Sentences with phrase «most vulnerable people»

The industry is still a long time away from the point at which some professions will become obsolete, but when that moment comes, the most vulnerable people will be appraisers and commissioned loan officers, Narasimhan predicts.
Often situated in medically underserved areas, the health centers provide care to some 26 million of the nation's most vulnerable people.
FSGV provides counselling and other essential services to the most vulnerable people in our community.
These cuts would target some of the most vulnerable people's lives around the world.
This bill targets some of the most vulnerable people and communities in America by preventing them from getting care at Planned Parenthood health centers.
By removing expanded Medicaid, the AHCA removes care from the poorest, most vulnerable people.
Politicians like Vice President Mike Pence, who's led the charge to attack care at Planned Parenthood, would hurt those who already face significant barriers to accessing health care, and as such are some of our most vulnerable people.
It aims to map the places in the world where the most vulnerable people live in a proactive way.
MSH's mission is to save lives and improve health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Within social care and education, we work alongside a wide range of services who provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society.
«You can support progressive causes without any sacrifices on price, quality or coverage - Shop with your values and help us protect America's most vulnerable people.
Another $ 100,000 has been given by Google to the city's Community Foundation of Greater Flint for the Flint Child Health & Development Fund, which will help the most vulnerable people exposed to poisonous lead.
Congress has an opportunity to right these wrongs by passing bold legislation that would provide relief to some of the world's most vulnerable people.
Our concern is that the thought of a potential legal bill at the end of a case could deter some of the most vulnerable people from seeking justice in the first place.
This clinical service provides thousands of hours of free legal help to some of Hawai'i's most vulnerable people, including the elderly, troubled and incarcerated youth, veterans, and families living at or near poverty levels.
The Great Recession of 2011 has dramatically increased the demand for civil justice for the most vulnerable people in our community.
Atchison stated in court, «I believe the application of these laws makes things worse for the most vulnerable people on the street but also for others in the sex industry.»
It recognized that public interest litigants are crucial to realizing the Charter's democratic potential because they can address the systemic impacts of the law on the most vulnerable people in a way that isn't possible in individual litigation.
Legal Aid lawyers, who work with some of Ontario's most vulnerable people to ensure they have a voice in our courts, are left without representation themselves because of backwards labour laws.
We also know that the victims of dog attacks are often the most vulnerable people, including children.
In a recent judgment, Justice Lynne Smith of the British Columbia Supreme Court identified grounds upon which to reopen the question of the constitutionality of the criminal prohibition against physician - assisted dying, claiming, in effect, that while the Supreme Court had at the time of the Rodriguez been correct in stating that a blanket prohibition on physician - assisted dying would be rationally connected to the goal of protecting the most vulnerable people in Canadian society, such a prohibition is overbroad (you don't need to deny everyone the right to physician - assisted suicide in order to protect society's most vulnerable persons) and grossly disproportionate in its effects.
Too many courts are denying basic access to justice by using fees and fines to force the most vulnerable people into the criminal justice system.
«This amounts to taking money from some of the most vulnerable people in Ontario and handing it to employers.»
We'll be watching closely for more developments on the laws protecting migrant workers, who are among the most vulnerable people in our communities, from predatory and exploitative recruiters and employers.
Despite government cuts HCLC do a great job but they have many issues delivering legal services that can be solved by technology to help the most vulnerable people in our community.
Accredited under the Law Society Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme as a Level 2 Caseworker and Supervisor, David Saldanha has appeared as an advocate in hundreds of asylum and immigration appeals over the past 20 years before the First - tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal and their predecessors, gaining a significant experience in a wide range of immigration matters, such as asylum claims and unlawful detention, standing on behalf of the most vulnerable people in the society.
These organisations often rely on the pro bono support of lawyers but they also need funds in order to survive and continue making a real and recognisable difference to the lives of many of the most vulnerable people around the country.
Our children are the most vulnerable people in our society.
In addition, Mr. Rittereiser was appointed by the Governor to the State Advisory Council on Homelessness, where he serves to address the complex issues that affect our communities» most vulnerable people.
Kate brings a strong passion for housing justice and disability services, and she views civil legal aid as critical to providing a more even footing for the most vulnerable people within the legal system.
For the Fiscal Year 2014, we successfully secured a continuation of levels seen in the King County's FY 2013 budget, which included a sizable increase in investment to legal aid programs serving King County's most vulnerable people.
Pedestrians are the most vulnerable people on the road.
«These individuals, some of the most vulnerable people in our country, were not to blame for the agency's failure to recognize their marriages after Windsor, and the government's actions were clearly unjust.
Sadly, there are all types of abuse that can be inflicted on some of the most vulnerable people.
The priority is not to avoid damage entirely, but rather to minimize damage and especially to minimize damage to the most vulnerable people in society.
The degradation of the environment will affect the most vulnerable people there.
Two of them highlight that among the most vulnerable people in the context of climate change are those who live in remote places and whose livelihood depends on the natural ecosystems.
If the fossil energy lobby wins, the most vulnerable people — children, the elderly, and the ill — will pay the heaviest price.
The World Wide Fund for Nature, an international non-governmental organization promoting conservation and biodiversity, stresses that climate change «will impact some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people, disrupting food production, and threatening vitally important species, habitats and ecosystems.»
This paper explores the challenges of reaching the most vulnerable people with adaptation finance.
Many of them, individually or collectively, made submissions to the SBSTA last year and will submit new texts for the two upcoming workshops to make sure that the needs and solutions of the most vulnerable people especially smallholder farmers are highlighted.
And to repeat, it is the world's poorest and most vulnerable people who are likely to suffer the bulk of these damages.
Helen Szoke, executive director, Oxfam, summed up for the doubters: «This deal offers a frayed life - line to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
This report highlights the experiences of nations in the Global South in climate adaptation, and emphasizes the need to bolster the effectiveness of adaptation action in order to ensure that the world's most vulnerable people are well - equipped to respond to the impacts of climate change.
The shift away from fossil fuels is urgent and it must happen without harming some of the most vulnerable people.
Just as Pope Francis has said, «The deterioration of the environment and society affect the most vulnerable people on the planet.»
A position on a global ghg atmospheric stabilization target is essentially an ethical question because a global ghg atmospheric concentration goal will determine to what extent the most vulnerable people and the ecological systems on which they depend will be put at risk.
(Anderson and Bows, 2010) That is, although it is still possible that nations in the next few years will revise upward their ghg emissions reductions commitments to levels that will protect the most vulnerable people and countries, the most recent science has concluded that the world is running out of time to do this.
«But the most vulnerable people, both in the United States and elsewhere, can be forced into dangerous situations by these disasters.
The EU must do much more to protect the most vulnerable people on the frontline of climate impacts.
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