Sentences with phrase «poverty history»

He is politically savvy and has used his visibility to leverage a movement that now has prominent international leaders talking about making poverty history.

He argues the 21st century is seeing a shift of priorities, however, which means the progressive goal of «making British poverty history» can be achieved through «conservative means».

It is by no means obvious that charities campaigning to make poverty history should be banned from advertising on British television, when casinos and betting firms are being given greater freedom to advertise.

While public opinion has turned against the war in Iraq, there is still considerable support for an ethical foreign policy, the report claims, pointing to the Make Poverty History campaign as evidence of Britons» commitment to helping civilians around the world.

Organizes a Make Poverty History concert at Sydney's Opera House.

I have a profound sense of an unfinished business — the business of deepening our development agenda and making poverty history in this land.

Mr Cameron, whose olive branch move has echoes of Tony Blair courting Paddy Ashdown's Lib Dems ten years ago, added: «We will never win the fight to make British poverty history as long as we rely on top - down, centralised state mechanisms,» he wrote.

Or the low - income kids turn out to be somehow atypical — they go to a selective school with an entrance exam, or they're recent immigrants from Asia or Eastern Europe rather than black or Latino kids from families with long poverty histories.

The following year, the Make Poverty History event in Sydney attracted the attention of Kevin Rudd, who was then in the running to become prime minister.

Nelson Mandela will address thousands of people at the Make Poverty History rally at Trafalgar Square today.

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However, we do nearly agree with you on the significance of the Make Poverty History movement.

About Blog Make Poverty History Manitoba is a coalition of non-profit, faith, labour and business groups working to end poverty.

So Evans made it his mission to turn the short - term excitement around the Make Poverty History concerts into a longer - term movement, and founded the Global Poverty Project in 2008, which eventually became Global Citizen.

In January, chancellor Gordon Brown admitted that the meeting of the G8 Gleneagles last summer, which was accompanied by mass protests across the world, had failed to make poverty history in the way he had hoped.

Back in 2006, Evans was studying law at Melbourne's Monash University while also organizing a charity music gig, an Australian version of the Make Poverty History concerts that had started in the U.K..

And Bono wants to perform at your Make Poverty History concert,» the voice said.

He continued his philanthropic work with UNICEF, the ONE Campaign, and Make Poverty History.

And one certainly would not tie one's effort to a United Nations program with the pretentious title ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History.

The «STAND UP» event seta national and global record in the Guinness World Records for the largest number of people to stand up for a cause... Lutherans across the U.S. participated in the event organised as part of «ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History», in cooperation with the United Nations» Millennium Campaign.»

The three aims of Make Poverty History (MPH) «trade justice», «drop the debt» and «more and better aid» sounds great.

For the past two decades, we have had a front - row seat in the bipartisan movement to end worldwide preventable, treatable diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and to make poverty history.

But Ms Stocking added: «The UK government must use its influence to ensure that G8 countries deliver both debt cancellation and increased aid if they are to make poverty history.»

For instance, I had over 200 emails and letters on fox hunting, 99 % of which were in favour of the ban (I voted for the ban) and I had over 100 on Making Poverty History, all of which were in favour (I organised a public march and a petition).

We are a member of a number of campaigns that support socio - economic rights, such as Make Poverty History, End Child Poverty, and the Jubilee Debt Campaign.

Writing in The World Today, Chatham House's monthly magazine, James Panton explores the dangers of taking the lead from Geldof and Bono, arguing «pop star politics» takes governments further from the sort of politics that could make poverty history.

«Labour needs to rediscover its passion over poverty and commit to a radical but affordable agenda that can make poverty history.»

But he explained his focus had shifted to the longer term after admitting public enthusiasm seen during the Make Poverty History campaign had not led to sweeping changes.

Several senior politicians from Gordon Brown downwards, or upwards, tell me they can attract big crowds at a book festival or at a meeting of Make Poverty History, whereas if they deliver the same speech at a party meeting only a handful of people turn up.

Climate change needs the same kind of mass support that fired the Make Poverty History campaign, the energy secretary Ed Miliband said yesterday.

A social justice topic on, say, «Let's make poverty history» can be made much more interesting by designing solar powered pizza box ovens or hand - powered water pumps for use in developing countries, rather than reading about poverty.

for that, in addition to the foreign assistance, we will star where we are, we will do what we can, we will use what we have, to make poverty an history.

we will do what we can, we will use what we have, to make poverty an history.»

Three years ago there was a movement to «Make Poverty History» with Mandela in Trafalgar Square and Blair strutting and fretting on the world stage to universal applause.

But what is going wrong with the world is vastly outweighed by what is going right.And the run of depressing news stories can actually blind us to the greatest story of our age: we really are on our way to making poverty history.