Sentences with phrase «many vulnerable communities»

«Russia, with its unwavering support for the regime, ultimately bears responsibility for these brutal attacks, targeting of countless civilians, and the suffocation of Syria's most vulnerable communities with chemical weapons.

Unrest at large calderas rarely ends in eruption, encouraging vulnerable communities to perceive emergency warnings of volcanic activity as false alarms.

Caught between these questions are activists of color and the vulnerable communities they represent.

This scandal is only the latest in a string of worrisome disclosures about the use of social media by third parties, from foreign governments and electoral candidates to law enforcement agencies, to spy on the activities of users — especially immigrant, Black and other vulnerable communities.

Shareholders calling the world's most powerful companies to address their impacts on the world's most vulnerable communities.

For those who are part of vulnerable communities, including journalists, sexual minorities, and human rights activists, location data tracking can also result in physical harm.

«The lack of transparency in assigning public funds and the discriminatory impact on how vulnerable communities in particular are devastated by austerity may become evident again as Puerto Rico awaits disaster relief funds, and communities await to see how those funds will be distributed,» she wrote.

They share our commitment to minimizing the effect of disasters on vulnerable communities around the globe through effective disaster philanthropy.

Emergency distribution of water has been provided to several vulnerable communities which were running out of water.

We also talk with Matthew Soerens, the US Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief and the co-author of «Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis,» about how you can help some of the world's most vulnerable communities.

The U.S. Agency for International Development helps some of the world's most vulnerable communities.

The humanitarian group Doctors of the World have created a line of Christmas cards to raise awareness about conflicts in the Middle East (like the Syrian civil war) and raise money for the group that provides healthcare to vulnerable communities around the world.

We believe that the gains from increased farm productivity and income will be amplified and produce longer - term benefits if the health and nutrition of a population, especially of vulnerable communities, are enhanced.

His passion and pragmatic approach to food security concerns in vulnerable communities in Africa were incredibly inspiring.

Please watch this video and educate yourself on the conditions in many vulnerable communities about what you can do (beyond leaving comments on blogs) to help transform these areas from «first food deserts» into First Food Friendly neighborhoods.

When it benefits you and your family, as well as the environment and workers in vulnerable communities, there's no argument against organic cotton and ethical children's clothes.

These parents in vulnerable communities don't know how to deal with their kids» eating habits.

FRAC has joined with a diverse group of national organizations to launch the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign to expand affordable housing options for America's most vulnerable communities.

In addition, we carry out information, education, communication and advocacy programmes; STI and HIV / AIDS prevention, detection and treatment; as well as health, education and support programmes designed specifically to benefit vulnerable communities, such as adolescents, refugees and internally displaced people.

«No - one opposes fair immigration rules, but that doesn't require polarising publicity stunts which fuel fear and intimidate vulnerable communities, poisoning delicate race relations,» Liberty policy director Isabella Sankey said.

They may be less able to intimidate vulnerable communities with violent threats and instead face more non-violent resistance from a civil society reassured by the prize's moral significance.

«We know he will be a voice for working people in the State Senate and we will work with him to stand up for workers, for immigrants and for vulnerable communities that need a voice in Albany.»

«In the age of President Trump, the Bronx and all of New York needs a strong fighter for our most vulnerable communities,» Diaz Jr. wrote in a campaign email.

New Yorkers are already experiencing hotter summers, more powerful storms and rising seas, which disproportionately affect already vulnerable communities.

«Washington's healthcare cuts have put some of New York's most vulnerable communities in danger of losing access to quality care,» said George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

Cuomo says the investment in the youngest New Yorkers is an investment in the state's «very future» and will help «level the playing field» for children from vulnerable communities.

On a field visit with Medical Aid for Palestinians, to see the work of their mobile clinic to vulnerable communities in the Jordan Valley, the Parliamentarians were able to meet the community of Khan Al Ahmar, which faces numerous demolition orders and intimidation from settlers and Israeli soldiers alike.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers, ensure voting rights, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump administration.»

These capital improvements help with the renovation of youth facilities that provide safe havens for our most vulnerable communities, while also enhancing and improving access to resources for those who need it the most.

«Rampant wage theft remains a reality for New York's most vulnerable communities, many of whom are immigrants,» added Steven Choi, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC).

«Instead of chastising and denigrating local authorities through the media, the government should deploy all its effort to help councils minimise the impact on vulnerable communities and front - line services.»

He also said the city won't comply with the Justice Department if it orders local police to resume the stop - and - frisk policy, that the NYPD will arrest and prosecute anyone who attacks or victimizes Jews, Muslims, sexual minorities and any other vulnerable communities.

She particularly is sensitive to the issues facing individuals from the more vulnerable communities who would appear before her in Surrogate's Court.

Instead, Ms. James said she wanted to place her candidacy before voters, saying that she would defend vulnerable communities and take on everything from corruption to crooked businesses, as well as the administration of President Trump.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that adding such a question «will inject fear and distrust into vulnerable communities and cause traditionally undercounted communities to be even further under - represented, financially excluded and left behind.»

«Under Governor Cuomo, HCR has a tremendous impact on advancing housing policy state - wide, including the Governor's efforts in developing and protecting affordable housing and protecting vulnerable communities.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable healthcare for all New Yorkers, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump Administration,» she said.

There's more: Gun violence disproportionately affects minority and vulnerable communities — children at Sandy Hook, worshipers at a Charleston prayer group, young Black men, and the LGBT community, itself the target of an estimated 20 % of all hate crimes.

«Speaker Mark - Viverito has worked tirelessly securing justice in the courts and prisons, uplifting the voice of young women and immigrant New Yorkers, and delivering crucial victories for vulnerable communities in the last four city budgets,» they said.

Cuomo said the investment in the youngest New Yorkers is an investment in the state's «very future» and will help «level the playing field» for children from vulnerable communities.

«Unfortunately, the people most affected are from the most vulnerable communities, with little access to the facts.»

Aside from inflicting devastating natural disasters on often vulnerable communities, climate change can also spur outbreaks of infectious diseases like Zika, malaria and dengue fever, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

The new findings could be used by governments to identify and protect vulnerable communities before natural disasters happen, Sorensen said.

They now want to pursue probiotic or prebiotic therapies to reduce HIV acquisition in women living in vulnerable communities.

The Synthesis Report makes a clear case that many risks constitute particular challenges for the least developed countries and vulnerable communities, given their limited ability to cope.

Projects that encourage student participation are particularly welcome, as are projects that involve partnerships with marginalized or vulnerable communities.

That strategy must target «vulnerable communities,» including women, isolated gay men, and non-English speakers, says Cipri Martinez, president of NAPWHA in Sydney.

«Flooding risk: America's most vulnerable communities.»

-- In providing assistance under this section, the Administrator of USAID shall give priority to countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, that are most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, determined by the likelihood and severity of such impacts and the country's capacity to adapt to such impacts.

(5) MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND POPULATIONS.