Sentences with phrase «by women and girls»

In laying the foundations for what we know can be a positive future, we will not shy away from extreme injustices faced by our women and girls today.

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BC has taken an alarming lack of substantive action to address multiple rights infringements experienced by women and girls in provincial prisons.

They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men and boys.Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to be free from sexual violence; to...

My vision is the book is used in college and university classes, healing circles, writing groups, book clubs, by women and girls, by counselors and other health professionals.

that it has become so frequently used by women and girls to refer to their hookups.

Speak out against the violence experienced by women and girls worldwide!

The Sustainable Development Goals include ensuring access by infants to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food (2.1); ending all forms of malnutrition and achieving targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age (2.2); addressing the nutritional needs of lactating women (2.2); reducing neonatal mortality (3.2); ensuring access to reproductive health - care services (3.7); and recognizing and valuing unpaid care provided by women and girls (5.4).

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Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture North America and Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code speak at Fortune Most Powerful Women NextGen WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016: Laguna Niguel, CA 11:00 AM BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS THE FUTURE OF TALENT Hosted by Toyota How to retain and best and brightest — and how to triple the pipeline of women in Women NextGen WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016: Laguna Niguel, CA 11:00 AM BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS THE FUTURE OF TALENT Hosted by Toyota How to retain and best and brightest — and how to triple the pipeline of women in women in tech.

Theresia Gouw, once a partner with Accel Partners, and Fonstad, formerly managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, founded Aspect Ventures; Aileen Lee left Kleiner Perkins to launch seed fund Cowboy Ventures; Gilt Groupe's former CEO Susan Lyne hatched AOL's BBG (Built by Girls) Ventures; serial entrepreneur Anu Duggal launched the Female Founders Fund with the express purpose of investing in women.

I had the chance to meet the mother of Amanda Todd [the 15 - year - old B.C. girl who died by suicide in 2012 after being harassed and blackmailed online], an amazing woman.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

That's one reason why City Girl Coffee Company, run by Alyza Bohbot, gets its beans from women - run farms and cooperatives and donates 5 % of its profits to organizations that support women in the coffee industry.

UChic is doing the same through our partnership with the Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City by working together to support the dreams of women and gWomen's Foundation of Greater Kansas City by working together to support the dreams of women and gwomen and girls.

In December of 2013, the OPES Impact Fund made an equity investment in AFRIpads that will help the company meet its goal of reaching 500,000 women and girls by 2015.

That a 15 - year - old girl would be targeted and shot by the Taliban, live to tell the tale and then continue to fight for the education of women in Pakistan is the kind of story that cuts through cultural and geographic boundaries.

The girl statue was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors, the fund management arm of Boston - based State Street, to call attention to the role of women in corporate America and its «gender diversity index» fund.

After graduating from Stanford with a degree in mechanical engineering and product design, Sterling was bothered by how few women were in her program and became obsessed with «disrupting the pink aisle» with a toy that would introduce girls to the joy of engineering at a young age.

To understand why graduation rates in computer science are so low for women, we only need to answer one question: Why do 74 % of high school girls report affinity for STEM subjects in school and yet, according to a report by the Girl Scout Research Institute, only about 20 % pursue STEM - related undergraduate degrees?

We have also made advancements in reducing extreme poverty and hunger,» the scientists wrote, adding that we've made progress in lowering fertility rates too — largely by improving girls» and women's education.

Sadly, millions of women and girls continue to be brutalized by violence, including through the inhumane practice of early and forced marriage.

He is also a Director of Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium producers and Chairman of the charitable organization Educating Girls of Rural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to education.

In February 2016, federal cabinet ministers acknowledged that the true number of Indigenous women and girls whose lives have been stolen is likely far higher than reported by the RCMP.

Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black Female Founders and the President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skWomen (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skwomen in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skwomen and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.

To continue to support women in business, look for charities that help aspiring women entrepreneurs and students by providing capital, grants or education opportunities, or help the NextGen of women - owned businesses by supporting education, mentorship and leadership development opportunities for girls and teens.

In addition, the Dermalogica FITE (Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship) initiative helps women and girls on the path to entrepreneurship by providing access to education, vocational training, small loans and leadership skills.

Through Project Shift, a 30 - month project funded by Status of Women Canada, YWCA Canada and partners, like us at Ladies Learning Code, are working to create a safer digital world for girls and young wWomen Canada, YWCA Canada and partners, like us at Ladies Learning Code, are working to create a safer digital world for girls and young womenwomen.

report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium ’s

Veris Wealth Partners produced the Women, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiWomen, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiWomen report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

Far be it for some Christians to validate a young woman's strength and equality by wrapping it up in some phony «It's not okay for a young X-tian boy to grapple with a girl» But it is just fine to grapple for hours with a boy?

(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.

Then he also started receiving regular communications from God telling him to kill pagens, smite unbeilevers, take no prisoners, beat your wife if she steps out of line, be a martyr by fighting for Allah and receive 72 virgins in a beautiful garden, and my favorite... Allah said that Muhammed alone could have access to any woman he desired except wives of other Muslims — slave girls, prisoners, widows, NIECES, daughters, you name it, all fair game for the Prophet of Allah.

It seems to me they have much bigger fish to fry like: The Taliban treating women as less than human, stoning people to death, 60 year old men marrying teenage girls, cutting off an 18 year old girl's nose because she left her abusive husband (see TIME magazine a month ago), destroying over 125 schools because girls attend, suicidal Islamic fanatical cowards on every continent killing thousands of INNOCENT people, and these clowns are worried about their precious Koran being burned by a nutjob.

Acting on our Commitments to Women and Girls Affected by the Syrian Conflict» focuses on the many difficulties faced by Syrian women and girls who have been displWomen and Girls Affected by the Syrian Conflict» focuses on the many difficulties faced by Syrian women and girls who have been displGirls Affected by the Syrian Conflict» focuses on the many difficulties faced by Syrian women and girls who have been displwomen and girls who have been displgirls who have been displaced.

In 2010, over 67 million women ages 20 - 24 had been married as girls, and, if the trend continues, 142 million will be married by 2020...»

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo — This is another one that could have gone on the picture book list because the paintings in here are sublime but the biographies of 100 notable women are written as bedtime fairy tales.

The film spans several decades, following Corinne from a young girl who half - heartedly proclaims herself to be saved by Jesus to a teenager who marries when she becomes pregnant to a woman ensconced in a deeply religious community after she and her husband come to believe that God has saved their baby.

What started with just six women sewing in a single room has grown to over 150 women and girls employed by one of Sudara's three sewing centers in India.

That is where the harm comes in — when we take a definitional difference («men are, by and large, more likely to be physically stronger than women») and make it prescriptive («hey girl, let me carry that box for you because you're a woman.»).

This strikes me as an important and refreshing message to send to girls, who are bombarded with stories and images that reinforce the notion that a woman's identity is defined by her appearance and her ability to snag a man.

Seeing women in leadership matters to girls and equally to women still longing to have their passions, talents, and personhood affirmed by the Body of Christ.

«The consequences for Syria have been lethal for millions of people, not least in the slaughter of the region's minorities... Nearly 10,000 Yazidis are believed to have been killed or captured by ISIS, with more than 3,000 Yazidi girls and women believed to be currently enslaved in Syria.

The 16 Rohingya - 12 men, two women and two young girls - had traveled to Dhaka from Cox's Bazar, the district bordering Burma where refugee camps are overflowing with more than 620,000 Rohingya who have fled what the UN says is a campaign of ethnic cleansing by Burma's military.

Gothard's teachings involve rules upon rules all dealing with the outward, dress, hair, smiling, bright eyes, no birth control or dating, no higher education for girls who must stay in the home until the father decides what they should do, how God blesses and is happy with you if you do such and such, so many rules, those who really wanted to please God were under the weight of things they could never accomplish... plus the male regime and women having to be careful not to defraud men by their dress or looks made it so easy for sexual predatory behaviors to take hold and the woman at fault for the man's problems and such... ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder some of the children of this regime became athiests.

The differentiation of homosexual orientation from gender identity (for females as well as males) has been increasingly recognized, and a highly competent summing up is available in Man and Woman: Boy and Girl, by John Money and Anke A. Ehrhardt (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1972).

Kantor says the signs of the times, such as the way Girls corrects Sex and the City, indicate that women know the various stances and «Rules» tried out by modern women since the Brown days haven't worked, so that the time is ripe for single girls to throw out their Cosmo, and take up their Girls corrects Sex and the City, indicate that women know the various stances and «Rules» tried out by modern women since the Brown days haven't worked, so that the time is ripe for single girls to throw out their Cosmo, and take up their girls to throw out their Cosmo, and take up their Jane.

I am the worst sinner ever i think... i lost my virginity since when i was 14 or more years... the first time i intercourse with the married woman (i do nt know she divorced or her husband died) and that was just once but kissed many times... then later i intercourse with another lady then after that with the another lady (girl friends)... then after that i have a long lasting relationship with another lady (nonchristian) we already intercourse for many times... and as years pases by..

What started with just six women sewing in a single room has grown to over 150 women and girls employed by one of International Princess ™ Project's three sewing centers in India.

When I push my stroller at the park, I'm passed by packs of girls, pairs of young women, and I feel frumpy in my yoga pants but pretty sure that I can't wear those cute little outfits anymore without looking like I'm trying too hard, another woman in her 30s that wants to be a teenager again.