Sentences with phrase «addressing issues of inequality»

Although those events are never explicitly mentioned, the mood and tension in the sequence is consumed by them due to how little progress in addressing issues of inequality the U.S. has made since then.

A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.

They do not address issues of inequality and do not take into account the relative starting points for each school.

Curated by Nkule Mabaso and Manon Braat, the exhibition features a range of commissioned works wherein the exhibiting artists address issues of inequality still inherent within the South African vernacular.

Not exact matches

If we want to close the income gap, if we want to really be — address the issue of income inequality, we need to understand that we've got to prepare these kids better than they're being prepared globally and around the world, but also in America.

«If we don't address those two issues — of climate change and growing inequalities — we will be moving towards a dark 50 years from now,» she said.

On a national scale, leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and California Senator Kamala Harris are trying to address the issue of gender inequality, including efforts to close the pay gap.

«We welcome any opportunity to work with lawmakers and regulators who want to learn more about how home sharing helps the middle class address the issue of economic inequality.»

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.

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.

But other issues also need to be addressed to enable long - term wealth creation in the region — not least the record number of 75 million illiterate adults, the fatal mismatch within the labour market and, most importantly, the gender inequality in both education and employment.

He added that Clinton will be equipped to address issues such as income inequality, which elements of the Democratic base are skeptical she will be able to deliver on, given that she is considered to be from the more centrist wing of the party.

The summit brought together women, stakeholders, and patrons from the media and communication industry to address the issue of gender inequality in the media landscape.

After 14 years since the last increase in unemployment benefits and over 6 years of an essentially flat minimum wage, Albany has finally answered the call of New York's hard working families, and begun to address the issue of rampant income inequality.

New Yorkers divide over how the mayor is addressing the issue of income inequality.

The former Deputy Communications Minister said «we need to address the real issue because of the inequality in the society.

«I hope that we'll see other measures that continue to address the issue of income inequality.»

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.

An article and an editorial in The BMJ both address the issue of trans fats public health, with the article reporting that bans or labelling or food with trans fats would reduce deaths from coronary heart disease, inequality from mortality and save money.

In January, the #MeToo movement gave way to Time's Up, a coalition of 300 (and growing) prominent women in Hollywood standing up against the systemic problem of not only sexual misconduct, but also to address the imbalance of power in the workforce confounded by issues of gender disparity in jobs and pay leading to ongoing injustice and inequality.

Along with panelists Associate Professor John Diamond, Professor Fernando Reimers, Lecturer Rick Weissbourd, Assistant Professors Marty West and Meira Levinson, and the Honorable Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Minow addressed questions about the use of integration in equality, different contexts of inequality, and pressing issues facing equality in schools.

In addition to this reflection, it is crucial that our institution actively recruits faculty and supports curricula that directly address issues of race, urban inequality, ethnic studies, and social justice.

This time, he will go to work on Capitol Hill as part of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Fellowship, which provides an opportunity to gain an interdisciplinary understanding of the issues that engender a «school - to - prison pipeline,» and the policy mechanism necessary to address the inequalities that deny some students access to a complete and competitive education, from cradle through career.

A top - down union that fails to address broader problems rooted in class and racial inequality and whose capitulation on major issues (as identified in planks 1 - 4 of this document) has had a disproportionately negative effect on communities of color and those who live in poverty.

Reminded of her childhood experience of being a first - generation socioeconomically disadvantaged student seeking quality education in Oakland, she decided to shift career focus from chemical engineering to addressing a more personal issue: educational inequalities.

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.

«At a moment in our history when we confront significant economic inequalities, distressing racial tensions, increasing segregation and crucial questions about immigration, the passage of tepid legislation that addresses none of these issues is not a cause for celebration.»

Organizations like the Green Belt Movement have addressed deforestation and privatization as an environmental and a social justice issue, connecting the dots between colonization and economic inequalities, between the lack of land rights and social oppression.

Although the Bronx's fortunes have improved since the 1970s, artists and politicians are still debating how to address the same issues of inequality and urban policy failures that Matta - Clark sought to highlight.

Saudi artists address issues that resonate throughout the world: environmental degradation, economic disparity, urban growth and loss of traditional culture, social inequality of women and minorities, and escalating tensions between and among ideologies.

Developing its collection of contemporary art that addresses politically charged issues, the museum has also acquired a large work on paper by Kara Walker, who is celebrated for her artistic explorations of racial inequality, and a photograph by Shirin Neshat that explores gender within post-revolutionary Iran.

This issue of Art21 Magazine explores a diversity of perspectives on this topic, from the role of immigration, disability rights, healthcare, and artists who are trying to address inequality in their work.

As a feminist and activist she earnestly addresses social injustices, inequalities and political issues through her various choice of mediums which includes installation, drawing and video.

If we wish to overcome the climate and the environmental crisis we must address a whole spectrum of issues such as capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy and inequality.

Patrick is currently leading Global Witness's research into the failure of the predominant economic model to address inequality and environmental damage - two of the most urgent and critical issues of our time.

Richardson also works on a regional and statewide basis to address systemic poverty and inequality issues, and is a former Board member of the Legal Aid Association of California.

Because he wants to address the issues of «information asymmetry» and «inequality of arms», as of 14 July 2017, DoNotPay is opening up so that anyone can create legal bots for free, with no technical knowledge.

Linked to this, the second issue Mitraniketan addresses is the rapidly increasing rural urban inequality and neglect of rural / tribal communities.

When Australia most recently appeared before this Committee in March 2000, the Committee expressed concern at the inequality experienced by Indigenous people in Australia and recommended that the Government not institute «any action that might reduce the capacity of ATSIC to address the full range of issues regarding the indigenous community».

That sounds like a big fat non-acknowlegement of the Redfern Statement in which Indigenous organisations, with the backing of many health groups and NGOs, issued a landmark election challenge calling for transformative action to address structural inequalities, and to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Larasi challenged us to assess our own use of language when we talk about «minority» groups — language that often isn't helpful when seeking to address the issues that intersect and impact on women's experience of gender inequality and violence.

And wrapped around and under everything we do, we must seek to address the causes of ill - health and health inequality — the social determinants of health, and in particular issues relating to income, welfare and poverty.

This builds on the issue of health inequalities highlighted in the Scottish Government report Equally Well (Scottish Government 2008, page 3), which stressed the need to address the «inter-generational factors that risk perpetuating Scotland's health inequalities from parent to child, particularly by supporting the best possible start in life for all children in Scotland».

The second issue to consider in terms of human rights compliance receives less attention - namely, whether the current processes in place to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality comply with the key elements of the human rights based approach to health.

Fourth, it addresses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in a holistic manner reflecting both the social determinants of health inequality as well as the broader issues identified by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as impacting on their health.

Aside from addressing obvious and vitally important issues of equality and fairness, a campaign to overcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality will also result in significant future health savings.

Accordingly, the key issue for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health remains the need to implement the extensive commitments of governments and to ensure that the quantum and pace of activities is sufficient to achieve the goal of addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality.

This is particularly so given the slow pace of progress that has been made in recent decades in reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality and the opportunities that currently exist to address these issues in a coordinated, whole of government manner.

While little can be done about the demographic - based causes of the rate gap (e.g., age of population), study author Felipe Chacón, housing economist for Trulia, notes the potential for policy implementations to address the other issues driving inequality: