Sentences with phrase «as an advocacy organisation»

As an advocacy organisation, one is much freer to express views and speak truth to power.

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Release International is an advocacy movement on behalf of the persecuted church, formerly known as Christian Mission to the Communist World which is part of the International Christian Association, a global alliance of fifty ministries working among the persecuted church These organisations will often urge readers to write to their MP or the appropriate ambassador to register concern at the way human rights are being flouted.

Mansour Borji, advocacy director of Article 18, an organisation that defends persecuted Christians in the Shia Muslim majority country said: «This recent verdict by Iran's revolutionary court is particularly alarming, as many other Iranian Christians are still awaiting trial for exercising their right to worship as Christians in privacy of their homes.»

I complained to HR about this and in a meeting with the executive director of the organisation was told what I had practiced was «self - appointed advocacy» which he regarded as a conduct issue and talked of the easiest solution being for me to resign.

A tax on sugar sweetened drinks has been proposed as one means to reduce consumption and raise revenue; it is gaining traction both politically and among health advocacy organisations

I run a unique individual Irish business tailor made to families in Dublin and I am renowned within Irish and international birth circles as a women's advocate and supporter by families, midwives, advocacy organisations, the Department of Health, HIQA and the HSE.

The real power of the blogosphere, as the US has proved ten years on from the Lewinski scandal is the power of grass roots organisation, online advocacy and peer to peer networks (especially for fund raising).

A United Kingdom based Islamic advocacy organisation known as the Islamic Human Rights Commission, IHRC, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the International Criminal Court, ICC, following the killings of about 1,000 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, by the military in December 2015.

This was just as a human rights advocacy organisation, Access to Justice, also faulted the military over the declaration.

General News of Friday, 11 May 2018 Source: Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyemang A member of the team addressing pupils at the Ejisu Methodist Preparatory and Junior High School The Mensah Health Mental Rehabilitation Project (MEMHREP) is gradually establishing itself as one of the vibrant Non-governmental Organisations (NGO) that plays advocacy role in creating awareness on mental health problems.

Further to my research and clinical activities, as President of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, the peak global Nuclear Medicine organisation, I am engaged in strategic planning for training, health care policy, and advocacy for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine therapy within the US, European, South American, Asia - Oceania, and African regions, and with the IAEA and WHO.

A think tank, policy institute, or research institute is an organisation that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War.

You can search via category of vehicle or use A think tank, policy institute, or research institute is an organisation that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy

As some individuals developed resistant to first line ART drugs, through consistent advocacy by civil society organisations and the PLHIV networks, second line ARTs centres were introduced.

According to The Nerd Stash (via GameInformer), French senator Jérôme Durain contacted ARJEL (as well as other advocacy groups, including the organisation that represents France's games industry), proposing that loot boxes could be harmful to children.

He has made audio analyses for legal investigations at the UK asylum Tribunal and advocacy for organisations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International.

The Berlin - based artist has made audio analyses for legal investigations at the UK asylum Tribunal and advocacy for organisations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International, forensic audio investigations are conducted as part of his research at Goldsmiths College London where Abu Hamdan is also a PhD candidate.

The question of whether the IPCC was ever intended to be set up to distort evidence — ie deliberate fraud or advocacy is a different one from saying that an organisation such as what the IPCC should be doing is a worthy one.

You do not understand the consequences of the alarmist and advocacy statement by organisations such as AGW, IPCCm RS, NAS, AAS, CSIRO, APS etc..

The hearings were presided over by three judges: Brett Fleishman, senior finance campaigner for 350.org; Aurélie Trouvé the co-president of the french branch of «Attac», an international movement working towards social, environmental and democratic alternatives, and Marie Toussaint President of «Notre affaire à tous» an organisation that specialises in using law as an advocacy tool to protect the environment and the climate.

So it doesn't matter if total waffle is produced by unheard of academics, on the instruction of Western NGOs and advocacy organisations... The next IPCC report will produce politically correct science, which must surely be nearly as good as «truth».

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), as a member of Consumers International (CI), is joining consumer organisations around the world in calling for the G20 to take urgent action to protect consumers of financial services, through:

The Google Ad Grants programme supports registered non-profit organisations that share Google's philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy and the arts.

He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and serves on a number of boards and committees, including the Australia Pro Bono Centre.In 2009, Ed was presented with an Australian Leadership Award, and in 2017, he was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.From 2010 - 2016, Ed was chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a leading non-profit organisation that promotes human rights through strategic litigation, policy development and education.Ed was previously a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law School, a research director at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and a solicitor in private practice.

State funded legal services, such as community law centres and legal aid lawyers are visited more often than telephoned, though non-governmental organizations providing free legal information or advice, such as Citizens Advice Bureaux and other social services / advocacy organisations, provide a higher incidence of telephone advice.

The news comes due to Consumer Reports, the consumer advocacy organisation in the US, removing its «recommended» designation from four Microsoft Surface devices «because of poor reliability compared to most other brands,» as iTWire colleague Sam Varghese reported.

The convening of a National Congress of this type could also include other Indigenous advocacy bodies as appropriate (for example, national secretariats for Torres Strait Islander organisations, Indigenous women, health organisations or legal services, Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committees, Sorry Day or Stolen Generations representative organisations and so on).

«As Chair of this organisation I have been privileged to work with professional health bodies, leading health advocacy groups and consumer organisations that have also shared in a vision for primary health care,» he said.

ECA's Voice newsletter updates its members on the organisation's advocacy work — such as recent policies and submissions to government — and provides information on topical events and issues circulating in the early childhood field and the media.

Not applicable - I am an individual It is not used by other members of the organisation It is read by other members of the organisation It is placed in our library so that we can refer to it later It is used to inform our work / planning / strategy / policy development It is referenced and used as evidence to support our work It is used to add legitimacy to our work and / or as a basis for our own advocacy

Tauli - Corpuz said the IAS had severely undermined capacity of Indigenous - led initiatives in health, housing and legal services and funding cuts appeared to have specifically targeted organisations working in advocacy to stifle freedom of expression, a development she described as «deeply troubling».

As a past president of the Australian Association of Infant Mental Health (AAIMHI) and also of the West Australian Branch of AAIMHI Lynn has maintained a role in advocacy for Perinatal and Infant - Early Childhood Mental Health (PI - ECMH) with local and international organisations.

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