Sentences with phrase «national economic empowerment»

«They were programmed into the national budget and utilized by the Nigerian government in line with its National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS).

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There, Representative Michael Burgess (R)» [e] xpress [ed] the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a national policy for technology to promote consumers» access to financial tools and online commerce to promote economic growth and consumer empowerment.»

In fact, we recently conducted a survey that found 90 percent of female customers in the US would go out of their way to purchase products from women, believing they would offer higher quality,» stated MiKaela Wardlaw Lemmon, senior director of Women's Economic Empowerment at Walmart «We hope our collaboration with Women's Business Enterprise National Council and WEConnect International will make customers around the world more aware of great products from women - owned businesses, and help these women continue to grow their businesses.»

Achebe stated further that the minimum in that regard would be the recognition by the constitution of the role of the traditional institution in communal life, such as mobilising the community for enlightenment, education, economic empowerment, peace building, safety and security; custodianship of and leadership in advancing «our culture; and the creation of National council of Traditional Rulers at the federal level.

A sure, perhaps even defiant Zuma told crowds that he is being targeted by political foes both within his party, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), and opposition parties who were against his attempts to bring economic empowerment to black people.

Executive members of the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of African Americans,...

The first national organization committed exclusively to championing economic empowerment, financial education, asset development and financial stability for all persons with disabilities, NDI affects change through public education, policy development, training, technical assistance and innovative initiatives.

Legislation such as the Consumer Protection Act, the National Credit Act, the new Companies Act, broad - based black economic empowerment legislation and other social justice legislation have changed the commercial legal landscape significantly.

Turnbull expressed strong support for the 10 year National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan but gave no details of the funding it will get in the May budget and said there would be no policy direction change from «the key priorities of health, education, employment, economic empowerment».

The explanations for these disparities identified by the author include that lower rates of socio - economic status experienced by Indigenous Australians contribute to poorer health outcomes; that the direct, bilateral arrangements between the federal government and Indigenous organizations in Northern America has led to greater effectiveness of programs; and that in Northern America there exists «a higher level of Indigenous governance, ownership and empowerment, at individual, community, regional and national levels».

Founder and president of The Sister Fund — a private women's fund dedicated to the social, political, economic, and spiritual empowerment of women and girls — Hunt has helped to found a number of other women's funding institutions, including the Dallas Women's Foundation, the New York Women's Foundation, and the National Network of Women's Funds (now Women's Funding Network).