Sentences with phrase «over representation in»

Indigenous over representation in prison is not a new issue.

For Indigenous Australians, this was mixed with familiarity about the high levels of over representation in police custody and gaols, and knowledge that the criminal justice system has always been central to the process of colonisation.

The situation in respect of Indigenous deaths in custody and over representation in the prison system represents a major failure of social justice in Australia.

Chapter 2: Justice reinvestment - a new solution to the problem of Indigenous over representation in the criminal justice system

Not exact matches

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

«I believe that the «comply or explain» approach will, over time, lead to stronger representation of women on boards in Canada.

In at least some jurisdictions, union representation, for example, carries over to the new owners when a business is sold.

Female board representation at the S&P 500 has not increased significantly over the past decade and, at 18.7 %, pales in comparison to the figures in most of Europe.

Gender diversity can be thought of not as the promotion of one gender over another, but rather an examination of how genders — through a balance in representation and inclusion — can broaden perspectives and drive value in different settings, including corporations that we might invest in.

Curious to see the exploding heads in the media today in Lethbridge over the shut - out of any representation in Cabinet by former Minister Greg Weadick and PC, then not PC, then PC again Bridget Pastoor.

Federal funding and congressional representation are at stake in the dispute over the Trump administration's move to reinstate the citizenship question to the 2020 census.

In all his masterful displaying of the ideas, philosophies, and artistic representations of reality that have captured minds and souls over these five hundred years, where does Jacques Barzun stand?

Many representations of the annunciation in painting, literature and film, while emphasizing Mary's faithfulness, have lingered over the fear and questioning hinted at in Luke.

Here is a consistency to which I bear witness: Jesus as the exact representation of God, Jesus as the same, yesterday, today and forever and so I am always changing in response to the unchanging Christ, always evolving, always curling into cocoons and being reborn over and over again to a new and distilled beauty, smelling of the wind.

I come from Burkina Faso, at the heart of West Africa and I represent here a peasant - farmer organisation created in 1996 to build a capability for representation and negotiation, to defend the interests of the farmers faced with certain trends, certain programs, certain policies over which they have no control.

Jesus — so it is thought — completed the decisive modification in the concept of God from the personified power of nature, the power over what is, to the «representation of the ought - to - be as the power of love.»

The 14 - year - old has raised over $ 20,000 in hopes of sending hundreds of young girls to see the upcoming sci - fi film A Wrinkle in Time because «representation matters,» she says.

ASB was founded in 1924 and is international in scope, with representation in over 43 other countries and over 1,400 members.

Over the door of a Leipzig coffee shop is a sculptural representation of a man in Turkish dress, receiving a cup of coffee from a boy

«Over recent years, foodpro has evolved to into one of the most significant food processing and packaging shows in South East Asia with quality representation from all of the major local and international manufacturers in this sector.

Over the door of a Leipzig coffee shop is a sculptural representation of a man in Turkish dress, receiving a cup of Kona from a boy.

Sergio Aguero is also included after he found the back of the net for City in their win over Burnley, while Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane ensure that there's Tottenham representation.

A country's representation in the UEFA Champions League is determined by its UEFA coefficient ranking at the start of the previous season, which is calculated over a five - year basis.

It's been over 40 years since Title IX gave girls equal sports representation in schools, so help celebrate this milestone by recognizing National Girls and Women in Sports Day on February 5th.

It has grown leaps and bounds in popularity over the last few years because so many parents find the name to be the perfect representation of what they want their little girl to entail.

In Bradford, the local press reported that judges were expressing concern over two serious cases where no legal representation was available for the defendant.

This means people in 49 states have no representation when the likes of Dirty Harry Reid or RINO Paul Ryan blocks over 350 bills from ever seeing the light of day.

We are the largest business representation group in the UK, with over 200,000 members.

Two high court judges are presiding over the court, held in Uppermill, Saddleworth, which is hearing Mr Watkins» claim that Mr Woolas misrepresented his position under the Representation of the People Act 1983.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that he supported the state taking over the public defense system in NY to ensure adequate funding for legal representation for poor New Yorkers.

The High Court in Accra, Human Rights Division, presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony K. Yeboah, today [Monday], ordered the Electoral Commission to implement within 12 months, the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the...

Opponents, including some Syracuse residents and Miner, argue the consolidation would gut city representation in a new city - county government, and that county residents would have substantial power over city residents and control decision - making.

With the Representation of the People Act 1918, almost all adult men (excepting only peers, criminals and lunatics) and most women over the age of thirty were given the right to vote, almost tripling the British electorate at a stroke, from 7.7 million in 1912 to 21.4 million in 1918.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement Friday that corruption in the state's capital «casts a shadow over the many honest public servants who do good work in the administration of government, and deprives the citizens of New York of the honest representation they deserve.»

Speaking to them, Bourdex expressed dissatisfaction over the level of abandonment Abia North had suffered in the hands of previous representatives, who he said benefited individually from his support for quality leadership and effective representation.

At today's public protection budget hearing, a fairly stark Republican - Democrat debate formed over whether, facing a 2 percent cap, additional court funding should go to judicial raises or an increase in civil legal services, which helps the poor get legal representation in court.

Communication and media experts have expressed concern over the continual low representation of women in broadcast journalism and absence of media policy to guarantee women their job after maternity leave.

Cuomo said that in the early 1960s, not long after he started to practice law, he took over the representation of an association of about 15 junkyard dealers after the group's previous lawyer, Michael Castaldi, became a judge.

The County Executives have forged a cooperative agreement to garner a level of cost containment over a State mandated expense that has now reached a combined total of nearly $ 3.9 million annually in Ulster and Dutchess counties, while maintaining high quality representation.

The High Court in Accra, Human Rights Division, presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony K. Yeboah, will today [Monday] deliver judgment on the case filed by five citizens over the delayed implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the ROPAA law, 2006 [Act 699].

Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, representing Kiru / Bebeji Federal Constituency, Kano State, has dismissed an invitation to appear before the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives over fresh petitions bothering on absenteeism and poor representation of his constituency, saying it was a witch - hunt by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and his cabal in the House.

The statement reads in full: «I have read from several media platforms that Speaker Yakubu Dogara using the House of Representatives has invited me to appear yet again before the ethics committee over two fresh petitions on absenteeism and poor Representation of my constituency and operating a foreign account.

Scottish Liberal Democrats lost over half their seats, with labour picking up most of the seats, while the Scottish National Party increased their representation by 3 seats and remained in second place on the authority.

-- about 100 supporters gathered at Broadway and West 207th Street and marched over the University Heights Bridge to the Bronx to cry out for Latino representation in the reshaped districts.

«Redistricting in New York is a system that has prioritized incumbency and partisan interests over democratic representation,» Cuomo said in a press release.

Liberal Democrat activists arrived in Harrogate yesterday to begin their annual round of agonising over proportional representation and cannabis legalisation - only to be told they might be wasting their time.

«Some are very aware of this social representation — it's like a cloud that hovers over all of their thinking about whether they can be in a relationship or whether another person is going to want to be with them.»

Opinion and debate over this topic has, in many cases, centered on numerical references — related to proportional ethnic and gender representation — without clearly emphasizing the significance of diversity.

One of the first things that an administrator should ask of a department is baseline data: What has been the minority representation in a department over the years, and by this I mean the faculty and graduate and undergraduate students?

Although their representation has increased over time, underrepresented minority faculty are less likely to be promoted and spend a longer period in a probationary rank.