated on the basis of gender by refusing to hire a woman as a cab driver solely because of her gender.

The Alaska State Constitution is the fundamental governing document of the State of Alaska, serving as the supreme law of Alaska, subordinate only to the U.S. Constitution and federal law. It establishes the framework of state government, defines the powers and responsibilities of its legislative, executive, and judicial branches, secures individual rights through a Declaration of Rights, and sets rules for resource management, local government, and public finance.

Alaska Stat. § 18.80.220 prohibits employment discrimination by private employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies on the basis of personal characteristics that are unrelated to job performance. Covered characteristics include race, religion, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, sex, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, and parenthood.

Section 14.18.010 et seq. prohibits discrimination in Alaska’s public education system on the basis of sex or race, applying to both students and employees. It bars discriminatory practices in employment, counseling and guidance services, athletic and recreational programs, course offerings, textbooks, and instructional materials. The law is grounded in the Alaska Constitution’s guarantee of equal educational opportunity, and mandates that all programs and opportunities be available without regard to sex.

Following a class action settlement in January 2021, Alaska’s Medicaid program eliminated its prior exclusion of gender‑affirming treatments and began affirmative coverage of medically necessary care related to gender affirming care on July 25, 2021.

Court held that divorce obtained by husband under Islamic religious and secular Pakistani law would not be recognized and afforded comity in Maryland.  Petitioner argued that because he performed “talaq,” (which under Islamic law, allows a husband to divorce his wife by stating “I divorce thee” three times) the Circuit Court for Montgomery County lacked jurisdiction “to litigate the division of the parties’ marital property.”  “The trial court found that the marriage contract entered into on the day of the parties’ marriage in Pakistan specifically did not provide for the division