Sentences with phrase «getting women elected»

Looking back on the last century one is struck by just how slow the progress was in getting women elected and in government gaining ministerial office.

We have seen labours idea of getting women elected, thats failed, they were hand picked by Blair to vote for him not to question him.

Not exact matches

The Obama administration's move last year to integrate women into front - line combat roles may get reversed by the next Pentagon head selected by President - elect Donald Trump.

On January 12, the president - elect announced that Powell would get a White House job as senior counselor for economic initiatives, saying she would focus on «entrepreneurship, small business growth, and the global economic empowerment of women.»

If he can just get those of the weak and thoughtless minds to concentrate on gay people and not on his distorted unemployment statistics, pay - offs to his union buddies, economy collapsing debt, bullying of the American businessman / woman, ever - lavish spending wife (our money, not theirs), and a debacle of a healthcare plan, then maybe, maybe he might just get elected again so that he can do even more damage than he has already wrought.

He is a prophet like Jesus and Moses and Noah and Ibrahim... etc. women are free to go to school drive get elected... hopefully these lines will speak to you some of the truth about Islam because I am a Muslim and I do nt hate you and I do nt seek attention.

MADRID, SPAIN — Parliament passed a gender - equality bill Thursday aimed at getting more women into elected office and corporate boardrooms — and more men heating baby bottles and changing diapers.

Parliament passed a gender - equality bill Thursday aimed at getting more women into elected office and corporate boardrooms — and more men heating baby bottles and changing diapers.

Women elect to work because they will get more recognition and appreciation in the workforce than at home?

Venneman and colleagues5 recently demonstrated that infants who are formula fed are twice as likely to die of SIDS than breastfed infants based on a case control study of 333 SIDS cases compared to 998 aged matched controls in Germany, from 1998 - 2001, consistent with previously published reports.35 While no studies show that co-sleeping in the form of bedsharing, specifically, is imperative for breastfeeding enhancement, many studies have shown that in order to get more sleep and to ease caring for their infants the decision to breastfeed often leads mothers to adopt routine bedsharing for at least part of the night36 - 40 even where they never intended to do so.41, 42 Indeed, nearly 50 % of breastfeeding mothers in the United States and Great Britain adopt bedsharing for some part of the night,38,43 - 45 and breastfeeding women are twice as likely to sleep with their babies in the first month relative to mothers electing to bottle - feed.39

She is also one of only a handful of women to have been president of the Cambridge Union and many Tory insiders spoke of Frazer as a future star before she had even got elected.

Even if he is elected governor, Paladino won't be able to single - handedly ban a woman's ability to get an abortion in New York.

Gillibrand, who has made a name for herself by trying to get more women elected to Congress through her «Off the Sidelines» initiative, applauded Maloney's actions yesterday and decried Issa's decision.

Also at 2 p.m., women leaders and activists will gather at City Hall to condemn Cuomo's «bullying of elected officials and community organizations» in response to his reported effort to get NYC Public Advocate Tish James not to accept the WFP endorsement to run for AG, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

They have routinely failed to elect a woman as a leader (something the Tories have managed twice), although its commitment to shortlists that help women get elected in the first place deserves praise.

So just to get this straight, Ms. Woerner is all for paying elected officials off instead of prosecuting them for the way they treat women on the job.

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Conservative activists have rejected leader David Cameron's latest attempt to modernise the party by trying to get more women and ethnic minorities elected to parliament.

[Even if he is elected governor, Paladino won't be able to single - handedly ban a woman's ability to get an abortion in New York.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

When she was elected to Syracuse City Court, she was the first black woman to get the seat.

County Legislator - elect Al Krupski now faces a major challenge --- how to balance the ideals of the North Fork with his obligation to the men and women who helped get him elected.

She said the party needed to do more to engage women voters, and to get more women elected to Congress.

Other measures being considered include the establishment of a website allowing women to secretly disclose their salaries, criminalising forced marriage and seeking ways to get more female mayors elected.

«any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman» won't get Row C «in any election».

«The men, women and children living in NYCHA housing deserve better than what they're getting from their elected leaders, and with the selection of an independent construction manager and a record $ 250 million state investment, we will deliver the support needed for families to lead quality, healthy lives in New York City.»

If a woman gets elected president of the USA, she might have one or several husbands, wives or any other gender - identification partners or spouses.

The state Conservative Party has now codified its threat that any lawmaker who votes «yes» on gay marriage will be politically punished, passing a resolution that states «any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman» won't get Row C «in any election».

When Nadine Dorries gets the answer to her question, she may well trumpet it as proof that women elected on AWS are not taken seriously, compared to other MPs.

Hochul said women today still face challenges, including getting paid the same as men for the same work, encountering barriers when running for elected office and dealing with sexual harassment.

Queens State Senator James Sanders, left, and Brooklyn Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, two elected officials involved in the effort to get more contracts for minority - and women - owned businesses and enterprises.

Gillibrand, a national leader in the push to elect more women, praised the efforts of 21 in» 21, making the point that in order for more women to get elected on the federal level it is imperative for there to be a pipeline of women elected officials at the local level.

Velazquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, said she shared in the despair of those who have been unable to reach relatives on the island, noting that days after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico she has still not had success in getting hold of her family.

«Whether it's closing the pay gap, whether it's higher education, whether it's early childhood education, whether it's maternity care, paid family leave, those sorts of issues that might not get sufficient attention or level of importance from male representatives might get more attention if we have women in office,» said Victoria Plotsky, one of the 62, who was elected to the Albany County Legislature.

2 p.m., Women leaders and activists will gather at City Hall to condemn Cuomo's «bullying of elected officials and community organizations» in response to his reported effort to get NYC Public Advocate Tish James not to accept the WFP endorsement to run for AG, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Our mission, as members of the KDD, is to educate ourselves about how government works, what issues are going on in our own communities, mentor young people in civic engagement, and to get more women elected.

Topics covered included Clinton's public service resume and how to get more women involved in elected office and the political process, along with a look forward at the 2018 election cycle.

In my opinion the best way of getting more women into parliament is by implementing proportional representation http://www.tinyurl.com/Proportional-Rep The way we vote can and does influence the number of women elected into parliament.

«The party that supported and campaigned with open arms for child sex abuser Roy Moore, that elected Grabber - in - Chief Donald Trump, and which has blocked protections for women right here in New York, does not get to lecture anyone, anywhere, anytime about sexual harassment,» said state Executive Director Geoff Berman.

The party is calling in all the help it can get in making this pitch, inundating potential supporters with an email from Moveon.org, an impassioned plea by actress - activist Cynthia Nixon, an email from Kirsten Gillibrand urging voters to help W.F.P. elect a State Senate, a video by Whoopi Goldberg, and an appeal by Gloria Steinem designed to counteract the Women's Equality Party (which was started by men, and has few women candidates or downballot Democrats on its lWomen's Equality Party (which was started by men, and has few women candidates or downballot Democrats on its lwomen candidates or downballot Democrats on its line).

Alcantara got significant support from Congressman - elect Adriano Espaillat, the current State Senator, who endorsed her as part of a «year of the woman» speech earlier this year.

The underlying change that's happening is that more women are getting elected to the Legislature and that really positively affects our work place,» said Rozic.

«I'd like to encourage all of the elected officials up front to encourage Claudia Tenney to get herself a telephone in her local office to make herself available to her local constituents,» the woman said to applause.

As pointed out with Harman, Jon Cruddas when standing for deputy leader, didn't even want to be in the cabinet, he didn't want to be Deputy prime minister, regarding sexism how did Jack dromey get elected on a all women short list, or is it the working class who suffer under positive discrimination not the fact it's supposed to help women

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A coalition of neighborhood activists and elected officials has intensified its campaign to get the city to remove a Central Park statue of Dr. James Marion Sims, a white Southern doctor who performed experimental surgeries on enslaved black women.

«As Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, Senator Harkin was instrumental in passing the 9/11 Health Bill by giving the bill its first ever hearing in the U.S. Senate, and Senator Gillibrand appreciates his invitation to speak about her goal of getting more women elected to the halls of Congress this election cycle,» said Glen Caplin, a spokesman, in an email.

The group debated about the best ways to fight for affordable healthcare, the right to get a safe abortion, and the importance of women, especially women of color, voicing their opinions loudly and proudly, to both family and local elected officials.

Things got more personal in 1999 when the European Technology Assessment Network published a table placing the Netherlands last in the percentage of women elected to more than 30 national academies of science worldwide: A dismal 0.4 % of the Dutch Royal Academy's fellows, one out of 237, was a woman (4).