Sentences with phrase «nongovernmental organizations in»

The campaign, which is coordinated by Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch, has seen its membership double since the launch; it is now comprised of 48 nongovernmental organizations in 23 countries.

Author: Regina Paulose is a solo practitioner in Tacoma, Wash.; Jan Guardian is pursuing an LLM in at European Humanities University in Belarus; Garima Tiwari, is an International Bridges to Justice fellow based in Bhopal, India; and Ronald Rogo consults with various nongovernmental organizations in Kenya.

Develop a deeper understanding about civic responsibility and the role of nongovernmental organizations in community and international development.

The GSA is the first global initiative of more than 70 governments, corporations, educational institutions, and nongovernmental organizations in more than 50 countries and regions working with the New York Academy of Sciences to identify the world's best STEM talent and create a global network of promising students and noted scientists.

He regularly advises government agencies, foundations, and educational and nongovernmental organizations in the United States and abroad.

Stipends from the Jesse Jones Leadership Center Summer in D.C. Policy Research Internship Program enable Rice students to get policy research experience at government agencies, private think tanks and nongovernmental organizations in Washington.

Some nongovernmental organizations in China have been pushing for reform over the last decade.

The agreement increases the number of internships allowing MIT students to work in educational, academic, and R&D institutions and nongovernmental organizations in India.

Through an arrangement facilitated by two nongovernmental organizations in North Korea and China with help from journalist Richard Stone at Science, Hammond and his colleague Clive Oppenheimer became the first Western scientists to visit the DPRK's volcano observatory, and a historic partnership was launched.

Since the mid-1990s, the program has provided technical assistance and training to truth commissions, tribunals, ombudsmen, and nongovernmental organizations in Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Argentina, South Africa, Cambodia, East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka.

Not exact matches

In the last month, there have been mass street protests, and a global network of nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, has joined the call for Mr. Najib's resignation.

«A range of policy choices skewed the market in favor of diesel, whereas in the rest of the world this didn't happen,» says Greg Archer, who heads the Clean Vehicles arm of Transport & Environment, a nongovernmental organization based in Brussels.

Orora distributes its products through partnerships with nongovernmental organizations and nonprofits, and hires and trains women for sales and service, providing economic, educational, and environmental impact in each community it serves.»

In October, Speakable launched its first product, the Action Button, which adds to relevant news articles options to take a poll, sign a petition, or donate to vetted nongovernmental organizations and nonprofits.

«What's for sure [with trade deals] is there will be losers, as there have been losers from NAFTA and other trade deals,» Maritta Strasser — a lead trade campaigner for the nongovernmental organization Campact, and a speaker at Saturday's reportedly 50,000 - person rally in Frankfurt — told CNBC last month.

Sometimes the spirit to be found in secular nongovernmental organizations has put to shame the lack of spirit in local congregations.

Meanwhile, the governor of Caquetá made the same point to our delegation, as did members of a morning - long symposium in which we heard from departmental legislators, nongovernmental organizations, educators and church groups.

When the initial proposal for the conference was made in 1989, the General Assembly suggested that member states and human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) hold regional meetings in preparation for the world gathering.

Depending on whom you ask, the agents of globalization vary widely: multinational corporations like General Motors, Nike and Coca - Cola (the largest employer in sub-Saharan Africa); the United Nations and the thousands of nongovernmental organizations; the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization; or CNN and Disney.

In April, China passed new regulations that will affect its more than 7,000 foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by requiring that they register with the local police and find an in - country partneIn April, China passed new regulations that will affect its more than 7,000 foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by requiring that they register with the local police and find an in - country partnein - country partner.

The South African soccer team the Kaiser Chiefs organized a national awareness day; in Burkino Faso, activists partnered with a trucking union for monitoring purposes; drivers of moto - taxis in Thailand keep watch for child sex exploitation; Nepalese trafficking survivors formed Shakti Samuaha, a nongovernmental organization that lobbies officials to make policy changes; organizations in Bangladesh have focused specifically on the taboo topic of male prostitutes and have opened shelters for exploited children.

Recently, in partnership with other nongovernmental organizations, the Union of Major Superiors in Italy pushed the government to pass a stricter law on trafficking.

(3) to make the fullest use of all concerned parties - health professional bodies, nongovernmental organizations, consumer organizations, manufacturers and distributors - generally, in protecting and promoting breastfeeding and, specifically, in implementing the Code and monitoring its implementation and compliance with its provisions;

In an attempt to learn more about dragonfly migration, the US Forest Service's Wings Across the Americas program has assembled a group of dragonfly experts, nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and federal agencies and formed the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP).

Therefore, the target audience includes national and local public health policy - makers, implementers and managers of maternal and child health programmes, health care facility managers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and child health services, health care professionals (including nurses, midwives, general medical practitioners and obstetricians) and academic staff involved in training health care professionals.

Number of pages: 195 Publication date: 2010 Languages: English ISBN: 9789241599573 Download the report [pdf 2.91 MB] Overview Countdown to 2015 is a global movement of academics, governments, UN agencies, foundations, health care associations and nongovernmental organizations formed in 2005 to track progress in reducing maternal and child deaths in the 68 countries where over 95 % of these deaths occur.

In view of the multifaceted nature of the problem we call on government to lead in a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation GhanIn view of the multifaceted nature of the problem we call on government to lead in a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation Ghanin a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation Ghana.

In a study conducted in Brazil, 70 infants with microcephaly were examined at CAVIVER, a nongovernmental organization clinic and referral center dedicated to visually disabled children in FortalezIn a study conducted in Brazil, 70 infants with microcephaly were examined at CAVIVER, a nongovernmental organization clinic and referral center dedicated to visually disabled children in Fortalezin Brazil, 70 infants with microcephaly were examined at CAVIVER, a nongovernmental organization clinic and referral center dedicated to visually disabled children in Fortalezin Fortaleza.

One fellow is selected each year who then places him - or herself in a congressional office, an executive branch agency, or a nongovernmental organization.

Radha Muthiah will provide the perspective of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a nongovernmental organization that addresses both public health and environmental impact in its mission.

This interest led to my participation in another short - term project: In 1993, I was involved in a mountain gorilla survey in the Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), which was organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the German nongovernmental organization Mountain Gorilla and Rainforest Direct Aiin another short - term project: In 1993, I was involved in a mountain gorilla survey in the Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), which was organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the German nongovernmental organization Mountain Gorilla and Rainforest Direct AiIn 1993, I was involved in a mountain gorilla survey in the Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), which was organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the German nongovernmental organization Mountain Gorilla and Rainforest Direct Aiin a mountain gorilla survey in the Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), which was organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the German nongovernmental organization Mountain Gorilla and Rainforest Direct Aiin the Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), which was organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the German nongovernmental organization Mountain Gorilla and Rainforest Direct Aid.

For example, there are lots of nongovernmental organizations sitting in Nairobi, worrying about wildlife.

Once you get inside the Bella Center here in Copenhagen, tensions are pretty high, even though the Bella Center is a lot quieter now that the nongovernmental organizations, or civil society if you will, has been kicked out of the building.

Even in Maiduguri, U.N. and nongovernmental organization (NGO) staff travel in bulletproof cars.

A high - level roundtable would be established in each area, perhaps under the National Academy of Sciences, with representatives of private business, nongovernmental organizations, government officials, scientists and engineers.

This school, seen in 2010, is one of more than 50 floating schools and libraries in Pabna, Bangladesh, run by the nongovernmental organization Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha.

After the environment ministry tripled the logging quota in March 2016, eight nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) accused it of breaking EU nature protection laws by not assessing the potential ecological impact of the additional logging and not sparing trees more than a century old.

«One of the real recognitions of the past decade or two is that the answers to the challenges that we face are at the boundaries between the disciplines and that in fact much of the most exciting science is also taking place at the boundaries between the disciplines,» says David Blockstein, a senior scientist with the National Council for Science and the Environment, a nongovernmental organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes science - based environmental decision - making.

In 1984, in the wake of Argentina's return to civilian rule, President Raul Alfonsín and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo - a nongovernmental human rights organization - requested technical assistance in exhuming mass graves of victims of the country's «dirty war» and in applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regimIn 1984, in the wake of Argentina's return to civilian rule, President Raul Alfonsín and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo - a nongovernmental human rights organization - requested technical assistance in exhuming mass graves of victims of the country's «dirty war» and in applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regimin the wake of Argentina's return to civilian rule, President Raul Alfonsín and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo - a nongovernmental human rights organization - requested technical assistance in exhuming mass graves of victims of the country's «dirty war» and in applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regimin exhuming mass graves of victims of the country's «dirty war» and in applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regimin applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regimin detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regime.

Rather, he argues, climate - concerned governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should pool their resources and buy up the extraction rights to coal and other fossil fuels from so - called «third countries» that choose not to participate in greenhouse gas - reducing collectives.

The wise postdoc will explore other options — including positions in government, industry, nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations — to determine what will best fit their blend of interests and capabilities.

«These partnerships go well beyond just providing competitive grants to academic researchers and include numerous cooperative institutes, joint programs with academia and nongovernmental organizations, involvement with students at all levels, and participation in international organizations,» he says.

Patent professionals work in companies, state and federal governments (including USPTO), private institutes, and nongovernmental organizations.

Iranian scientists and nongovernmental organizations are speaking out about the crises — and, in some cases, making headway toward solving them.

The idea is to enlist governments, international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, funders, scientists, and industry in a multipronged approach.

Olga Gershenzon, who chairs the board of Russian nongovernmental organization Transparent World, said in a statement the analysis «should be a clear call to action to look closely at forest management in Russia and Canada in the face of climate change.»

During the summer, Glover's job prompted a heated debate, when several nongovernmental organizations urged Juncker to scrap the single - headed role, which they deem opaque and vulnerable to industry lobbying; in response, many scientists told him to save Glover's post.

As former lead of the World Bank's global program for fisheries and aquaculture, he said these indicators could be very useful for institutions like the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and nongovernmental organizations that fund projects on fisheries reform in developing countries to monitor and evaluate progress.

About 300 marine scientists have signed a petition in favor of the ban, released in June by a French marine conservation nongovernmental organization called Bloom.

Run by the nongovernmental organization Mercy Corps, the Youth Take Initiative — or, in Arabic, Nubader program — teaches stress management and relationship skills to at - risk 11 - to 18 - year - olds.