Sentences with phrase «lack of representation in»

Poor or lack of representation in a spinal cord injury lawsuit could negatively affect the outcome of your case.

Photo: Indigenous activists protesting lack of representation in UNFCCC at last year's climate talks in Bali (AP / Ed Wray) On an intuitive level, we all know that the change has effective staying power only when all the parties involved are included in

Maybe it's not so much a lack of representation in the dev community so much as a lack of coverage by gaming press?

From looking at my body as a system and building more security in my body, I challenged myself to advance my practice — regardless of the lack of representation in the wellness spaces I occupied.

Rev Jackson said black and ethnic minority communities need to play a greater role in politics, criticising their lack of representation in the UK.

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But her effort to better understand the lack of female representation in tech fields — especially given what she observed in schools while on the campaign trail — ended up changing the course of her career.

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Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

While Christians are often on hand to deal with people in crisis, there is a lack of Christian representation... More

As you say you have a degree in World Religions and the History of Science and a postgraduate degree in Representation and Modernity ---------- I just have an associates degree in Church leadership ------ so you misunderstand my lack of education and my ablities to present my views clearly, compared to your abilities, as patronizing -------------- No TIGGY, what I just said THAT IS PATRONIZING you.

While he has focused on topics close to his heart, such as disability rights, motivated by the lack of representation for those like his daughter who have Downs Syndrome, he has also long been a fierce critic of corruption, especially in connection to the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil.

Meanwhile those of us who are liberals in the Rawlsian or related sense suffer at present a lack of representation by the mainstream parties.

Fighting against entrenched power is never easy, and victory is never guaranteed, but the issues we've raised in this campaign — whether it's a lack of affordable housing, the need for a $ 15 minimum wage, or the importance of honest, ethical representation in government — will continue to drive me in what I do next.»

The argument for fixed quotas of women in Parliament has re-emerged and been seized upon by the media and campaign groups claiming that there is serious lack of female representation in the party hierarchy.

When the UK was given the opportunity to adopt a proportional representation electoral system in the 2011, it was notable only for the lack of enthusiasm from voters.

And while the industry has made some strides on representation in front of the camera, diversity behind the camera is still sorely lacking.»

De Blasio's lack of representation on the board comes as the M.T.A. is facing one of its biggest hurdles in years: how to fill a $ 14 billion hole in its $ 32 billion, five - year plan to fix, maintain and improve mass transit in, and into, New York City.

The lack of satisfactory representation by the first past the post system is illustrated by the movement for independence in Scotland I think...

We can not continue to have this kind of representation, or lack of it, in the 46th District.

Women in Politics is a four - part series exploring the lack of female representation at all levels of politics and what keeps them away, through a sampling of 30 women who hold public office.

Morgan has said the WHLDC board lacks Latino representation given the size of the Latino population in West Harlem.

Women in Politics, a four - part series exploring the lack of female representation at all levels of politics and what keeps them away, was born out of a feature on women in politics that first appeared in the September / October edition of Women@Work magazine, which also featured U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the cover.

«That includes African - Americans, that includes women, and unfortunately our Statuary Hall is lacking in both their representation of the work of women and their contributions to our nation as well as black women.»

Yoder, a gay man, found a lack of quantitative data about the representation and experiences of LGBTQA individuals in science.

Martin sees disturbing parallels between the cultural representations of people who fall by the wayside in the world of work — through unemployment, «deskilling» or lack of training — and those who fall ill as a result of «inferior» immune responses, leading to AIDS, cancer or a host of other diseases.

Publicity by the ACS increased the participation of young chemists greatly while lack of publicity by engineering societies resulted in an under - representation from engineering disciplines.

While the issue of a low representation of aboriginals in science has not impacted negatively on my decision to pursue a science career, there still exists the possibility that a lack of role models and underrepresentation of aboriginal people in scientific fields could impact negatively on the decisions of future generations of aboriginal youth.

[Response: I agree that there are serious problems with the representation of atmospheric feedbacks in the model, but the lack of a fourth - power dependence in infrared emission vs T is not the key one them.

In the response by raypierre - I agree about the problems with simple energy balance model and its lack of spatial representation, but it's tough to fault the authors for the lack of cloud detail, since the science is not up to the task of solving that problem (and doing so would be outside the scope of the paper; very few paleoclimate papers that tackle the sensitivity issue do much with clouds).

At this year's South by Southwest, filmmaker Miranda Bailey spoke on a panel with critics Anne Powers and Claudia Puig and actor Samantha Mathis about the lack of female representation in film and music criticism before announcing the launch of a new website, CherryPicks, aiming to upend the male majority and offer an alternative rankings roundup to Rotten Tomatoes.

Viewers are praising Natalie Portman for subtly criticising the lack of female representation in the Best Director category she was presenting alongside Ron Howard.

The goal is not only to provide a setting to watch the first African - American superhero lead a film in the Marvel cinematic universe, but also empower children of color to partipate in the arts and help change the fact that of the the 100 highest - grossing films of 2016, roughly a quarter lacked any black characters (stemming from a lack of representation amongst directors, actors and screenwriters).

It was just a little under a year ago, when the Academy Award nominations were announced, that everyone was up in arms due to the lack of minority representation among the major nominees.

A year after #OscarsSoWhite highlighted racial biases in Hollywood, #OscarsSoMale takes aim at the lack of female representation in the film industry.

Some felt that the lack of Selma representation, namely in Best Actor and Best Director categories since it did receive a Best Picture nom, spoke volumes about the predominately white demographic of the Academy.

It's «the lack of representation of black people in film, in genre.

The film lacks any sensitivity towards prospective victims and suspects, offering a brutally uncouth representation of murder that nearly revels in bloodlust.

But this one specifically became a metaphor for the prison - industrial complex, the lack of representation of black people in film, in genre.

We'd like to hear from people working in the film industry about the lack of representation for female filmmakers on the 2018 shortlists so far, ahead of the Academy Award nominations on 23 January.

Natalie Portman is being praised for subtly criticising the lack of female representation in the Best Director category she was presenting at the Golden Globes.

Being raised by passionate storytellers and recognizing the lack of representation from the Pacific Islander community in entertainment fueled me to share the stories of my home, Hawai'i.

For some young people in our society, the public representation of their reality is regularly negative or lacking in complexity and substance.

Furthermore, the lack of diverse representations of the numerous contributions that Black Americans have made in the curriculum taught to America's school - aged children is deplorable.

The introduction of an elected school board in 1968 and the passage of the Home Rule Act in 1973 were attempts to increase local political representation, but the school board and council lacked independent taxing authority.

Fifth year teacher Samantha Swartz said she really appreciates her union's support after beginning her career in a school that lacked a union and seeing how that lack of representation affected her.

Lack of education is also related to the over representation of former foster youth in the prison population.

Potash cited another concern in an article last month, one that has gotten a lot less traction but that is perhaps the most valid point: «Another concern is that the merger may result in a lack of representation of the very community the IDPF was created to serve.

Further, current scores can also can be inhibited by a lack of data, resulting in an inaccurate representation of a person's credit.

The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the collection of substantial up - front fees so the debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement with creditors, coupled with prohibitions on direct consumer communications with creditors; and (10), in the case of debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.

The White House's party brought forth an issue that has long been a sore point among people of colour trying to make a living in the travel blogging / vlogging / writing game: a general lack of representation and recognition in mainstream travel media.