Sentences with phrase «of advocacy group of»

At the ceremony, which was also held to commemorate the President's appointment as co-Chair of the Advocacy Group of Eminent Persons, President Akufo - Addo also inaugurated a 15 - member Inter-Ministerial Committee for the implementation of SDGs.

At the ceremony, which was also held to commemorate the President's appointment as co-Chair of the Advocacy Group of Eminent Persons by UN Secretary General, António Guterres, President Akufo - Addo charged the Committee to discharge its duties efficiently, and ensure that Ghana becomes a shining example for the implementation of the SDGs.

Stressing the importance of his appointment as co-Chair of Advocacy Group of Eminent Persons for SDGs, which was announced on 11th April, 2017, by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, President Akufo - Addo indicated that the appointment was not about him, but rather about Ghana as a mark of trust in her leaders.

Not exact matches

A pro tip for public policy advocacy groups: If you're looking for attention, it helps if your problem appears massively huge and your solution impossibly cheap — preferably less than a cup of coffee a week.

Surveys taken recently by banks and small business advocacy groups show that at most, a third of small businesses plan to expand their staffs in the next 12 months.

Since women make up just 15.9 % of the board seats of Canada's 500 largest companies by revenue according to advocacy group Catalyst, investors looking to apply a gender - lens strategy may find better pickings south of the border.

«The schools have reasonably concluded that they are quite likely to become the next target of OCR if they follow their religious convictions on these matters,» said Baylor, whose Christian legal advocacy group has advised some colleges on how to seek the exemptions.

While it's unclear so far which group, exactly, will be leading the charge, Inc. has confirmed the existence of at least one: BayShare, which describes itself as an «advocacy organization in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to make the Bay Area the best place on the planet for sharing.»

Trump reportedly owns more than three - quarters of Trump Old Post Office LLC, the leaseholder, according to advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Some of Tom Cat's employees and advocacy groups, such as Brandworkers, a non-profit organization for food workers, believed the dismissals were improperly handled, sparking a local and national outcry that led to protests, bad press and boycotts of Tom Cat Bakery bread from famous restaurants such as Le Bernardin.

«In 2016, renewables received about 100 times more in federal subsidies than nuclear plants,» Michael Shellenberger, founder of the Berkeley, California - based, pro-nuclear advocacy group Environmental Progress, wrote in an email to Grist.

In addition, our approach to connecting business with social change is based on addressing the priorities of a wide range of stakeholders including employees, business partners, shareholders, government regulators, advocacy groups and consumers.

Not only have sales been meager, but the pill and its manufacturer — Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx)-- rate poorly on several measures that should be of concern to women and doctors, according to an advocacy group that on Thursday released a report card for the drug's one - year anniversary.

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

Of course, by «respectfully» deferring to a right - wing advocacy group, the company has become the lightning rod it allegedly wished to distance itself from.

«This technological innovation must be allowed to develop, be rolled out and tested in real environments without material interference or overburdening regulations, especially at the initial stages of its adoption,» Llew Claasen, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group, wrote in a Nov. 30 letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Consumer advocacy groups call on regulators to police this new industry of predictive scoring.

Health Care: «I don't think there is much doubt as to where Senator Clinton is on the issue of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virginia.

No dollar figure has been attached to the costs that will be borne by the brands, but according to labour advocacy groups they will be apportioned based on the amount of business each does in Bangladesh.

«Jeb Bush has a big interest in Latin America, and I expect he would follow in the footsteps of [his] father and brother in being more internationally focused on trade issues,» says Todd McCracken, president and chief executive of the National Small Business Association, a business advocacy group.

Graham Richard, chief executive officer of clean energy advocacy business group Advanced Energy Economy, said the report «seriously overstates the challenges associated with new energy resources.»

Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy group, said Pai had a «history of attacking consumer protections» and urged him to keep the FCC's recent initiatives intact.

The FTC is probing a complaint brought by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which looked at some 1,000 products on Amazon's website in June and found that Amazon (amzn) put reference prices, or list prices, on about 46 % of them.

Earlier this year, a survey by online advocacy groups found that nearly half of Americans under the age of 35 have been bullied, harassed or threatened online.

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

Owners may also feel better about borrowing when they see what the Trump administration and Congress can accomplish in terms of taxes and regulations, says Raymond Keating, chief economist with the advocacy group Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.

«The Trump administration has made very clear that they've declared war on the immigrant community on all levels,» said Javier Valdez, co-executive director of the advocacy group Make the Road New York.

The Military Times over the weekend quoted the Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly, who runs a military advocacy group, as endorsing the «rolling back» of some of President Barack Obama's military personnel reforms.

Nearly 3,000 of these student - organized protests are planned, according to the advocacy group EMPOWER.

That's according to a report Tuesday by the Wall Street Journal that's based on an analysis of 329 research papers identified by the Campaign for Accountability advocacy group as linked to Google in some way.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, says MacKenzie, big companies «steered clear of [advocacy groups] like the third rail of the subway.»

The group hailed the new mental health support as a legislative «victory» - one of the few they have seen in four years of ceaseless advocacy to tighten America's gun laws.

Federal borrowers facing periods of low or no income can also file for Income Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE), which cap your monthly payments to a percentage of what you earn, not what you owe, according to Gary Carpenter, CPA and Executive Director of National College Advocacy Group, which supplies information regarding student loans.

«Some of what they're doing borders on the edge of magic,» Gene Russianoff, the staff lawyer for a subway rider advocacy group, told the New York Times» Matt Flegenheimer.

That's how many examples are on a «list of the harmed,» people who have offered personal stories of harm from fracking, as tallied by the advocacy group Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air.

Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.

Still, the Academy of Model Aeronatics, an aviation advocacy group that helped the FAA create a national drone registration system, downplayed some of the ominous warnings of danger.

The majority of those stem from a template put together by liberal consumer advocacy groups, though.

In less than 24 hours, the advocacy group Equality Florida has raised more than $ 2 million for the victims of the Orlando shooting at a gay night club called Pulse that left 50 dead and more than 50 injured over the weekend.

«Instead of working to protect American families, President Trump's plans put the interest of big - money special interests over people,» said Nat Mund, legislative director of the Southern Environmental Law Center, a Virginia - based advocacy group.

Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a science advocacy group based in Washington, says solving the problem of plutonium storage is urgent.

Gary Hirshberg, founder of Stonyfield and chairman of of the labeling advocacy group, Just Label It, believes that Republicans can try to reverse regulations, but they can not turn back the clean food movement that is underway.

The Partnership for Conservation, an advocacy group, argues that current tax incentives have resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of acres conserved.

Barden is one of the co-founders of Sandy Hook Promise, an advocacy group started by some of the family members of the shooting victims.

According to a May 12 letter made public by passenger advocacy group Flyers Rights this week, the Department of Transportation decided not to fine the airline.

«In order to trade securities, they need to be a broker - dealer,» said Jerry Brito, executive director at Coin Center, a digital currency advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. «I could imagine [Coinbase] could sell a number of other tokens» with the license.

Following Chan's appearance, the founder of ethics advocacy group Democracy Watch said he plans to file a formal complaint with the lobbying commissioner.

In the months and weeks leading up to the congressional debate, she's met with dozens of lawmakers, conservative advocacy organizations, and business groups to build consensus and support for a plan that adopts parts of a 2015 proposal by Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee.