Sentences with phrase «ethnic minorities at»

Enjoy the cooler temperatures (take winter clothes during, well, winter), browse the markets and observe the different ethnic minorities at work and go walking through amazing rice terraces.

In any case the current Mosaic programme has put the issue of ethnic minorities at the top of the universities» agendas.

Koyama says that there wasn't a lot of formal support for ethnic minorities at the university either but that she received much informal support from the Japanese friends she made there.

However, there was also evidence of possible discrimination against ethnic minorities at some points in the system.

As a result, the core cities were slowly reduced to near - bankruptcy, becoming communities of the poor, of the elderly and of ethnic minorities at the bottom of the socioeconomic system.

Not exact matches

Ethnic minorities make up 36 percent of the country, and more than 20 percent of Americans speak a language other than English at home.

That statistic makes a ton of sense when you consider that at present 49 percent of kids under age 15 are minorities, -LSB-[PLEASE LINK DIRECTLY TO THE RESEARCH FOR THIS INFO, INSTEAD OF A NEWS ARTICLE]-RSB- and by 2055 there won't be a single ethnic or racial majority.

When recognition of that complexity shapes hiring, it opens transformative opportunities to people from groups underrepresented in top professions: ethnic minorities, stay - at - home parents, working - class kids, veterans.

At present, the board of Amazon.com, Inc. includes no racial or ethnic minorities, according to data from Institutional Shareholder Services, and just three women.

At 2 % and 3 % they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

ISIS is also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at these same groups, and in some cases against Sunni Muslims, Kurds, and other minorities.»

His words were echoed by care minister Jackie Doyle - Price who claimed ethnic minorities are better at looking after the elderly.

Evangelical Protestantism will continue to grow at a slow pace, primarily through an increase in ethnic minorities.

There are some in the churchwomen, gays and lesbians, racial and ethnic minorities — who have experienced what it is like to suffer at the hands of the civic and religious establishment.

At 2 % to 5 %, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.

The Council on American - Islamic Relations in Kansas is asking for Purinton to be charged with a hate crime both federally and at the state level «in order to send a strong message that violence targeting religious or ethnic minorities will not be tolerated.»

In our own time, there are at least some efforts to include women, ethnic minorities, the homeless, and other previously repressed and excluded minorities as fully belonging to social and religious circles.

In the treatment of blacks, ethnic minorities, and women we still have far to go, but it would be hard to argue that we were better in these respects at any earlier period in our history.

♦ A colleague at Harvard passes on this broadsheet issued by the «Coalition for Civil Rights,» a group made up of «spokespersons» for myriad ethnic and racial minorities, plus gays, lesbians, and assorted lifestyle liberationisms.

The encyclical issued at the conclusion of the Council states, «The Orthodox Church is particularly concerned about the situation facing Christians, and other persecuted ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East.

This crisis surely represents a threat to American society at large, and to the Jews in particular, since, as an ethnic and religious minority, we are likely to become victims when civilization gives way to barbarism.

(vi) engage particularly with groups of fathers who previously have been excluded from services and whose children are at risk of poor outcomes — including young fathers and black and minority ethnic fathers;

Black and Minority Ethnic DAD Cards: aimed at fathers from specific British BME communities — Afro - Caribbean, Muslim, Somali, French - speaking West African, Bengali and Polish.

Higginbottom et al (2006), reporting the views of ethnic minority young parents in England, found the young fathers, the young mothers and the service providers all agreeing that services were aimed at mothers.

It will look at important issues such as men and child protection services, engaging black and minority ethnic men, and engaging young and non-resident fathers.

The sample was stratified by country and electoral ward type to over-represent families in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and wards with a high proportion of disadvantaged and ethnic minority families.19 Electoral wards were defined as ethnic minority (at least 30 % of population «Black» or «Asian», 1991 census), with the remainder defined as disadvantaged (upper quartile Child Poverty Index20) or advantaged (not in upper quartile Child Poverty Index).

Therefore, future (longitudinal) research should take a closer look at the advantages of birth centers and should examine to what extent birth centers actually fulfill the personal wishes of specific social groups such as ethnic minorities.

Bolt's inspection report, carried out throughout 2017, paints a stark picture of a scheme that is causing real harm to migrants - both documented and undocumented - people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and society at large.

One: Zac Goldsmith warns ethnic minorities that Sadiq Khan will put their family jewellery at risk

Comedian Sir Lenny Henry has blasted TV companies for not employing enough black and minority ethnic (BAME) people behind the camera at an event in Westminster.

During the many sit - ins, cultural events and discussions at the Park, people of very different backgrounds, who would otherwise not come into contact — Turkish secularists and nationalists, Kurdish activists, members of the creative professions and white collar workers, Socialists, religious and ethnic minorities, Islamists as well as LGBT and gender campaigners — found a way to manage coexistence and respect for pluralism.

A Goldsmith leaflet campaign targeted at other ethnic minority groups was derided as «patronising» and «scaremongering» after it claimed that Khan would put their family jewellery at risk.

Conservative students at Oxford university have started a campaign for the same rights as gay people and ethnic minorities after claims they are being persecuted on campus.

The inclusion of social supply in the bill also has the potential to result in discriminatory impact on members of black and minority ethnic groups, given what is known about the over-representation of members of these groups at each stage of the criminal justice response to drug offences.»

«Despite significant progress over the last few years, the volume of business won by ethnic minority owned businesses in the UK remains small,» said Sara Todd, chair of Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK) and executive director at Merck Sharp & Dohmminority owned businesses in the UK remains small,» said Sara Todd, chair of Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK) and executive director at Merck Sharp & DohmMinority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK) and executive director at Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD).

Campaigns like the «Go Home» vans or spot checks at London Tube station - or Cameron's photo opportunity with immigration officers in the home of an alleged undocumented immigrant - go down like a bucket of sick with ethnic minority voters.

68 % of ethnic minorities voted Labour at the last election compared with 31 % of white voters.

The report instead favoured a long - term strategy at the grass - roots, encouraging first more ethnic minority members to remove prejudiced attitudes from parties» base, so more candidates will be willing to put themselves forward.

Alice pointed out that «If Parliament were representative, we would have 130 more women MPs, twice as many Black, Asian and minority ethnic MPs and 50 times more disabled MPs», while another BHA representative, Owen Winter, noted that some 120 constituencies at the last general election had no female candidates at all.

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The proportion of awards going to black, Asian and minority ethnic recipients has remained unchanged at 9 %.

Appealing to the north of England, working class voters and ethnic minorities with an aspirational agenda was at the heart of this launch, with a focus on «bread and butter issues such as the cost of living,» as well as ensuring environmental problems aren't merely seen as a concern of the left.

Zac Goldsmith has sent out leaflets warning ethnic minority Londoners that a vote for Sadiq Khan could put their family jewellery at risk.

Members rejected the idea of ethnic minority and female quotas at last year's conference, causing embarrassment to then leader Charles Kennedy.

It is due to report shortly before the campaign kicks off and will look at a wide range of issues including how to recruit more women and ethnic minorities, the policy making process and links to trade unions.

If ethnic minorities had voted for Cameron at the same rate as the white British population in 2010, the Tories would have won 500,000 more votes, 24 more seats from Labour, and a parliamentary majority.

At present the UK's overall employment rate is 74 per cent but is only 60 per cent for the ethnic minority population.

Javid, 48, said he recognised the scandal could cause concern among ethnic minority voters but issued a plea to those who were wavering to look at the government's attempts to «put things right».

Harsher words were exchanged at an equal opportunities commission fringe meeting where two senior Tory women clashed over affirmative action to ensure more women and MPs from ethnic minorities, a policy widely endorsed by most speakers yesterday.

David Cameron has succeeded in boosting the number of ethnic minority candidates in winnable seats: there should be at least four new black or Asian Conservative MPs to add to the two already at Westminster.