Sentences with phrase «by female members»

The film itself was exposed to the judgmental ardor: its text encompassed, picketed by female members of parliament and removed from public screening, the subtext of subtext.

The app's initial unique selling point is that only men invited by women could be a part of the app, though it has recently introduced an «election» feature where men can offer themselves up to have their profile vetted by female members.

The statement came after a majority of Senate Democrats, led by female members, called for Franken to quit as a fresh accusation emerged about the senator.

Avella's own office was the subject of sexual harassment and discrimination claims with expense records that indicate the state Senate paid a Manhattan law firm $ 22,444 in taxpayer funds earlier this year to investigate allegations of harassment made by a female member of Avella's district office staff.

Another app from the «female empowerment» angle — men can only get onto the site if they're invited by a female member.

Whitney Houston was sexually abused as a child by a female member of her family, a documentary on her life revealed Wednesday.

Indigenous tribes expel impending threats, personified by a female member of the tribe attacking the female invader.

Not exact matches

Today's appointment by Independence Group of its first female board member has taken it off the list of ASX200 companies lacking female representation on their boards, although four other Western Australian businesses remain among those still to adopt gender diversity at board level.

The former trade minister and chairman of Standard Chartered bank has set a new target of 33 % female board members by 2020 and widened the scope to all FTSE 350 firms.

Gender equality report by Mervyn Davies will set new target for FTSE 100 firms of 33 % female board members by 2020

Of the 990 companies in the three markets studied by Grant Thornton that had female board members, 127, or 13 %, were employed as executives.

After suffering two embarrassing departures of its members in the wake of sexual harassment complaints by staffers and female members, the Minnesota Legislature is considering amending the...

SAN FRANCISCO — A 2014 outing by a group of male and female Uber executives to a Korean karaoke bar where women with pinned numbers were selected by male guests has put a controversial member of the ride - hailing company's top ranks back in the spotlight.

Three female plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Wednesday «allege a conspiracy spanning more than two decades to conceal sexual abuse committed by church members» throughout the 1980s and 1990s, according to the Associated Press.

Finally, by making it necessary that elections be conducted as contests of like against like (female against female, minority against minority, etc.) the system extended vast powers to the nominating process and enabled those in power to recruit just those board members most likely to agree with their purposes and keep them in power.

Now, after a complaint was filed by eight faculty members, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that BelmontAbbey is discriminating against women: «By denying prescription contraception drugs, Respondent is discriminating based on gender because only females take oral prescription contraceptiveby eight faculty members, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that BelmontAbbey is discriminating against women: «By denying prescription contraception drugs, Respondent is discriminating based on gender because only females take oral prescription contraceptiveBy denying prescription contraception drugs, Respondent is discriminating based on gender because only females take oral prescription contraceptives.

I have referred in other postings to have been wounded by a female family member which was then treated in a church as me having been the one who have acted inappropriately with the presupposition of men having been in power and God dealing with men in the first instance.

The premier female match player of golf's modern era, Carner had excelled by following a simple dictum that she stressed to her 10 - member team: Treat each hole as an individual tournament.

Exclusion of young fathers in some ethnic minority families may be reinforced by cultural practices when female family members play a particularly substantial role in providing support to the mother during pregnancy and birth (Pollock et al, 2005)

[5] However, this custom varies by culture or region and in some it is expected and customary for a close female family member to host the baby shower, often the baby's maternal grandmother.

We, the members of SAVE NPP NOW, a youth advocacy group within the NPP are scandalized with the unprintable insults which were recently heaped on a female radio presenter by the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr. Kennedy Agyapong.

Outside of Doteveryone, as a new member on Twitter's board, Lane Fox is determined to be a «noisy, female» voice informing the team of the abuse experienced by many women on the platform.

Only one percent voted for Cuomo on his Women's Equality Party line, despite sweetly - worded ads made by Cuomo's female family members.

Both male and female members told a meeting they were pestered or groped by party figures, while others claimed there remained a «cultural problem» with sexism.

One study reports that as many as one in three US female service members has been sexually assaulted by a fellow service member.

The desire to connect women in this way is why earlier this month we launched our forum for Asian Female Entrepreneurs at an event at the House of Commons hosted by myself and the inspirational Baroness Verma, who has started up three multi-million pound businesses throughout her career, in addition to being a House of Lords member and Conservative Party Government Whip.

The Ethics Committee also finds that Assembly Member McLaughlin did, in fact, violate the Policy by making offensive comments to a female Assembly employee by asking her for nude photos.»

Gerson Borrero, a journalist with City & State NY, reports that Crespo's nomination will be seconded by his «BFF» Council Member Vanessa Gibson and 85th Assembly District female leader, Antonia Figueroa.

The juror who wrote the first note has not been identified by the court, but the parties made references to her as a female member of the jury of eight women and four men.

In 2014 I attended a home affairs select committee meeting about Yarl's Wood where I discovered that 10 members of staff had been dismissed by Serco for improper sexual contact with female detainees.

It said, the committee, to be presided over by a Supreme Court Judge, has two other Court of Appeal judges (male and female), as well as two other members nominated by the Council of State (female and male) as its membership.

Outgoing Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin was disciplined for sexual harassment on Wednesday, after an investigation by the chamber's ethics committee found he had asked a female staff member for naked pictures — a claim he vehemently denied.

Gabryzsak, a Democrat, was accused of inappropriate conduct by several female staff members.

In the following days, Silver admitted he authorized a $ 135,000 payment to settle charges brought earlier this year by two female members of Lopez's staff.

Kerr is the only female on the Town Board and the only member to vote «no» last fall when the confidential settlement with Lewza's former secretary was approved by the board.

ALBANY - A half - dozen female members of the State Legislature — including Senator Cathy Young of Olean - have received death threats that are being investigated by the State Police and FBI.

Speakers also pointed out that a number of bills pertaining to issues specifically affecting women, citing access to feminine hygiene products as an example, were introduced by female Council members.

The report details seven female staff members who claimed to be harassed by Lopez since 2010.

Earlier in the programme, Nigel Farage faced accusations of «inflammatory» scaremongering and he slipped up by telling a female audience member to calm down.

The reshuffle, which was criticised by the opposition for resulting in a cabinet with only four female members out of twenty - two, [3] ultimately shifted Cameron's government significantly to the right on business, justice, and the environment, and rid the government of perceived weaknesses, while maintaining stability at the top.

Checks by the Nigeria Politics Online however revealed that somewhat pressure has been on Olawunmi from the moment he prohibited the use of Hijab for female corps member inside orientation camp citing security reasons.

It may very well be innocent, but it does smell fishy, and by reports from one of his female staff members, she contacted the alleged abused woman in order to «make this go away».

This fall, in races around the city, several qualified female candidates ran in hotly - contested Democratic primaries for open seats being left by term - limited City Council members, while others attempted to unseat incumbents seeking reelection.

My party, at its grass roots, is dominated by active, enthusiastic and politically astute female members but, for whatever reason, not enough seek selection as candidates and few are adopted.

Cuomo was referring to complaints by groups on behalf of female members of the New York delegation and by Black and Latino legislators, all of whom complain that the judge's lines don't sufficiently take their political needs into account.

Smith's fears for the safety of young female activists emerged as the Women Liberal Democrats group wrote to Nick Clegg with concerns about the vigour of the party's investigations, saying its members had been «shocked and saddened» by the allegations against Rennard.

As female members of the Assembly, we hope that our colleagues in the Democratic Majority will call for a vote and elect a new speaker; someone untarnished by the corrupt culture of Albany and who will not tolerate abuses toward women.

Additionally, there are a handful of incumbent female Council members being challenged by men in their reelection bids and two incumbent male Council members facing significant challenges by female candidates.

of Claim filed by Female Staff Member 4 on December 24, 2013; and two letters addressed to Speaker Silver, the

WHEREAS, Santa Clara County was at one point known as the Feminist Capital of the World, with Janet Gray Hayes serving as the first woman elected Mayor of a major US city as part of a San Jose City Council with seven women, (including a female vice-mayor) at the same time as the San Jose Chamber of Commerce was led by a woman; as of August, only two women serve on the eleven member San Jose City Council and only one woman serves on the five member County Board of Supervisors; and