Sentences with phrase «on civil society groups»

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It is among at least 4,000 signatories of the National Agreement on the Right to Decide and the Referendum Agreement, a group comprising of political parties and civil society organisations in favour of the independence vote.

He mentioned the company's plan to hire «dozens» of Burmese language content reviewers as the first part of a three - pronged approach in Myanmar, also noting a partnership with civil society groups to identify hate figures in the country rather than focusing on removing individual pieces of content.

The Trade Justice Network joined nearly 40 civil society groups to call on the three governments to #EndISDS.

The pan-Canadian coalition, which emerged from the North American civil society gathering on NAFTA in Mexico City in May 2017, is made up of labour, environmental, farmer, social justice and other civil society groups across English - speaking Canada and Quebec.

The UK Food Group (UKFG) exists to promote action on global food security through the collective effort of civil society.

Corruption and impunity have become accepted convention in the administration, nepotism is eating the administration up yet, some members of OccupyGhana and other civil society organisations are helping the administration to play the blame game on the past Mahama administration as a coverup for the administration's failure which is betrayal of what these groups and their mother organization the Npp promised Ghanaians during the campaign.

And it's based on using volunteers, ordinary residents, Labour party members, trade union members, members of faith groups, civil society.

Despite its innocuous title, the Statute Law represented an attempt by the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta to clamp down on the activities of civil society groups that had supported his prosecution at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

However it is important to note that only a small proportion of civil society groups are involved in the protests; namely those groups that are based in Bujumbura who are focused on governance and human rights issues and regard themselves as watchdog responsible for holding the government to account.

The rule of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos seemed secure: the government had insulated itself from civil society groups working on human rights and governance issues, improved its relationships with business - hungry Western states, and deepened its strategic partnership with China.

Devolution in Scotland followed a decade - long debate involving a wide range of organisations in civil society; «devo Manc» is the result of confidential bargains between the Treasury and a small group of local deal - makers, mostly on the City Council.

Moreover, as part of a broader effort to deter incidences of hate speech and incitement, which were rampant in 2007 - 08, civil society groups embarked on media monitoring campaigns.

Next steps should include making the data on the site available via API, so that researchers, civil society groups and apps developers can create new ways of using it.

«Finally, I seize this opportunity to remind Lai Mohammed that under the Jonathan administration the ministry of information had annual ministerial briefing where the media and civil society groups interrogated cabinet ministers on the activities of their departments.

When Cuomo and Gore recently announced their support for the cap of 2 degrees (and a 80 % reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050, based on 1990 levels), they sided with the industrial countries led by the US versus more than two - thirds of the others countries and thousands of civil society groups.

Notably, in 2010, the ACLU testified against «the use of terror watch lists to screen gun purchases,» writing that the «deeply flawed» terror watch list process led the group to conclude, «Given these problems, we do not believe that anyone should be deprived of the right to purchase a gun, or the right to fly, or any other benefit of membership in civil society based solely on placement on a terror watch list.»

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

Mr Copson spoke about how, increasingly, advocates of Bishops have also built their case on the position of the Church of England as our largest NGO — a civil society group with a branch in every community.

He therefore recommended strongly that «erring officials and security operatives found wanting on election duties should be severely punished according to the dictates of the law while other civil society groups in Ekiti State should tow the path of Democracy Vanguard in sensitizing the electorates».

On the pro-European side, a broad coalition would be assembled bringing together unions, business organisations and civil society groups, a true example of One Nation politics.

By Jibrin Ibrahim Yesterday, the Working Group on Peace Building and Good Governance, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the Centre for Democracy and...

Alan taught the first - ever college course on digital politics (1995), created and built the Center for American Progress's social media program (2007 - 13) and has trained more than 15,000 people across the world in digital & social media strategy, including civil society leaders across the Arab world in 2009; key staff at leading advocacy groups and news media outlets; Members of Congress and their staff; as well as political and business leaders from several countries, including a couple future kings.

On Tuesday, a group of leading civil society activists urged Buhari take medical leave, as his absence «has fuelled further speculations and rumours» about the true state of his health.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has hit hard at the clergy and civil society groups over what it calls their «loud silence» on the incidents of post-election violence after the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) won last year's election.

«It is on this backdrop that we, the Civil Society Groups in the region, on this day, call on the President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to intervene in the situation in Togo.

We call on all civil society organizations, professional bodies, faith - based groups, youth groups, the union movement, academia, and indeed on all citizens of Ghana to support the Center's call to the EC to avoid a potential constitutional crisis.

Civil Society Groups in the Volta Region a have marked this year's International Democracy Day with a call on President Akufo - Addo and leaders of the various Regional bodies to intervene in the crisis in Togo.

«I will bring in civil societies and women groups in Borno State in the fight against corruption and we will equally organise a workshop for them similar to the one we did for children in Abuja, so as to educate them on the ills of corruption,» Magu stated.

A professor of Political Communication, who is a columnist with The PUNCH, said the civil society groups which should ensure good governance by keeping the government on its toes had been largely compromised, while many of them were in a state of stupor.

Irked by the development, a group under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Justice and Equity, petitioned the National Assembly, urging it to intervene in order «to save our democracy and insist on rule of law.»

In a statement on their invitation of the two radio panelists who threatened judges on Accra - based Montie FM, the security agency called on the Ghana Journalists Association and other civil society groups to help ensure decorum in the media.

The storm of outrage among civil society organisations over the government's bill to stifle campaigning by voluntary bodies, pressure groups and charities for a year in advance of the next general election has eclipsed debate on the abject weakness of the same bill's proposals for a register of lobbyists.

About 200 protesters, under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups, in Abuja on Thursday, warned those they called fifth columnists, sabotaging the efforts of the Federal Government to address the current economic recession, to desist in their own interest.

The panel has received an unprecedented 32 designees from participating bar associations, law schools, and community groups, demonstrating the extensive outreach on behalf the Manhattan Democratic Party to the legal community and the vitality of the civil society surrounding the judiciary here in Manhattan.

POLICE RATED HIGH OVER SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES The Justice for All (J4A), a civil society group, disclosed on Wednesday that in a recent independent study it conducted, it concluded that the Nigeria Police Force, in recent times, performed satisfactorily in the handling of sexual assault cases against women and minors, which is a complete departure -LSB-...]

The Akim Oda MP, William Quaitoo, tendered in his resignation in August 2017, following pressure from the Minority, and some civil society groups for making ethnocentric comments, which was triggered during a conversation on how government has dealt with the fall army worm invasion in the three regions of the North.

The Justice for All (J4A), a civil society group, disclosed on Wednesday that in a recent independent study it conducted, it concluded that the Nigeria Police Force, in recent times, performed satisfactorily in the handling of sexual assault cases against women and minors, which is a complete departure from previous low ratings.

This was disclosed yesterday by the Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, who represented the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, when a civil society group, Centre for Social Justice, CSJ, led by Barrister Eze Onyekpere submitted a report on MTEF to the Senate.

The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja on Saturday when the European Union Electoral groups Follow - up Mission to Nigeria, Civil Society Organisations and other stakeholders compared notes with INEC at a round - table discussion organised by the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and West Africa.

So while the Electoral Reform Society and other civil society groups are rightly campaigning for people to cast their votes on May 3, it is also recognised that change is desperately needed to spread the use of a proportional system across the United KSociety and other civil society groups are rightly campaigning for people to cast their votes on May 3, it is also recognised that change is desperately needed to spread the use of a proportional system across the United Ksociety groups are rightly campaigning for people to cast their votes on May 3, it is also recognised that change is desperately needed to spread the use of a proportional system across the United Kingdom.

«I call on members of Peoples» Democratic Party (PDP), Civil Society Groups, International community and well - meaning individuals to come to the aid of Okai and resist the efforts aimed at scuttling his release after a Federal High Court, Lokoja granted him bail penultimate week.»

The Akim Oda MP tendered in his resignation on Thursday, following pressure from the Minority, and some civil society groups for making ethnocentric comments, which was triggered during a conversation on how government has dealt with the fall army worm invasion in the three regions of the North.

At a press conference organised by the groups in Warri on Sunday to assess the outcome of the exercise, the accredited civil society stressed that there was no transparent distribution of electoral materials in the polling units visited by members of the observer groups.

The Defence Chief, who spoke in Abuja when a coalition of civil society group paid solidarity visit on Defence Headquarters, DHQ, said criticism of the military by Boko Haram sympathizers under war situation was meant to weaken operations and give the enemies an edge over troops in order to destroy the nation.

In a Facebook post after the two - day forum by the Electoral Commission to hear the various positions of the political parties and civil society groups on the matter, Sammy Awuku wrote,

«I know the Philippines government is trying to maximize law and order in these areas and civil society is trying to take the lead on [removing the bodies],» says Tom Price, a spokesman for Catholic Relief Services, an aid and development group that has worked in the Philippines for decades.

This year, a record number of leaders from government, civil society, indigenous groups, business and academia converged on Oahu to discuss a «planet at a crossroads.»

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The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.

The event is organized in the immediate aftermath of the 10th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, to engage the wider civil society fraternity in the emerging UN agenda, as well as to provide a platform from which to organize themselves to influence the forms of the 2015 UN outcomes.