Sentences with phrase «political leadership positions»

Were Nigeria's political leadership positions by inheritance, I am sure the leadership of the Yoruba nation would have, on a platter of concession, been handed over to Obafemi Awolowo, Adekunle Ajasin and Abraham Adesanya's children after their death.

Yamoah Ponkoh added, «Kwame, even me, if you put me in a political leadership position today, I will steal and so Ghanaians should manage their expectations in terms of looking for honest political leadership... we politicians are simply corrupt and can not be trusted.»

Not exact matches

«The pay gap still persists because women continue to have disproportionate representation in both corporate leadership positions, as well as political ones.»

«The pay gap still persists because women continue to have disproportionate representation in both corporate leadership positions, as well as political ones,» she tells CNBC Make It.

I'll start: I feel most at home in a church that 1) takes its mission to care for the poor and marginalized seriously, 2) does not make assumptions about its congregation's political positions nor emphasizes political action to begin with, 3) speaks of Scripture in terms of its ability to «equip us for every good work,» 4) embraces diversity (theologically, ethnically, etc.) and allows women to assume leadership positions.

At the same time as the focus of much interfaith activity has become more practical, those in positions of leadership in the political and economic spheres are both recognizing the importance of religion in shaping the modern world and acknowledging that there is a spiritual and ethical dimension to the major problems facing humankind.

These positions of leadership required extensive travel in America, Europe and the Far East, and enabled him to discuss the problems of International Christianity against a background of almost unrivaled political as well as religious knowledge.

This, however, is entirely wrongheaded, as Richard John Neuhaus and others have pointed out, since the office of bishop is a sacred trust and obligation — not merely a political position of leadership.

Political scientists Ora John Reuter and Graeme Robertson argued in a 2015 article that leadership positions in authoritarian legislatures are given to opposition parties in an attempt to reduce social protest.

The tragedy of Labour's leadership contest is that not one of the candidates - judging by their positions on political reform - is a true pluralist.

Curran has pledged to bar her appointees from holding leadership positions in political committees or clubs, and from contributing to her campaigns.

«Noam Bramson loves talking about Albany issues to deflect from his mismanagement of New Rochelle that has resulted in extraordinary tax increases, but he refuses to address the most important question before the state today: Should an Assembly Speaker who has repeatedly covered up sexual harassment and violent sexual assaults committed by political colleagues continue to hold a leadership position,» asked Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud in a recent statement.

In this chapter, Brown also charts the rise of women into positions of political leadership writing that «by 2013, more than eighty women had held the highest elected governmental office in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38).

Curran has pledged to ban her government appointees from holding active leadership positions in a political party committee or club, and from contributing to her campaign.

This article details how many of the Erie County Conservative Party's leadership has been appointed to positions in government, suggesting some sort of political gamesmanship.

«To say to people that your political position is akin to treason if, in fact, you hope to have those people work [doesn't] provide real leadership to resolve a problem.»

The ad notes Curran's ethics plan, which calls for an independent office to monitor county contracts and banning county executive appointees from holding leadership positions in political party committees or clubs.

In an interview after the ceremony, Curran said she plans to immediately sign executive orders that prohibit members of her administration from holding leadership positions in political parties and bar her executive staff from donating to, or fundraising for, her campaign.

It is the intent of these Rules and Regulations to implement these objectives of promoting both the integrity of the Democratic Party and the recruitment and retention of qualified party leadership by prescribing restrictions against abuses of political position for private financial gain without creating unnecessary barriers to party service.

Polis, who holds a leadership position in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, took the opposite view and said the political realities make it so that Obama «should use his authority» to give party loyalists a boost.

On the other hand the Labour party's new leadership under Jeremy Corbyn has expressed its official position to support the Remain campaign, although political pundits have noted a slight reservation of Corbyn towards the EU (primarily based on his previous opinions of the EU).

And The Sun's political editor Tom Newton Dunn said: «Hard to read Boris today as anything other than cute positioning for a walk out / leadership challenge as standard bearer of clean Brexit.»

Where does the Governor go from here now that he's sold his political soul to keep Speaker Silver in his leadership position, in the name of getting things done for the people of NYS?

He said the Party leadership is doing extremely well to position itself to capture political power next year.

Revealing the position of MACBAN, a source at the meeting said: «The leadership of Miyetti Allah, led by the National President, Muhammed Kirowa, told the meeting that the approach to conflict resolution adopted by political leaders in some states is not helpful in finding lasting peace.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran fulfilled a key election - year promise today, signing an executive order barring her appointees from holding leadership positions in political parties or donating to her campaign.

Anthony held various leadership positions while earning his bachelor's degree in Political Science and Sociology, including serving as the Senior Student Trustee on the college's Board of Trustees, President of the Sigma Phi Society, and President of the freshman and sophomore classes consecutively.

He also attributed the problem of good leadership to the appointment of unqualified people to occupy positions because of their political affiliations.

«Every Ghanaian politician is a potential thief, put the Ghanaian in a position of trust or political leadership and the next thing he or she will start thinking of is how to steal to enrich themselves,» he revealed.

The 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election was a British political party election for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party.

Many people saw this as Johnson positioning himself for a leadership challenge, [11][12] although some commentators, like Newsnight's political editor Nick Watt and columnist Iain Dale, argued this was the wrong interpretation and that Johnson's motivation was to assert his influence in Brexit negotiations.

I therefore, urge you to use this forum to discuss and find ways of complementing the Commission's efforts in improving women's political representation in elective and appointive positions of authority and leadership in Nigeria.»

«This behavior is unacceptable regardless of political party or leadership position.»

By contrast Ms Harman has faced claims she has embarked on a «leadership campaign by stealth» after adopting a series of political positions likely to win favour with rank - and - file party members.

In a 3 - 2 vote, the Town Council approved a change last week to a long - discussed law that restricted elected officials from holding leadership positions in any political party while also maintaining office.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

Syracuse, N.Y. — New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, who was charged this morning in a political bribery case, has been stripped of his Senate committee assignments and leadership position in the Independent Democratic Conference.

She said the primaries of the political parties have already begun in earnest and the impending district assembly elections present an opportunity to elect more women and prepare them for other national leadership positions.

But the question for us as a family, we have got a new baby, do I continue to throw my body at a problem, on the road 70 % to 80 % of the time, dealing with political crisis after political crisis, or take on this leadership position?

April Auger Perrin began her professional career at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia as the Director of Programs and also served in a similar position at the statewide executive leadership program, Lead Virginia.

Some of this is just political expediency or earnest incompetence, but some of it is that people in leadership positions do not have a system understanding of the cause of failure.»

In the absence of well - organized, broad, and shared political will following the downfall of the regime, it can only be expected that the established old guard parties will step in to claim positions of political leadership once the social unity of post-revolutionary action fades to the background.

The author (s) were not paid by any entity outside of Brookings to write this particular article and did not receive financial support from or serve in a leadership position with any entity whose political or financial interests could be affected by this article.

Prior to founding Green Dot, Steve held a number of leadership positions in political and social service organizations.

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One survey of 15 - 24 year - olds shows that a majority (57 %) say they are not at all likely to run for an elected leadership position (32 % in 1998); 53 % say they are not at all likely to work for a political party; 50 % say they are not at all likely to join a political club or organization; 46 % say they are not at all likely to volunteer in a political campaign; 44 % say they are not at all likely to participate in a political march or demonstration.

A veteran communications strategist with experience in the private, public, political and non-profit sectors, Karen has owned and operated a successful boutique communications firm, Ripple Communications, held positions at both Burson - Marsteller and Prime Policy Group, and has considerable non-profit leadership experience.

Women are rising to great political power in societies around the world and we are just beginning to see a shift occur as more women step into positions of global leadership.

Trained as a diplomat and European political specialist at the Foreign Service Office of Singapore, Tham has also held leadership positions in marketing and communications - She has launched advertising campaigns that won the Cannes Gold Lion at Cannes Lion Festival of Creativity.

Because most meteorologists are employed directly or indirectly by governement and academia, they are all to often intimidated with retaliation and denied the right to exercise free speech to combat the hijacking fof the profession, their professional associations, and the science by a minority of political activists inside and outside their profession, who have promoted their likeminded collaborationists into positions of leadership.