Sentences with phrase «of fighting against poverty»

People buy fair trade products as a way of showing «solidarity» with coffee bean farmers, Illy said --» to pay more for a product than it is worth on the market for the sake of fighting against poverty.»

On this day, governments around the world are reminded of their prior agreements of the agreements that they have made on an international level in order to sustain the initiative of fighting against poverty.

And in his annual Message for the World Day of Peace on 1 January 2009, Benedict XVI noted: «The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings.»

Not exact matches

Druckenmiller was named «America's Most Charitable Man of 2009» by the Chronicle of Philanthropy after he and his wife pledged $ 705 million (U.S.) in support of medical research, education, and the fight against childhood poverty.

Professor Sachs is widely considered to be one of the world's leading experts on economic development, global macroeconomics, and the fight against poverty.

But, rather than fighting child poverty on First Nations reserves, the government has been spending literally millions of your dollars and mine to fight against equal child welfare support for First Nations kids.

The leaflets often make it seem as if poverty is «out there,» whether that's in the Global South or the inner city, and that the fight against it only includes a monthly donation and a couple of hours of volunteering or a short missions trip.

The biggest problem with Wallis's blanket denunciations of the world economy and his vague proposals for a «third way» is not that they are out - of - date or leftist but that they hinder the fight against poverty here and abroad in three ways.

It is women who are taking the lead in this global struggle, because feminization of poverty, violence against women, dehumanizing treatment of women and all other forms of pains imposed on women drive them to fight back.

This verse, taken out of context, has been put to irresponsible use in the history of Christianity, as if it were a divine sanction on poverty and a discouragement to all attempts to fight against it.

Timothy Smith's book Revivalism and Social Reform in MidNineteenth Century America, for example, argues persuasively that nineteenth - century evangelicals with their quest for moral perfection were at the forefront of the social battle, fighting against poverty, slum housing, racial intolerance, and inhuman working conditions.68 Smith's book has often been used by evangelicals to support their claim that they have been socially active.

The «new breed» of clergyman is often seen in the streets and elsewhere protesting the war in Vietnam, demonstrating for civil rights for blacks, and leading the fight against poverty.

In the first of a three part series on Christian involvement in social action, Sam Hailes investigates the ways in which today's Church is joining the fight against UK poverty.

I'm in Ethiopia at the kind invitation and expense of The ONE Campaign, a nonpartisan, advocacy organization dedicated to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

Advances in early childhood development, especially in the science of early adversity, could revolutionize the fight against poverty.

The Science of Early Adversity Advances in early childhood development, especially in the science of early adversity, could revolutionize the fight against poverty.

«Now is the time to encourage pregnant and lactating mothers to take charge of their health, particularly in villages where the fight against poverty and malnutrition is already a pressing concern,» said UNICEF Nutrition Officer M. Vincent Maku.

At National Grid we're using all the tools we have at our disposal to play a part in the fight against fuel poverty but it's incumbent upon all of us in the energy industry to reach out, form partnerships and develop joined - up projects if we are to fully address the issue and make fuel poverty a thing of the past.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has said this morning that the world «must do more» both in emergency disaster relief and in the long - term fight against poverty.

The UK has a long legacy of leading the fight against global poverty, and it's essential that we use our influence to ensure the European Union also delivers on the 0.7 % commitment as it develops its budget from 2014 — 20.

On its website, We Are Europe states: «With Europe we've had 70 years of peace, and together we've led the world on issues from climate change and human rights, to the fight against global poverty...

In 2017, Poloncarz appropriated an initial $ 500,000 for county anti-poverty initiatives and further expanded the fight against poverty through the establishment of the Erie County Poverty Advisory Committee, along with conducting the first Poverty Summit in poverty initiatives and further expanded the fight against poverty through the establishment of the Erie County Poverty Advisory Committee, along with conducting the first Poverty Summit in poverty through the establishment of the Erie County Poverty Advisory Committee, along with conducting the first Poverty Summit in Poverty Advisory Committee, along with conducting the first Poverty Summit in Poverty Summit in August.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.»

Addressing an audience in Oxford he praised Tony Blair and Gordon Brown for their «personal commitment» to raising the significance of the fight against global poverty.

Also at noon, Bay Ridge for Social Justice, Fight Back Bay Ridge, Arab American Association of New York, South Brooklyn Progressive Resistance, and The Campaign to Take on Hate hold the MLK Day March Against Racism, Poverty and Militarism, 414 80th St., Brooklyn.

The Sunday Telegraph revealed in May how Mr Cameron had appointed Mr Field, who was welfare reform minister in the early years of Tony Blair's government, as his «poverty tsar» as he put the fight against deprivation at the heart of his agenda.

Mr. Loeb urged that people «take up the fight against the teachers union, the single biggest force standing in the way of quality education and an organization that has done more to perpetuate poverty and discrimination against people of color than the K.K.K.»

Labour is making the fight against child poverty a central aim because the party feels «outrage» at the waste of lives, unlike the Tories who pay «lip service» to the government's commitments, a senior cabinet minister said yesterday.

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has declared that the fight against poverty and unemployment is not optional but a matter of national security.Source: myjoyonline.com

World Bank President Jim Kim yesterday put climate change at the center of the fight against extreme poverty, part of an effort since he began his tenure to link the two looming global problems.

World Bank President Jim Kim yesterday put climate change at the center of the fight against extreme poverty

It's the least we should do, for our own security, the fight against poverty and the preservation of the Earth's fragile environment.

Established in October 1945, the United Nations is an international organization with 191 members whose goals include the promotion of human rights, reduction of poverty, protection of the environment and the fight against disease.

«We can't become the criminals we're fighting against...» Matthew Heineman's almost accidentally fearless exposé of Mexico's terrifying cross-border drug cartels opens with what looks like an outtake from Breaking Bad: an atmospherically torchlit scene of masked men cooking crystal meth, talking of American chemistry and local poverty, and how they will keep doing this «as long as God allows», whatever the consequences.

Some of the initiatives that we will be helping to spread awareness on will be making health and medication accessible to those in need, helping to achieve universal education and last but not least fighting against poverty, corruption and terrorism.

Following Professor Mayor's guidelines, UNESCO created the Culture of Peace Program, whose work falls into four main categories: education for peace, human rights and democracy, the fight against exclusion and poverty, the defense of cultural pluralism and cross-cultural dialogue, and conflict prevention and the consolidation of peace.

The unforgiving evaluations, the intolerance for excuses, the talk of saving lives: These are the ever - present reminders that Canada and the staff are a band of rebels fighting against the corrosive culture of poverty laying siege to the families just outside our four walls.

One way to fight against the effects of poverty and promote a greater overall society was to give additional aid to students most at risk for success in the education institution.

Ultimately this is a love story about a fight against poverty and hopelessness, the transformation made possible by a true love, and the power of young people to have a deep impact on the world.

Druckenmiller was named «America's Most Charitable Man of 2009» by the Chronicle of Philanthropy after he and his wife pledged $ 705 million (U.S.) in support of medical research, education, and the fight against childhood poverty.

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s visionary campaign for the poor, the Smithsonian's African American museum in Washington, D.C., is paying tribute to his legacy with an exhibition that examines the civil rights leader's fight against American poverty.

Friends of the Earth groups have fought long and hard to make this initiative a reality and it's a testimony to the work done by African civil society in the fight against energy poverty.»

In both its conservation areas, the BCP team is working in close collaboration with locals in the project area to take action in the fight against poverty, which is one of the major causes of deforestation in Zambia.

Despite reports about the devastating impacts of oil palm expansion on forests and indigenous peoples, the Peruvian government continues to promote oil palm development, supposedly as a viable economic alternative in the fight against drug trafficking, migratory agriculture, and poverty.

The campaign will benefit one of Christy's favorite charities, CARE, which fights against global poverty.

Links::: V EU - LAC Summit official website:: European Union site on the V EU - LAC Summit:: Original article: Fight against poverty and climate change, themes of the Lima Summit (EFE via RPP, in Spanish).

To be a voice of the legal community, to inspire and enable lawyers to join the global fight against poverty and to ensure that legal support is available for those engaged in that fight.

The role of the representative body in advocating for the vulnerable was highlighted — be it for children, women and the elderly; and in the fight against poverty.