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Parity is a United Kingdom-based men's rights organisation, which describes itself as campaigning to promote and protect the equality of men and women under the law.〔(Parity - Campaigning for equal rights for UK men and women )〕 Its main focus has been in the area of state pensions and associated benefits, and most of its notable successes have occurred in this field. The organisation was previously called Campaign for Equal State Pension Ages. ==History== Parity was formed in 1986 as "Campaign for Equal State Pension Ages" (CESPA) 〔(BBC NEWS | Business | Threat to National Insurance increase )〕 and its principal aim was to obtain for men the same state pension rights at age 60 as are enjoyed by women.〔 The organisation changed its name to "Parity" in 1997 to reflect growing concern regarding increased unequal treatment of men and women by the state.〔(hertsdirect.org Pensions )〕 CESPA's inaugural meeting was held on 29 August 1986 in Committee Room 1 of Manchester Town Hall.The ten founder members were G.W. Alderton, D.Higgins, D.J.D Yarwood, J.H Bennett, E.L Anderson, J.Greenwood, M.D Davidson, J.Graham, D.G Lindsay, and J. Bradfield. The original Cespa constitution was agreed. The meeting appointed David Lindsay as Chairman, Geoff Alderton as Vice-Chairman, David Yarwood as Hon Secretary and John Bennett as Treasurer.〔http://www.parity-uk.org/history_of_cespa1.php〕 Parity was denied charitable status for a number of years because it was seeking changes in the law to redress statutory sex discrimination, and thus was deemed to be political.〔(Parity & Equal rights for men - Mankind | HighBeam Research - FREE trial )〕 It finally gained charitable status in 2005 following a change to the Human Rights Act.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parity (charity)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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