Sentences with phrase «addressed issues of poverty»

James said the proposal will help address the issue of poverty, noting that individuals are prevented from going to school, getting jobs, seeking employment and seeing their doctors if they are unable to afford train fare.

If your congregation has been relatively socioeconomically homogeneous and isolated from the effects of poverty you have likely developed a theological frame of reference that has excluded large portions of Scripture that address issues of poverty.

They did little to address the issues of poverty and discrimination these young men encountered.

Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine editor, will address the issues of poverty, education and the achievement gap, during a special presentation, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Springfield High School.

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI) task force charged with helping to address the issue of poverty in Jamestown is still working to determine how to allocate a $ 1 million in state... [Read more...]

The spring 2015 symposium addressed the issue of poverty as it relates to school reform and education improvement efforts, and in spring 2016, the symposium addressed the engagement gap and how we can make our schools and classrooms environments where young people thrive.

If we truly want to close the gaps and inequities in our social institutions, we must address issues of poverty and income inequality.

Instead, they should address the issues of poverty and inequality; the same issues raised by the NAACP in 1950s and1960s that continue to plague American education.

We will begin to ameliorate the achievement gap when we address the issue of poverty in our communities — meaning a livable minimum wage and health care, and establish community schools that can address the needs of all our students;

Addressing issues of poverty and racism, the artist — who died in January at age 87 — presents a raw interpretation of life in the rural South in the ten large - scale works on view.

Founded by filmmaker Paul Haggis, Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) is a non-profit organization that encourages peace and social justice and addresses issues of poverty around the world.

Republica: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav on Sunday stressed the need for regional cooperation to address the issues of poverty and vulnerability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region.

We hear so often that climate change will be worse for the poor, but we never interrogate this claim to ask whether it might be better to address the issue of poverty than to attempt to make other people's lives better by driving less.

The nominee for this award should have excelled in addressing issues of poverty, early education or community health.

Not exact matches

Here's the answer: every one of these very different companies creates products and services that address one or more of the most challenging issues of our time — such as hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change — and makes a great profit.

In my investigations the most frequent issue raised was coffee; then there was much about the needs of travellers; other concerns included immigrants, poverty in Britain, and a multitude of relatively trivial issues, most of them addressed from a far left - wing perspective.

Women of Vision is a volunteer ministry of World Vision that mobilizes women to address poverty and justice issues that relate specifically to other women and their children.

We are tasked to address issues of War, poverty, fear, and hatred.

Equalities Minister Angela Constance set out a 10 - point plan to address the «growing issue» of people ending up in poverty due to funeral expenses.

They were killed because they supported the liberating theology and dignity of the base Christian communities; they named social injustice, not communism or outside subversive influence, as the root cause of the crisis (revolution in their view was inevitable unless issues of poverty and social inequality were adequately addressed); they promoted a negotiated settlement to Salvador's civil war, including a significant role for the FMLN and other popular organizations; and, they named U.S. policy as a fundamental obstacle to peace in El Salvador.

Since the special events held in 1993 in India, Britain, Japan, the USA and some other countries to mark the centenary of the World's Parliament of Religions there has been growing emphasis on the practical work that people of different faiths can do together to address the critical issues of today, such as violence, poverty and pollution.

The disintegration of the African - American family by virtue of poverty, poor schools and lack of opportunity is the glaring issue here, but it would cost time and money to address that, and there's another reality show on we just can't afford to miss.

IRRI has been working with partners and networks to address the overarching issue of poverty in the country through rice research.

In response to the related issues of poverty, addiction, mental illness and homelessness, programs and services grew out of the original soup kitchen to address the root causes as well as the effects of homelessness and poverty.

«The Poverty Clinic,» [PDF] March 21, 2011 «In the view of Burke and the researchers she has been following, many of the problems that we think of as social issues — and therefore the province of economists and sociologists — might better be addressed on the molecular level.»

Jeannine Herrick, a Durham mother of two, thinks involving her children in addressing issues like poverty teaches them three important things: gathering, giving and gratitude.

The Slow Movement is a really interesting website that addresses issues of «time poverty» and supports a «growing global shift toward slowing down.»

This paper provides background information on SNAP; briefly summarizes the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on health and well - being; summarizes research on SNAP's role in addressing these issues among low - income Americans; and describes how this role of furthering the public's health would be enhanced if SNAP benefits were more adequate.

By Jon Sparkes With terms like «social justice» and «tackling inequality» being used by all main political parties in recent years, and the political rhetoric increasingly shifting to the need for addressing the «root causes» of social issues, one would be inclined to believe that homelessness, one of the most acute forms of poverty, is in decline.

Part of Cristina's approach to address the poverty issue and attempt to reverse the cycle has been to provide universal child allowances (per - child subsidies) to eligible families in exchange for proof of school attendance and similar conditions.

What Buhari can do to succeed is to address the issue of the Chibok girls, security, food, good roads, power, education, employment, poverty alleviation and put the banking sector in order while doing what the society expects of him.

I worry that unless the concerns of ordinary, working people are properly addressed within the political arena by a party that fully supports their aims and aspirations, the real issues of poverty, division and disconnect will mean the people of the United Kingdom suffer and the growing culture of greed and apathy will lead to politics becoming more distant and more irrelevant

World Population Day is observed mainly to address 5 major issues: increase the acceptance level of family planning, ensure gender equality, reduce poverty, ensure maternal health and establish human rights.

At National Grid we're using all the tools we have at our disposal to play a part in the fight against fuel poverty but it's incumbent upon all of us in the energy industry to reach out, form partnerships and develop joined - up projects if we are to fully address the issue and make fuel poverty a thing of the past.

The campaign will address issues of extent poverty, human rights, IGAs empowerments, education and unemployment among deaf young women and men in Zambia are too high, most of them are living in extent poverty, they are unable to meet their basic needs.

This will help ensure that issues of poverty can be addressed with communities working together to ensure that every student is prepared, safe, healthy and ready to learn.

A UN Human Rights and Poverty expert, Philip Alston, has tasked the government of Ghana to address issues pertaining to...

«In terms of addressing adolescent health and wellness, we look at poverty as the root cause of some of these health issues and health disparities,» Martin remarked.

Speaking to the Education and Poverty motion NASUWT National Executive Member, Neil Butler, said: «The NASUWT believes that urgent action is needed to address the issue of child poverty in Poverty motion NASUWT National Executive Member, Neil Butler, said: «The NASUWT believes that urgent action is needed to address the issue of child poverty in poverty in the UK.

The government has announced a series of measures addressing fuel poverty issues after a week of pressure about rising fuel prices.

«As long as we keep having this pattern reoccurring for decades and generations, we're not going to see, really address the difficult issue of the fact that we have one of poorest communities in the country and one of the highest rates of child poverty in the country,» said Sally Santangelo, executive director of CNY Fair Housing.

The incoming government therefore must urgently address the issue of ravaging poverty in the state through: Industrialization; Job / Wealth Creation; Rural Integration; Infrastructural Development; Security,»

Members of the New York state Assembly are on a statewide tour to hear from people living in poverty and local elected officials who are trying to address the issue.

Economist and Scientific American columnist Jeffrey Sachs argues in the same issue of Science that a new global treaty addressing biodiversity is needed — one that is paired explicitly to poverty alleviation.

The papers included in this interdisciplinary special issue address how poverty can affect human biology and cover issues including war and forced displacement, minorities and migrants, poverty in both developed and developing countries, health inequalities among girls and women in poverty and the impact of the economic downturn.

Part two of this infant mortality podcast addresses some theories that explain this disparity, including the issues of poverty, education and racism in the African American community.

Poverty and lack of purchasing power is identified as a major cause of malnutrition.9 These underlying issues that can never be addressed by golden rice.

But the things that concern me are yet to be addressed, including the issue of poverty and all the hell that people, especially black people, are catching in this economy.

Addressing that chronic absenteeism was like untangling a rope, loosening knotted - up, long - established habits, cultural issues, and the persistent barriers of poverty that can keep children out of school, leaders in the district of 835 students said.

This booklet contains activities, statistics and information to explore the extent of poverty in the world, it's causes and consequences as well as the aims of the sustainable development goals which aspire to address this issue.