Received:
2019-05-18 | Accepted:
2019-09-25 | Published:
2019-12-15
Title
Multiple discrimination and inequality: a comparative analysis of the European Courts case law in the context of sustainable business development
Abstract
In the light of social and economic development multidimensional reality and inequality, the concept of multiple discrimination plays an important role in ensuring to achieve gender equality to stimulate employment and sustainability of business. Such situations in which a person is discriminated on several grounds emerge multiple discrimination. The multiple discrimination complexity redress gender intersectional inequality towards sustainable development and remains as a key challenge. The difficulty with the multiple and intersectional discrimination lies in the lack of awareness and consistent definition of multiple discrimination, patchy legal framework of antidiscrimination law and adequate judicial response. Therefore, one of Sustainable Development Goals encourage achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls to ensure equality and non-discrimination, women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life. This article is deemed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the multiple, intersectional discrimination based on complex inequality and discusses case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and European Court of Human Rights from a comparative perspective. Discuss the multiple discrimination interrelationship between the human and fundamental rights framework and the Sustainable Development Goals. A conclusion is made that recognition of the multiple, intersectional discrimination will be an efficient mean for further sustainable business development and combine all ground of discrimination especially in the case of complex inequality at the area of employment.
Keywords
multiple discrimination, anti-discrimination law, sustainable development, employment
JEL classifications
K10
, K31
, K38
URI
http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/434
DOI
Pages
1246-1257
This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Journal title
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
Volume
7
Number
2
Issue date
December 2019
Issue DOI
ISSN
ISSN 2345-0282 (online)
Publisher
VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
Cited
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