For the purposes of this essay, discourses and discursive formations around
positive discrimination and its beneficial intentions can be seen to produce and legitimate subject positions (who speaks and who does not).
Article 4 (2) opens the door to the
positive discrimination for 'all communities' who are under-represented in public administration on both central and local level and public enterprises due to long-lasting disadvantageous status in the society, or with the terminology of the human rights law this paragraph deals with the temporary special measures.
Positive discrimination in the workplace is never positive.
There is no such thing as
positive discrimination. If you shut out people , however noble your motives, that's plain old discrimination.
Under equal opportunities law,
positive discrimination means that male-dominated industries should employ women providing their qualifications are equal to those of male applicants, however this law does not mean that female-dominated industries must hire men.
The United Nations (UN) document requires a timeframe to eliminate even
positive discrimination as it upholds equality and fairness for all.
"This kind of action will certainly play a key role in the implementation of
positive discrimination," the official added, deeming "difficult to achieve
positive discrimination in the absence of an economic vision."
I've shadowed the board for the last six months to be sure that this position was the right move for me and the club." Low played down talk of any
positive discrimination and said: "I wouldn't have accepted the role if I thought this was a token gesture.
Surely if we want an end to any form of discrimination that should also include
positive discrimination as well.
What I emphatically draw the line at is
positive discrimination, choosing all female candidates for the next Labour MP for the Colne Valley.