Sentences with phrase «about lack of access»

Our judiciary, right up to the Supreme Court of Canada has complained bitterly about the lack of access to legal assistance, specifically in the area of family law.

I've been told by plenty of folks — including two former US negotiators — that I shouldn't complain about the lack of access, because it's the closed - door meetings where things really get done.

In an effort to raise awareness about the lack of access to clean water, this team of engineers built a machine that converts sweat into drinking water.

Kennedy Russ described her shock as she collected data about the lack of access to reproductive healthcare for women, and completed a six - week internship at a local hospital where she «saw these issues in real life» and became «committed to her civic duty» to change the injustices she researched and observed.

Much can be said about the lack of access to enrichment opportunities for youth growing up in urban, high - poverty neighborhoods.

In their report, the Australian scientists complain about a lack of access to data.

In response to growing criticism about the lack of access to influenza data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, on 22 August made public the sequence of more than 650 genes from flu viruses isolated in the United States.

But Bremmer thinks they also will be huddling on what to do about their lack of access to the China market.

There's the familiar refrain about the lack of access to capital.

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Foreign businesses in China, as well as foreign governments, have long complained about a lack of market access in China and restrictive policies that run counter to its pledges to free up markets.

The reasons are many: lack of infrastructure, inadequate information about market opportunities, unconducive trade policy and regulations, lack of access to financing, and uncompetitive products.

Another risk that's harder to excuse is a lack of transparency: The ETN's issuer — Goldman Sachs — doesn't provide a working website for investors to access in order to learn more about the mechanics and methodology.

Caring in a pastoral way about these larger contexts means, in part, exploring the needs of those who are underserved and who lack access to necessary support systems because of race, economic class, gender or sexual orientation.

Last week, representatives from Compassion International went before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and talked to them about their obstacles with serving children in India, mainly that the Indian government's regulations would result in the organization being driven out of the country because of a lack of access to funds.

It's entirely relevant that Christians were just as brutal centuries ago because it speaks to the fact that the abuses in the Middle East are more about poverty and a lack of access to education than it is about the flaws of Islam.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

The only thing I really don't like about these weekends is the lack of access to descent food or any food with even a sliver of nutritional value.

Railcars laden with frightened stock led to complaints about overcrowding and lack of access to food and water.

The ACCC would not comment, but in its recent bulk wheat port access report noted: «Given the lack of access to alternate supply chains it is not surprising that there is a high level of concern within industry about the effect of rebates recently announced by CBH for users of its supply chain, and the impact on grain trading and competition for port terminal and related bulk export supply chain operations.»

I'm far more concerned about the drug addicted babies born in my city or the incredible amount of gun violence and the lack of access to decent childcare for low income families.

(Further things to consider: «X When providing support to fathers, be aware of cultural issues: the fact that parent support can be considered as a female domain, that accessing support is an admission of failure, and that fathers may lack basic confidence about what their parenting role should be.

If you're really a feminist, why not spend less time thinking about yourself and more time thinking about the women around the world who lack lifesaving access to the modern medicine you have the first - world privilege of refusing?

Information about nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding may not take into account the limitations that many mothers face: lack of food, limited access to fresh foods, and limited or no access to common food - preparation needs such as running water, stove, refrigerator, or microwave.

All out of hospital birth is always going to result in more dead babies than in hospital birth simply for the lack of immediate access to an operating room, but home birth with a CNM tends to only be about twice as risky, whereas, thanks to these numbers from MANA, we know that using a CPM makes it at least 4.5 times riskier.

A lack of information about which model is best needs to be rectified soon, the report said, adding that the government should consider using its nationalised banks to make sure access to their services is available through the network.

The Obama - is - a-Muslim-Manchurian-Candidate email chains took off just about anywhere the gullible had access to a «forward» button, and they flew in formation with other messages, blog posts and videos that accused Obama of everything from socialism to racism to a lack of «gratitude.»

Much of what is written about the British intelligence and security agencies suffers from either a lack of access to sources or a touch of the Ian Flemings.

While the Marine and Coastal Access Bill should encourage tourism into the countryside, the FSB expressed serious concern about the lack of an independent appeals panel for landowners and the lack of any compensation scheme for those landowners.

Observers have welcomed the prosecutions as a positive step but lack of access to independent scrutineers has raised concerns about the transparency of the process.

When Dicker asked if Congress or the president would address the issue about people with mental illness gaining access to guns, Tenney said part of the problem is a lack of respect among young people and online bullying.

You've talked about how more than two decades ago the World Health Organization highlighted the serious lack of biomedical innovation and access to medical devices, particularly for developing countries.

Talking with a lot of people there and learning more about the lack of opportunity to earn a fair wage, provide for families, have access to clean drinking water, etc. etc. etc. got me even more fired up.

While improvements in access to education has meant young people in Kenya are better educated than ever before, 67 % of young Kenyans between the ages of 15 and 24 are thought to be out of work and millions more enter unstable employment each year.i The mismatch between what is learnt at school and the skills required in the 21st century labour market, along with a lack of access to information about jobsii, are among the most frequently cited causes of youth unemployment.

Although the government allocates about 18 percent of the national budget to education, the system lacks the resources to increase access and the quality of educational services.

The new study, conducted by Stanford University Associate Professor Eric Bettinger, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Bridget Terry Long, and University of Toronto Associate Professor Philip Oreopoulos, tracked nearly 17,000 low - income individuals and determined that cumbersome financial aid forms and lack of information about higher education costs and financial aid prevented access to higher education.

Seeing how Emily was able to be creative about allowing her students to access technology was encouraging for us, because she did not let lack of access discourage her.

Last year, the Center for Education Innovation created easy - to - read «education scorecards» for every school district in the state so that parents — many lacking high levels of literacy or regular access to the Internet — would have clear information about test scores, graduation rates and teachers.

In the online discussions and face - to - face meetings, the members of the learning community, the teachers and the university educators, engaged in numerous conversations about how to overcome these barriers (e.g., lack of access to technology).

That leaves about 6.5 million students without it, and many of them attend rural schools that don't just lack the money to buy this access but also the local infrastructure that would facilitate it.

With these performance assessments, students explore issues they are passionate about and work toward finding solutions to problems like sexism in video games and lack of access to reproductive health care.

This sample was chosen because these teachers had specific access to an arts - based professional development opportunity and the researcher concludes that the findings in the study can not be more broadly generalized because of the lack of knowledge about how many schools actually provide arts - based professional development for teachers.

They were particularly critical about the lack of interactive whiteboards throughout the campus, and the limited access to the interactive whiteboards on campus.

so true about VW Touareg, I love that SUV but I like fixing cars myself but because of the complex access, protocols and lack of equipment we end up taking it to the dealers.

The two issues cited most often were equity concerns about lack of Internet access at home and the fear of teachers not wanting to go digital, including teachers not comfortable or effective with digital learning.

This is a boon to users who do not want to be taken to the mobile version of an external site, but publishers lack the data about who is reading what and can not get full access to user data.

But many customers on Amazon complained about lack of Flash support and no access to the Android Market to download apps, which could curtail demand for the device.

Some of the other potential locations have been shot down due to concerns about access to plentiful hotel spaces, lack of round the clock direct access flights, complicated ground transportation or parking, and more.

Even if they are able to read or write, they lack access to written materials or the internet to inform themselves about the crops that are their primary source of income; and they may never use or even taste what they harvest at all since (as with macadamia nuts) these don't process and add value to what they themselves produce.

You have to worry about constant application rejections, wage garnishments, lack of access to credit products and an inability to get good rates on anything.

Often the number one perk mentioned is airport lounge access, but we talked extensively about that one last week and found it might be somewhat lacking unless you're a huge fan of free hummus.