Sentences with phrase «of women politicians»

One could count the number of women politicians on the national level on less than one hand.

During campaigns, security of women politicians remains a constant concern.

Not exact matches

- Hunter in some ways is reminiscent of other women who came forward to ruin or nearly ruin Democratic politicians with accusations of sexual improprieties — while personally profiting from their actions - including Donna Rice (Hart), Gennifer Flowers (Clinton) and Ashley Dupre (Spitzer).

Extreme politicians at every level of government are doing everything they can to block millions of people from coming to Planned Parenthood, deny access to affordable health care, and roll back women's rights over their own bodies.

In the op - ed, she takes note of the efforts of women and politicians before her but acknowledges that much remains to be done.

For the women, female politicians - in - the - making are no strangers to sororities, although it appears that just two of 26 female CEOs in the Fortune 500 joined the organizations in college.

Entertainers are a firm favorite among the most admired women, while politicians and businessmen frequent the list of most admired men.

Good ideas have been floated to address this hostility towards female politicians: last week, the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters created the Lift Her Up campaign to challenge sexist bullying; and Notley believes we should be encouraging more women to enter poliWomen's Shelters created the Lift Her Up campaign to challenge sexist bullying; and Notley believes we should be encouraging more women to enter poliwomen to enter politics.

These complex and intensely personal decisions should stay in the hands of women in consultation with their doctors, not politicians — and voters agree.»

You will never know what brings each woman to make the decision to terminate a pregnancy, but the simple fact remains: They know the circu.mstances of their lives better than any politician, priest or stranger like you.

The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).

Dr Barry Morgan, along with the incoming Children's Commissioner Professor Sally Holland and other prominent Welsh figures, urged politicians to repeal the legal defence of «reasonable punishment» when they vote on the Violence Against Women bill.

They seem to be mostly about priest abusing little boys, Westboro Baptists saying God hates the families of fallen soldiers, politicians deciding that women now need two (not just one) unnecessary medical procedure before they can be allowed to make decisions about their bodies, and Christians telling couples who want to legally commit their lives to each other that they aren't allowed to do that.

Mother's Day struck a resonant chord in the culture - with all those unnerved by women's suffrage and urban migration, with Protestants long familiar with the maternal ideals of evangelical womanhood, with business leaders (especially florists) who were quick to see the commercial potential, with politicians who still regularly voiced the Enlightenment precept that virtuous mothers were the essential undergirding of the republic in nurturing sons to be responsible citizens.

I have heard believers den.igrate my friends because of their natural se.xual orientation, and have heard politicians try to legislate discrimination against women and gays based on their religion.

And what exactly happens when the tables are turned and as a Christian you find yourself under the thumb of an Islamist politician who insists that women not be allowed to walk in public between 9AM and 6PM.

This is the reality faced by millions of women who consider abortions each year, and the sad irony is the same pro-life politicians who want to force them to have their babies typically oppose raising the minimum wage, ensuring paid sick leave and parental leave for all American workers, and protecting the 20 million people who can finally afford health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act.

A pregnant woman knows the situation of her life far better than a preacher, a politician or a stranger on the internet.

But for the most part, the author admits the evils embedded in Greek civilization, among which one can easily name the constricted life of most women, the demagoguery of so many politicians, and worst of all the degradation of the slave's life (he quotes the medical writer Galen who once saw an owner poke his slave's eye out with a reed pen).

... If our politicians were realists, they would think rather less about missiles and the problem of landing astronauts on the moon, rather more about hunger and moral squalor and the problem of enabling three billion men, women, and children, who will soon be six billions, to lead a tolerably human existence without, in the process, ruining and befouling their planetary environment.

A diverse group of people» politicians, clergy, and émigrés» gathered to dedicate the Victims of Communism Memorial in honor of «the tens of millions of men, women and children who were ruthlessly and systematically exterminated to advance the cause of the murderous, malevolent ideology that is Communism.»

The family, the job, the newspaper, the radio, the movies, the Saturday Evening Post, the Reader's Digest, the lodge, the service club or woman's club, the billboards, the store windows, the politicians, the militarists, the manifold purveyors of culture and entertainment — in fact the total social situation is constantly driving home the message of rival secular faiths.

«Catholic politicians should build new coalitions in support of protecting innocent human life: Coalitions, first and foremost, with American women» the majority of whom are pro-life» who understand that Roe's abortion license has encouraged irresponsible male sexual behavior more than any other legal act in our history.

When male politicians or pastors speak about women and contraception, they sometimes make generalizations that reflect a lack of experience.

Oh wait, she covers her hair too... (side note: According to Islamic beliefs, Mary is considered the most pious of women and is granted a high place in Paradise for her righteousness)-- Another interesting note to make is that this New York mosque, which was once the Burlington Coat Factory, was bought a long time before now, How interesting that politicians are making an issue of it now, before elections.

But that doesn't make Roy Moore — a man credibly accused by multiple women of horrible things, a man who has said he does not believe Muslims or women should be politicians — a better choice simply by default.

I'm hoping that politicians have a better understanding of how offering support to families will attract votes from men * and * women.

There is a real irony in Diaz hosting Abrazo Boricuaparticularly with his expressed desire to «protect» his community.I guess that desire doesn't extend to the women of his community (excuse the pun) because the Grand Poobah of the parade this year is a wife beater — who SERVED TIME IN PRISON for the crime.His enablers at the Puerto Rican Day Riot committee attribute his violence to a youthful error — ignoring the fact that he was in his FORTIES at the time.Check out which politicians march and which do not and ask yourself if they'd ignore a violent anti — semite or racist or homophobe being so honored.Once more women in that parade are relegated to the position of tarted up and half naked — even the pre teens — but not worthy of respect.So much for Diaz» «protection».

Tory - supporting men and women, usually white and middle - aged, amble around the Escher-esque creation, listening to speeches and talks by politicians who, in many cases, have enjoyed some of the most expensive educations the country can offer.

Let's gather together a bunch of has been politicians to push the line we need Andrea Stewart Cousins to be leader because she's a black woman.

Statuettes of Britain's leading politicians by Simon Bingle, and photo collages by Julian Bray, connect the art more closely with the men and women stalking parliament's corridors.

Despite the presence of Sturgeon, Wood and Bennett, women politicians made a very small impact in the news coverage as a whole.

Asked about the media's treatment of female politicians, Davidson took aim at the Sunday Times for recently publishing a list of childless politicians that only featured women.

Ruth Davidson has opened up about the pressures of being a woman in politics and said that leading female politicians have a duty to fight back against sexist media coverage.

A 2010 study on backlash against female politicians found that «participants experienced feelings of moral outrage» such as contempt, anger, and disgust when women politicians were described as power - seeking.

Trump and his advisers have reveled openly in the #MeToo - era downfall of prominent Democrats, most recently former state AG Eric Schneiderman, which grates on politicians and strategists in both parties, who view the president as a fatally compromised messenger on women's rights.

A century after the first women gained the right to vote, we asked some of the current crop of leading politicians to tell us about the female parliamentarian they most admire from the last 100 years...

«Parliamentary Pioneers: Labour Women MPs 1918 - 1945», written by the Labour MEP, Mary Honeyball, paints a fascinating portrait of political trailblazers — from Margaret Bondfield to Stella Creasy — who have much to teach the wannabe politicians of today.

And the fall of politicians like Schneiderman creates new openings for women.

«All politicians are crooks in some way and lie more than tell the truth,» one woman, Marguerite Ballus, of Putnam County, wrote on a questionnaire designed to reveal bias against Percoco and his three co-defendants.

Her dedication to politics has survived undiminished and it's this commitment, in her and past female politicians like Lady Thatcher, to making a difference to the world that I believe we need to encourage and nurture in future generations of women.

Robinson urged black women politicians to offer mentoring or workshops to young women of color.

The sole explicit aim of the strategy is to increase the number of women on the green benches and therefore make politicians «look» better to the general public.

David Cameron said he would support public bodies which wished to ban staff from covering their faces if they have public - facing roles but the issue has split senior politicians, with Theresa May saying it is not the role of the state to tell women what to wear.

MANHATTAN — The National Organization for Women has joined City Comptroller John Liu, State Sen. Bill Perkins and a chorus of politicians calling for Gov. David Paterson's resignation.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says many politicians believe it's safer for their chances to be reelected under the present system, when only a small number of their core supporters come to the polls.

The editor of the The Lady magazine reckoned women find politicians «arrogant, over-privileged and out - of - touch», and the coalition government risks losing them as voters.

The New York Times reports that an unlikely coalition of women's advocates, business leaders, and labor unions has formed with the goal of advertising and mobilizing voters to ensure that Spitzer remains a former politician.

Rallying supporters in Manhattan at the Women's National Republican Club, Cruz continued bashing what he calls the liberal, left - wing values of New York politicians, even listing those he said Donald Trump has supported.

The move comes after calls from politicians and members of the public to keep the popular new statue — which was installed facing Wall Street's iconic «Charging Bull» earlier this month by State Street Global Advisors in observance of International Women's Day.