Sentences with phrase «on behalf of women at»

She has addressed the UN on several occasions and spoke on behalf of women at special sessions of the General Assembly for the five - year review of the earth summit.

Professor Maathai addressed the United Nations on several occasions and spoke on behalf of women at special sessions of the General Assembly for the five - year review of the 1992 Earth Summit.

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Wigdor initially filed its class action in November on behalf of two unidentified women, arguing that Uber put thousands of women at risk and put profit over safety.

One of the big announcements made at Summit & Salute is our new partnership with Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a leading public policy organization which advocates on behalf of women business owWomen Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a leading public policy organization which advocates on behalf of women business owwomen business owners.

How they empower women: For more than ten years, Sudara has advocated on behalf of and empowered women who have escaped from, or at the highest risk of, human trafficking by providing dignified employment opportunities.

In fact, one could make the case that anyone attending the dinner, even the two candidates, would, by the vibrant solidarity of the evening, be reminded that America is at her finest when people, free to exercise their religion, assemble on behalf of poor women and their babies, born and unborn, in a spirit of civility and respect.

England Women have qualified on behalf of Team GB for the Olympics in Rio 2016, following a nail - biting 15 - 14 victory over USA at the Amsterdam Sevens.

The fact that the author of a major new book asserting that breast - feeding «enslaves» and «undermines» women also personally holds controlling interest in the agency of record for the three companies that collectively control much of the infant formula market share in the United States is glaringly disturbing... Publicis has been charged with marketing Nestlé to the public since at least 1984, and has been promoting infant formula on behalf of Abbott Laboratories since 1997.

Attorney Pete Gleason said he was contacted by two separate women over the course of a year about alleged assault at the hands of former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and maintained in a court filing that he had communications with Michael Cohen, after an intermediary reached out on his behalf to Trump.

Also at 10 a.m., Chelsea Clinton campaigns on her mother's behalf with LG Kathy Hochul at a GOTV event in Seneca Falls, Women's Hall of Fame, 76 Fall St.

Speaking at an event celebrating the 95th anniversary of women's suffrage in America, the two female pols — who helped create the party on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's behalf last year — said that the WEP would announce which candidates it was supporting by September 15.

Mr Sackey, on behalf of the Assembly, chiefs and people of the town, also made a request for the completion of a surgical theater at Adieso Health Centre to help cater for the many cases of pregnant women who were mostly referred to far away distance hospitals due to complications.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

Here's a look at Mr. Schneiderman's career, including his work on behalf of women and his rise to prominence by challenging the Trump administration.

In the Summer of 2010, I drove Emily Thornberry to speak on Ed Milibands behalf at A leadership hustings, at Hornchurch and Upminster CLP in Essex, with Mike Gapes representing David Miliband, my reason for Backing Ed Miliband was he was aware and David didn't understand how un popular we were with the Public, following on from the Expenses scandal, Gordon Browns Comments, that Mrs Duffy's view on Immigration was dismissed by him as «that bigoted woman» and our obsession with the middle class.

But, whichever of the many dating websites for women you choose to sign up at, it will require extra effort on your behalf for you to get the most out of online dating.

The result is a fascinating and under - reported chapter in the never - ending struggle for justice on behalf of black men and women worldwide, as well as a scalding appraisal of Reagan - era racial attitudes at home and abroad.

The legal complaint, filed on one young woman's behalf by the Southern Poverty Law Center (splc) in Montgomery, seeks an injunction to set up monitored standards of the programs at the facility, on the grounds that it is violating the civil rights of the residents.

The guest of honor at the event was the Hon. Martha Karua who spoke on behalf of her fellow Kenyan Women Parliamentarians (KEWOPA) in memory of Professor Wangari Maathai.

In addition to participating in an international array of group exhibitions including the Venice Biennale (1997, 1980, 1976), the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial (1995, 1977), and Documenta, Kassel, Germany (1972), Martin has been the recipient of multiple honors including the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the Women's Caucus for Art of the College Art Association (2005); the Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts given by Governor Gary Johnson, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1998); the National Medal of Arts awarded by President Clinton and the National Endowment for the Arts (1998); the Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement by the College Art Association (1998); the Golden Lion for Contribution to Contemporary Art at the Venice Biennale (1997); the Oskar Kokoschka Prize awarded by the Austrian government (1992); the Alexej von Jawlensky Prize awarded by the city of Wiesbaden, Germany (1991); and election to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York (1989).

Christopher Bedford, who proposed Mr. Bradford to the State Department on behalf of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis (he now runs the Baltimore Museum of Art, which is co-presenting the U.S. Pavilion), sees this gallery, with its hair imagery, as an «homage to the black women who were the ballast of Mark's life in the beauty salons before he could stand on his own two feet.»

Saville is still a feminist: for the next couple of days you can see a work by her at the Gagosian Gallery in King's Cross, alongside pieces by a wide range of artists that go on sale in a charity auction this week on behalf of Women for Women International; she also co-organised the event.

So when I say that Robert Stone's film «Pandora's Promise» challenged my thinking after thirty years of antinuclear activism and repeated arrests at the Nevada Test Site on behalf of «the Clan of One - Breasted Women,» it is not a small statement.

New York City - based Wigdor Law initially filed the class action in November on behalf of two unidentified women, arguing that Uber put thousands of women at risk and put profit over safety.

The Chicago car accident lawyers at Abels & Annes, P.C., working with co-counsel, recently received an award on behalf of one of their clients, a young woman who was the victim of a rear - end collision.

A Massachusetts jury heard about this and yesterday, they expressed their outrage by hitting Lorillard with a $ 71 million verdict on behalf of the estate and son of a woman who was one of these children, who got these samples at least 50 times starting at age 9 and was addicted by age 13, tried unsuccessfully to quit 50 times and who eventually died of lung cancer.

«The impediments to women of bringing discrimination claims against their firms to court are great,» said Wendi S. Lazar, a partner at Outten & Golden in New York City who testified on behalf of the women's commission.

Last year a major law firm took a claim on behalf of a terminally ill woman seeking the right to die, should she want at the time.

Recently, Linda fought on behalf of hundreds of women who had needless and horrific mastectomies and double mastectomies at the hands of a consultant breast surgeon.

Today the women's health care providers who jointly filed suit last month on behalf of their patients have filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate an injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel on October 28 blocking a Texas provision requiring doctors who provide abortions to obtain admitting privileges at a local hospital — a requirement that leading medical associations oppose and only results in women losing access to safe medical care.

Student participation is often steeped in the experience of the clients they serve at the clinic, and results in thoughtful discussions on varied topics, such as the legal system often being a foreign culture to clients, the pursuit of effective, empowering advocacy on behalf of women with diverse experiences, and the tools available to responsibly work in community.

An Illinois pedestrian accident attorney at Abels & Annes has reached a settlement on behalf of a South Side woman that was struck by a distracted driver reading a text message.

Greene Broillet & Wheeler obtained a $ 4.5 million jury verdict on behalf of a woman who was hit by a school bus while crossing at a pedestrian crossing lane on Ventura Boulevard.

I contributed a chapter on «Gender Balance: Winning the Battle to Retain Women at Mid and Senior Levels in Law Firms» in the forthcoming book, Recruiting and Retaining Lawyers: Innovative Strategies to Attract, Develop and Retain Legal Talent, edited by Rebecca Normand - Hochman on behalf of the International Bar Association.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a class - action lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P., the financial - services and media company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on behalf of at least 54 women who accuse the firm of discriminating against pregnant employees.

But it is the subject of at least one lawsuit filed by a woman who sued on behalf of her son, claiming it could take up to nine months before the panel process was complete.