Sentences with phrase «including rural women»

Breastfeeding empowers women, including rural women and girls, to provide their children with optimal nutrition, improve child survival, and promote long - term health for both mother and child.

Not exact matches

Now, new research shows certain factors, including age and income, determine whether women living in rural Nepal have home births or hospital deliveries.

Additionally, BabyCenter is currently participating in a number of maternal health projects around the globe including text4baby in the United States, collaboration with the Grameen Foundation in rural Ghana, and a new mobile program in India in an effort to reach underserved women and empower them to take control over their own health by implementing positive behavior changes.

My report finds that whilst the Constitution has been referred to in only a limited fashion in cases involving the protection and enhancement of women's rights, notable exceptions include violence against women resulting from religious edicts: «In response to a spate of violence directed at young rural women as part of their sentencing by fatwa... the Supreme Court declared such sentences unconstitutional in 2001.»

Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

«In rural settings, there are often barriers to health services that women face, including stigma, cultural concerns of confidentiality and trust, lack of anonymity, and lack of access and providers.»

This gap is particularly important to address given that rural women, including those from Appalachian regions, report a higher rate of health concerns that may be associated with, or a consequence of, unaddressed or undertreated alcohol misuse.

With funding from WHO, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and colleagues from Makerere University in Uganda have conducted a study that includes around 1,000 women from rural districts of Uganda.

The three - month long study included about 300 Chinese men and women living in one of the most polluted areas of China, a rural community in the Jiangsu Province.

Parched Details: 2015, Wolfe Video Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A drama set in rural India that centers on four ordinary women who share the harsh lives of Indian women, including abusive and arranged marriages as well as widowhood.

When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by murders of young boys, superstitious locals are quick to apportion blame, with the suspects including the local witch (Florinda Bolkan, A LIZARD IN A WOMAN»S SKIN.)

and it has found that much still has to be done, that women, rural peoples, youth, and many other sectors such as first nations, older peoples, peoples with special needs, have again not been included..

The study highlights differences across key groups of students in the state, including men and women, Alaska Native and White students, and rural and urban students.

She includes inspiring stories from around the world — of resistance workers who organize to overthrow a dictatorship in Serbia; of groups of families who deepen their religious beliefs in affluent suburbia; of a sisterhood of lower - class women who train to become health workers in rural India; of study groups that raise the calculus achievement of black and Hispanic students on college campuses.

Also included in Extravagant Features is Magic Flying Carpets of The Berber Kingdom of Morocco, an ongoing curated project of carpets from the rural Berber women in Morocco.

To concentrate on the development of skills in rural areas, including upgrading of local craftsmen and women, thereby economically empowering the people.

ClimateAdaptAsia: Determinants and Effectiveness of Local - Level Adaptation to Climate Change: Case Studies of Two Bangladesh ministries, including the ministries of agriculture, environment and forest, water, health, rural development, food and disaster management, children and women affairs, relevant departments and NGOs have been implementing a number of local level adaptation (LLA) projects with their limited resources [continue reading...]

This activity report looks at the benefits of biogas including providing poor rural women and men in developing countries with clean and renewable energy all year round.

BarefootLaw Uganda uses a combination of approaches including technology, audio - visual and traditional means to provide legal knowledge and assistance to women, both in rural and urban areas.

Swayam Shakti Suraksha by Bajaj Allianz, an excellent insurance policy for women, supports over a million women across India, including rural areas through 18 states.

Thirdly, past representative bodies have also been plagued by tensions arising from the need to represent a diversity of Indigenous interests, including interests of both urban and rural / remote communities as well as interests of specific members of the community including, Indigenous women and youth.

The Committee welcomes the initiatives to make available to women facilities to ensure their equal access to legal services, including in rural areas, and the strengthening of the Sex Discrimination Act, 1984.

Third, past representative bodies have also found it difficult represent a diversity of Indigenous interests, including interests of both urban and rural / remote communities as well as interests of specific members of the community including, Indigenous women and youth.

The Steering Committee selected participants from a mix of urban, regional, rural and remote localities and were mindful of including different age groups and ensuring there was an equal number of men and women invited.

Given the Committee's membership has already been announced, one possible solution would be to create sub-committees of key groups not adequately represented on the Committee, including women, Indigenous Australians, people with rural and remote healthcare experience and others.

These included services for rural women, counselling services, and improved leadership opportunities for rural youth.

It also includes «ordinary» Australians from a broad cross-section of the community, including women from all walks of life and people who live in rural and remote Australia.

Mona is a Waanyi and Jaru woman who was born in Mount Isa and has worked in and around rural and remote regions over the last 35 years, including Mount Isa, the North West and the Lower Gulf country, as well as the Northern Territory.