Sentences with phrase «against women issue»

Not exact matches

American Association of University Women CEO Kim Churches says when such behavior happens in the workplace it's an issue everyone should speak out against.

Disappointing as this may sound, the lack of women at the top is not the biggest issue here — it's merely a symptom of something far more insidious: unconscious bias against women.

«This is a conversation that obviously needs to be had,» Franco said on the program in reference to the issue, as well as to the criticism he received online for wearing a pin advocating for the Time's Up movement of women in Hollywood working against sexual misconduct and gender imbalance in the industry.

The Committee was so concerned about issues of violence against Indigenous women and the violation of Indigenous Peoples» land rights that it called on Canada to report back within one year on progress made to implement its recommendations on these issues.

VICTORIA — B.C. New Democrat women's spokesperson Maurine Karagianis issued the following statement in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Wwomen's spokesperson Maurine Karagianis issued the following statement in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against WomenWomen:

VICTORIA — B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan and New Democrat women's spokesperson Maurine Karagianis issued the following statement in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: «Violence against women continues to be a major concewomen's spokesperson Maurine Karagianis issued the following statement in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: «Violence against women continues to be a major conceWomen: «Violence against women continues to be a major concewomen continues to be a major concern...

VICTORIA — New Democrat spokesperson for women's issues Maurine Karagianis and Leader John Horgan issued the following statements in recognition of the National Day for Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Wwomen's issues Maurine Karagianis and Leader John Horgan issued the following statements in recognition of the National Day for Remembrance and Action on Violence Against WomenWomen.

Whether or not men should compete against women in contact sports is a different issue though, but it certainly shouldn't be brought out of historical context.

(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.

Will the public witness of Christians be harmed by the way we speak about the very serious issue of violence against women?

The sky is not falling because other people live their lives differently from you and have joined their lives in marriage... Spend your time, energy and emotions on a topic that really matters - like world hunger, the pursuit of justice in the world, violence against women, natural disaster relief - these are issues that need your attention..

CNN should stop making this an issue, it is not about religion, this a war against women by Bishops who have always thought they know what is best for women.

This is not just about preventing pregnancy, this is about ensuring women are protected against numerous other health issues.

The Holocaust is simply the biggest club available for liberal Catholics to use against traditional Catholic teaching — especially on issues relating to sexuality, including abortion, contraception, celibacy, and the role of women in the Church».

The issue is to see how shalom is tied into the fight against drug addiction, carnage on our highways due to alcoholism, ecology, commercial sex, oppression of women, racism and the whole range of evils that fills our news on the airwaves and in print.

The current furor, she told me in a recent e-mail, «distracts from real issues of class injustice, racial oppression, and continued discrimination and violence against women, Muslim and non-Muslim.»

The ordinance would have permitted any woman who felt degraded or victimized by a piece of pornographic literature or pornographic film to have a court injunction issued against the booksellers, theater owners, publishers and distributors to prevent the marketing of the offending material.

It was clear that the women gathered often entered the struggle from different vantage points, they did not always agree with all that was spoken, but what could not be ignored was that there were some common issues that did draw them together — it was not accidental or designed that over one - third of the 4,000 workshops by different women's groups, from all regions of the world, focuses on the issue of violence against women — some of the best being organized by Indian women, What was at the heart of Huairou was the commitment of the women present to draw energy and support from each other — it was a consciousness that they were doing it all «for the common good.»

Unfortunately, as women, we have found it difficult to persuade the churches and the ecumenical movement that the issue of violence against women is as much an issue of ecclesiology as is complicity in political conflicts, because women have been silent for too long and the churches too have been complicit by their often silence, but also by their sometimes legitimization of the violence theologically.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

I think we can have a Mosque or Islamic center at ground zero when we can build a Christian church in Mecca or when Mullahs issue a fatwa against the Taliban for murdering a pregnant women for «adultery» or killing doctors trying to help the Afgan people or for cutting the ears and nose off a young 13 year old girl for trying to run away from an abusive «husband».

But my hope is that every Christian who has decided to vote for Trump has, at some point, spoken out against his comments regarding sexual assault, immigrants, women, and additional issues that defile all people who are made in the image of God.

This issue arises when a woman with healthcare through her or her spouse's employer (which is how most of us get healthcare in this country) has an employer who is against contraception and does not want any employees to have access to contraception.

What is the REAL STORY behind this i wonder??? I am thinking its support for women's health issues that is what they are against

Like most UN human rights treaties, its implementation by state parties is overseen by a compliance committee, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which issues «General Comments» meant to guide our understanding of the provisions contained in the treaty, and which conducts periodic reviews of state parties, instructing them how to change their laws in order to comply better with the treaty, as understood by the Committee.

There are some voters who don't see the election as a contest between two candidates who have differing opinions on nuanced, complicated economic, diplomatic and social issues, but as one between a candidate who is against abortion, and one who supports a woman's right to have one.

He upheld and championed priestly celibacy; re-affirmed and explained the importance of an all - male priesthood, while advancing the true dignity of woman in all other ways; issued a clear declaration on sexual ethics, and a decree against abortion and on behalf of life.

So women speaking about gender issues in the church have a lot working against them when public questions or critiques are automatically dismissed as divisive and whiney.

Sherman said a moderate denomination, to be successful, must focus on bedrock Baptist issues and warned against what he called «elitist» moderate groups that focus on single issues, like women in ministry or gay rights.

The stubborn resistance of the poor tribal women in the now famous Chipko movement against the Government's decision to turn their habitat into a mining area, has brought to our consciousness the inseparable link between the struggle of the poor and ecological issues.

Blue also blundered last August, in the aftermath of the Shoal Creek controversy at the PGA Championship, when he claimed that the LPGA wasn't vulnerable on the issue of holding tournaments at clubs that discriminate against women and minorities.

Her unique combination of skills from both the birthing community and the violence against women sector has spurred a high demand for her workshops aimed at informing other medical and allied health and social service professionals around the complex issue of trauma and the childbearing years.

Could it be that as a society we have become so far obsessed with equal opportunities within gender towards women, that we have created somewhat of a parallel paradox against the very issues surrounding men and more specifically single fathers?

According to the Surgeon General, many women stop breastfeeding when faced with the problems discussed here, and many also choose not to breastfeed future children fearing they'll come up against the same issue again.

Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz recently went on a rant against participation awards in youth sports; NAYS Executive Director John Engh offers his take on this hotly debated issue

The wires can press against sensitive duct tissue, and often are the source of recurrent duct problems, especially in larger women, presenting in issues such as mastitis and infections of the ducts.

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The issue with this sort of wording (and thought process) is that it sets women up with doubt and it sets the doctor on the defense against the failure of the trial.

Right wing men, who rarely comment on issues involving violence against women, suddenly become very interested in them when the perpetrators are non-white or non-British.

But while Bachmann, a one - time presidential opponent against Romney, virtually discussed only the economic conditions of working families, Gillibrand pivoted to the Obama administration's support for access to capital for women - owned business and on the contraception issue.

(from NY Times) the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm, even a woman who had obtained a court - issued protective order against a violent husband making an arrest mandatory for a violation.

The governor's office issued a statement Saturday saying that in nine of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, the shooter had a record of committing or threatening violence against women, or harassing or disparaging women.

The survivors persist in refusing to discriminate against Islam in their secular irony even though they continue, as always, to reserve their most provocative stuff for Christians (the most provocative cartoon in the post-attack issue exhibits divorced women who will now be able to take their communion their big tongues sticking out... we won't even translate the bishop's thought bubble).

Schneiderman, elected in 2010 out of the state senator, had increasingly been handed a national profile in part of his push against the policies of President Donald Trump's administration as well as his public advocacy for women's issues.

«The issue is definitely a problem,» DeFrancisco said of sexual harassment and related offenses against women.

Demonstrators from women's and other groups have tried of late to remind people about the GOP's core issues, chanting against Astorino.

Mark - Viverito also said, «We know that the issue of violence against women has been highlighted through the NFL and other incidents but at some point, a position has to be made and I think, in some ways, it's condoning this kind of violence — to bring him on as part of this team.»

Gillibrand's supporters have defended her long history of speaking out on behalf of women against sexual assault, noting how she clashed with former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin (D., Mich.) back in 2013 over the issue of prosecuting sexual assaults in the military.

She said it has been her goal to recruit more female candidates for office — a head - on offensive against Democratic efforts, through the Women's Equality Party that Gov. Andrew Cuomo created, to use gender issues to drive up turnout.

Three women who have made allegations against politicians tell the Guardian political parties have ignored the issue for decades