Sentences with phrase «advocates for women and children»

Passage of the bill has become a major priority for organized labor groups, who will be joined in the push by a broad coalition that includes advocates for women and children.

«Her leadership advocating for women and children in Rensselaer County is exactly what residents of the 107th Assembly District deserve.

We are fortunate to have such a superb leader and advocate for women and children join us,» said Win Board Chair Jaqui Lividini in a statement.

Mary Two - Axe Earley, Kanien» kehá: ka (Mohawk) elder, advocate for women and children, human rights activist (born 4 October 1911 on the Kahnawà: ke reserve, QC; died 21 August 1996 in the same place).

As an advocate for women and children, and Executive Director of a nonprofit, I have witnessed the damaging fallout of an adversarial, litigated divorce — parents, and children are often scarred for life.

Not exact matches

Yousafzai has been advocating for Pakistani women and children since the age of 11, when she documented in a BBC blog life in the Swat Valley under Taliban rule during a time when girls in the region were prohibited from going to school.

Haviland, a passionate advocate for social justice and global women's and children's health issues, says that «every business person can take on a social mission.

When not spending time with her husband and two children, Honaman is busy advocating for women in business.

Care's Chief Executive Nola Leach said they will, despite the new announcement, «continue to advocate for women and unborn children in Northern Ireland and across the rest of the UK.»

Melinda Gates, a passionate advocate for improved maternal and infant care worldwide, puts it this way: «To help women and children fulfill their potential, we need to make sure they can receive the right kind of health care at every phase of their lives.

Just like the young women and men who fall victim to trafficking, unborn and unwanted children need others to advocate for their value.

People who have read this book have: killed millions of people needless in the Crusades, tortured and killed hundreds of thousands in the Inquisition, conducted countless «witch» burnings in Europe and America, have advocated for beating children (Proverbs 13:24), have advocated for the subjugation of women (far too much to cite)...

Essentially they are the ones who are not strong enough to be advocates for themselves: prisoners, very old and very poor people, household workers, most people who live in Third World countries, retarded children and adults, schoolchildren, immigrants, farm workers, unemployed persons, the institutionalized mentally ill, sometimes women, sometimes gays.

Some were government officials in charge of infant nutrition programmes, others were from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) advocating for the health of women and children.

That would be far more constructive than advocating for Russian roulette with the lives of women and children.

Instead, advocates for adoption by unmarried women believe that an individual's character, strength, and potential parenting capacity are better considered in providing a child with an adoptive home.

The feminist movement in the 1970s questioned the validity of male - dominated scientific and medical institutions advocating child - rearing practices that women were largely responsible for carrying out.

As for Diaz - Tello, who has graduated from law school since the birth of her child, she's now working in her own legal practice and with groups like the National Advocates for Pregnant Women to educate moms about what they're going into when they enter the delivery room.

Michele has years of experience in grassroots coalition building and advocating for policies that protect the rights of breastfeeding women and children in the U.S. and abroad.

Developed by a multidisciplinary group of academics, researchers, women and child health advocates, clinicians and policy - makers, the collaborative approach to this series has resulted in the creation of a framework for quality maternal and newborn care.

I am an advocate of public breastfeeding and believe that society should #FreeTheNipple and I will (and do) fight for any woman's right to feed her child however and wherever she wants.

Unlike Dr. Amy, who seeks to advocate the safest place to deliver babies (i.e. in an fully equipped and competently staffed facility), Lisa clearly CARES about the well - being of women and babies, demonstrating this by declaring she'd «rather have a baby in the middle of a forest completely alone in the middle of nowhere» before she'd even consider letting Dr. Amy or someone like her — by implication, a trained professional — care for Lisa or deliver her child.

But I'll also seek to encourage and affirm women, to advocate for the rights of mothers to feed their children with education and support, without judgement - even / especially when they make different choices than me, even / especially when they did not have a choice.

A recent report by the March of Dimes provides the rationale and a blueprint for how to achieve this goal.9 In addition, program planners and managers can stimulate further progress by requesting evidence - based dietary guidelines for pregnant and lactating women, and young children, and by advocating for the research required to increase our understanding of the most critical needs and the interventions most effective in addressing these needs.

Throughout history, there have been times when doctors and writers advocated for a woman breastfeeding her own child, claiming that it would be better for the child than a wet nurse.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in America.

Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), an Ghanaian NGO advocating the eradication of domestic violence against women and children has tasked the government, stakeholders, the general public and the media fraternity to join hand deal with domestic violence in the country.

(CNN)-- As Chelsea Clinton continues to emerge as a public advocate for children and women, she's still not ruling out a future run for office.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

«I look forward to continuing my efforts to save our children's education from the mismanaged roll - out of the Common Core curriculum, advocate for women's equality and make smart investments to create good local jobs in Dutchess and Putnam counties.»

President Akufo Addo has urged African leaders to advocate for the rights of women, children and the vulnerable in their respective countries.

Southern Christian woman who loves the Lord, my family, educating and advocating for the rights of children with special needs, a water baby by way of GA (lol) who loves beaches & wants to learn to surf, loves books, mysteries, whodunits, action movies, animation, aquariums, art, music, singing,...

Debra Yuska is a writer, business consultant and community advocate for underserved women and children.

Before any abduction takes place, «Difret» introduces its central character, attorney Meaza Ashenafi (Meron Getnet), a confident woman who heads an organization in Addis called the Adinet Women's Lawyers Assn. that successfully advocates for the rights of women and chilWomen's Lawyers Assn. that successfully advocates for the rights of women and chilwomen and children.

I have been actively advocating for children rights to an education and for the end to all forms of violence against women and children in my country.

50CAN: The 50 - State Campaign for Achievement Now The Advocacy Institute American Association of People with Disabilities The American Association of University Women American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers The Arc Autism National Committee Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Business Coalition for Student Achievement The Center for American Progress Action Fund The Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc..

Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..

She was a vocal and vociferous advocate for human rights and in particular, the rights of women and children.

She speaks frequently in public on the subject of HIV / AIDS and is an advocate for under represented communities living HIV positive including: long term survivors, women, minorities and children born with the virus.

But secondly, I think we as women have to continue to advocate for our very conservative profession, looking at ways that law firms of all sizes and shapes can more fairly and adequately deal with women with young children, because it is an enormous brain drain if the profession doesn't get there.

AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.

Prior to law school Zara was a front - line community advocate for over a decade, working extensively on issues involving violence against women and children, anti-racism, immigrant and refugee issues, legal aid reform, custody and access advocacy, anti-poverty initiatives and specific coalition work with South Asian women.

Managing Partner; represents individuals with disabilities; advocate for special education for children; represents non-profit / for - profit entities that provide services to individuals with disabilities and the elderly; defends health care providers in licensure and regulatory compliance actions; listed in Best Lawyers in Health Care Law; Top 50 Women Maryland Super Lawyers 2014; selected to Super Lawyers 2013 - present.

Represents clients in criminal matters in federal and state courts as well as in civil cases involving disability rights, education, and business litigation; mediation; and advocating for special education services for children in administrative proceedings; 2017 Leading Women Award recipient.

A resource for support workers and community advocates to help women to better understand the law around child welfare.

Emily explains, «I had prior experience advocating for former child soldiers, human trafficking survivors, vulnerable women, and displaced persons.

Women and Families Center (Meriden, CT) 5/2003 — 7/2004 Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor & Internship • Developed curriculum for autistic pilot program while supervising the implementation of camp activities and overseeing the proper placement of children within program activities • Hired, trained, and monitored support staff to ensure proper adherence to teaching techniques • Managed camp budget, including trip expenditures, to ensure successful cost - benefit relationship • Communicated effectively with parents and other interested parties regarding student behavior / progress Safe Haven of Waterbury (Waterbury, CT) 9/2001 — 7/2004 Family Violence Victim Advocate • Utilized a complex variety of instructional and assessment strategies while effectively implementing behavior - change interventions at both the individual and student level • Developed and integrated media and other technological aides to improve classroom experience • Facilitated and fostered constructive communication with parents and other interested parties • Created an effective and constructive «curriculum writing project»

This policy builds on the extensive consultation with parents, advocates, child care providers, early childhood educators and women's groups and the 2017 commitment to provide universally accessible, affordable child care for all children and families who need it.

We are continually inspired by the energy and dedication of the Kappa Delta women in advocating for children, and their emphasis on community service and giving back.

The role of the representative body in advocating for the vulnerable was highlighted — be it for children, women and the elderly; and in the fight against poverty.