Sentences with phrase «on women and girls»

Thank you to the White House Council on Women and Girls for making this a reality and to all the women and men working for gender equality.

The following women leaders, both conservative and liberal, either serve on the commission to create a White House Council on Boys and Men — to work with the already - formed White House Council on Women and Girls — or are taking a leadership role in petitioning President Obama to create a White House Council on Boys and Men.

We are an international humanitarian aid organisation fighting global poverty, with a special focus on women and girls.

Yesterday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced the Women and Climate Change Act of 2018, H.R. 4932, to develop coordinated strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on women and girls around the world.

Amenga - Etego, whose deeply rooted moral convictions have made him a dedicated advocate for Ghana's disenfranchised, especially women and the disabled, recognizes that the burden falls disproportionately on women and girls who shoulder the responsibility of providing water for their families.

Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change is urging environmental activists to address the «gendered impacts» of climate change, especially its effects on women and girls.

She has traveled extensively, documenting social issues with a particular focus on women and girls.

As you know, President Obama established the White House Council on Women and Girls, headed by Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen.

Most recently, Maribel served as chief of staff for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a member of the White House Council on Women and Girls Federal Taskforce and the Education Department's Diversity and Inclusion Working Group.

Just yesterday, The White House Council on Women and Girls held this event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to encourage more girls to get involved in science, engineering, technology and math.

«We will be the change required by this moment — in policy, in practice, in the workplace and all across society,» said Melissa DeRosa, Cuomo's Secretary and chair of the state Council on Women and Girls.

Ossorio sits on the steering committee of Cuomo's New York State Council on Women and Girls, which he launched in August 2017.

New York launched a Council on Women and Girls on Wednesday, a month after the Trump administration shattered a similarly themed panel on the federal level.

«New York remains committed to protecting women's rights, and with the launch of the first - ever New York State Council on Women and Girls, we are sending a clear message to the nation and world that everyone deserves a chance to achieve the American Dream,» Governor Cuomo said.

asked Melissa DeRosa, the first woman to be named secretary to the governor, who is leading the newly - launched Council on Women and Girls.

Also at 11 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul joins secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa to launch th NYS Council on Women and Girls, New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, Manhattan.

Secretary to the Governor and Chair, New York State Council on Women and Girls, Melissa DeRosa said, «2017 will go down in history as the year when women spoke up and drew a line in the sand, and 2018 will be the year that society needs to respond.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in NYS, Governor Cuomo established the NYS Council on Women and Girls to recognize and advance women's rights within our State.

Also at 9 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul highlights the Cuomo administration's women's agenda at the Council on Women and Girls regional forum, University at Albany, Campus Center Ballroom, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany.

Also at 10 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul will outline the Women's Agenda at Mohawk Valley Council on Women and Girls Meeting, Mohawk Valley Community College, IT Building Auditorium, 1101 Sherman Dr., Utica.

Also at 10 a.m., Hochul highlights the Cuomo administration's women's agenda at the Council on Women and Girls Regional Forum, SUNY Buffalo State, Burchfield Penney Art Center Auditorium, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.

At 10 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul highlights the Cuomo administration's women's agenda at the Council on Women and Girls Regional Forum, SUNY New Paltz, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, 1 Hawk Dr., New Paltz.

Now in Africa, most people are rural, religious, and fairly conservative when it comes to sexual behavior, despite lurid stereotypes of oversexed African men forcing themselves on women and girls without a thought.

And three is an overall lens on women and girls.

Women typically own smaller businesses, according to a 2010 report from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economics and Statistics Administration for the White House Council on Women and Girls.

Often, insurance companies sell customized plans, but now the government organizations; such as, the Postal Department has jumped the bandwagon and has designed competitive child plans with the sole focus on women and girl child.

Not exact matches

These days Candace is out from behind the mask and showing the world some new faces — as a singer (her rendition of Michael Jackson's «Heal The World» also went viral), vlogger, host on TLC, and ambassador for charitable organization Convoy of Hope, who as part of their mission works to empower young girls in cultures where women are degraded.

Women and girls, on the other hand, have far fewer choices.

Global Citizen's latest European concert was held during the G - 20 summit in Hamburg in July, where leaders including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared on stage in support of empowering women and girls in the fight for equality.

«I really want to focus on identifying those who want to be at the table and let's help them get to the table — the women and mothers and young girls that don't have ambition to get to the table.

They need to succeed, and I'm telling you, I sit on that Shark Tank set and I try to separate the men from the boys, the girls from the women, based on, «How much do they have to succeed?»»

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders echoed Trump's sentiments, telling Fox News that she is «not sure why the media is acting like this isn't a well - established fact — women and young girls are brutally victimized on the journey north.

The book begins with an overview of the renewable energy technologies we have now, and then moves on to discuss food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, and materials.

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On May 28, during a TEDWomen conference in Monterrey, California, designed to celebrate the achievements of women and girls as creators and change - makers, the organizers turned away a woman who had arrived with her five - month old baby.

The discussion touched on all the usual culprits for the underrepresentation of women in tech industry leadership roles: discrimination in the workplace, the «pipeline problem» of too few girls studying math and science, the difficulty of balancing motherhood with the demands of a startup.

Fearless Girl, the privately commissioned modern - day statute that appeared opposite the Wall Street Raging Bull on International Women's Day 2017, was also included in the campaign and received a cape of flowers.

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Fighters from Islamic State are using forced birth control on their sex slaves to avoid pregnancies that might halt the cycle of sexual abuse.The women and girls, some as young as 16, have described being force - fed pills.

Through its innovative grantmaking on women and media, and its latest Funny Girls grant initiative that teaches resilience and leadership through improv, theHF has accomplished much with relatively modest resources.

After leaving a successful career in finance, Zehner zeroed in on women's issues, and has worked to galvanize more giving in this area through Women Moving Millions, a growing network of wealthy women who've given at least $ 500 million so far for projects and programs that benefit women and gwomen's issues, and has worked to galvanize more giving in this area through Women Moving Millions, a growing network of wealthy women who've given at least $ 500 million so far for projects and programs that benefit women and gWomen Moving Millions, a growing network of wealthy women who've given at least $ 500 million so far for projects and programs that benefit women and gwomen who've given at least $ 500 million so far for projects and programs that benefit women and gwomen and girls.

Canada «One woman or girl every other day»: 57 women killed in Canada this year, Globe and Mail Canada helped France dig up evidence to extradite Ottawa man later freed on terror charges, CBC News Canada wants U.S. co-operation in turning back thousands of asylum seekers walking across border, National Post

In May 2014 the RCMP released the first federal statistics on how many Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been murdered.

She serves as a member of the U.S. Department of State's International Council on Women's Business Leadership (ICWBL) Subcommittee on Access to Markets; is an active collaborator on Small Business and Women & Girl's initiatives through the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

He serves on the boards of Synova Power, Cornerstone Capital, The Culture Project, The Global Partnership for Women and Girls and The Biomimicry Institute.

In addition, the Dermalogica FITE (Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship) initiative helps women and girls on the path to entrepreneurship by providing access to education, vocational training, small loans and leadership skills.

I especially like that LLC focuses on educating women and girls.»

Veris Wealth Partners produced the Women, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiWomen, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiwomen's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equiWomen report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

on behalf of black women and girls who have been the victims of gun violence.

Jaimee: I am a new lululemon ambassador, am in run groups and have teamed up with some women to start a Girls on the Run chapter locally.