UK illegal to discriminate due to : age, trans, disability, gender, married/civil partner, pregnant/ mat leave, race, disability, sexual orientation (gov. uk, 2018 cited in MM)
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SDG4...Although gender is prominent (and is the subject of another of the SDGs), certain factors which tend to be of particular relevance to women do not feature; these include marital status and pregnancy. Religion, gender identity and sexuality are also absent and age discrimination addressed only in the aspiration for ‘lifelong learning’.
some elements are attached to firm outcomes, for example that all children should ‘complete … primary and secondary education’, others aspire only to access or increased numbers.