Sentences with phrase «public world of work»

Civil - libertarian feminism is primarily concerned with «equal rights» — i.e., equal access of women to the public world of work, power and education.

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«Those pushing for net neutrality think the world would work better if the Internet was somehow magically transformed into a public utility, like a water or electricity company, with the FCC and state regulators setting rates, overseeing investment, and micromanaging relationships between providers and customers,» Downes says, adding the result would be devastating to the smooth functioning of ISP networks.

It's hard to imagine that kind of caginess flying at a public company, but it works in the privately funded world — and especially the enshrouded Wild West of the cryptocurrency industry, where the risk of crime and legal gray areas lead many players to fiercely guard their anonymity.

But for now, I'll point you to the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, an organization comprised of some of the world's biggest companies who have made a public commitment to work together on issues of diversity and accountability in all its challenging nuance.

Consider: the arsenal of effective (and less risky) HIV medicines has ballooned, the stigma associated with the disease has declined (although, as activists note, much work remains to be done on that front), and awareness campaigns centered on HIV / AIDS have gone from what was a fringe movement just 30 years ago to a cause championed by top public figures and companies around the world.

In her latest book, Women Who Work, she revealed that she had initially resisted making her family life public, but gave in after she understood that photos of them would be available to the world whether she wanted them to be or not:

Becoming Warren Buffett will highlight the modest lifestyle of the 86 - year - old investor, who runs the world's fourth - largest public company, drives to work every day, and lives in a humble home in Omaha, Neb..

And we've built infrastructure to work with public safety organizations around the world when we become aware of these issues.

In contrast to Ong's product - based approach, Roosegaarde's work has mainly taken the form of large - scale installations, among them a fluorescent bike path that glows like Van Gogh's night skies, giant kites that can supply up to 200 households with green energy, and «the world's largest vacuum cleaner» to suck up air pollution in public spaces.

Justin Wolfers, an associate professor of business and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, argued those working in the field of happiness economics mistakenly imagine that the world is run by legions of politicians and economists whose love of GDP approaches religious fervor.

In today's world of dual - career couples in the work force, our public policy has not caught up.»

As a collection of seasoned and creative branding, public relations and marketing execs with pedigrees from some of the world's most influential brands and media companies, we work with you to tell your story for significant, lasting impact.

His ground breaking research on complex systems modelling of debt - deflation was awarded the eminent Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review, describing Keen as the economist «who first and most clearly anticipated and gave public warning of the Global Financial Collapse and whose work is most likely to prevent another GFC in the future».

I have worked for some of the biggest and best known companies in the world and the level of waste and incompetence is really not that different than government especially in countries like ours where the public services are pretty good.

The Business Council works closely with a number of organizations that share our commitment to shaping public policy in the interests of a stronger Canada and a better world.

The Connected Health Conference is the largest and most diverse gathering of public sector and health and technology industry leaders working at the intersection of innovative product and service development, research, business and policy throughout the world.

After «almost thirty years of the greatest prosperity the world has ever known,» after an extended period when hard work and sacrifice have paid off and when private goals have resonated with public virtues, there has been a shift inward, especially among the younger, better - educated members of the population.

That not only makes debate almost impossible — all we can do is assert the perceived benefits and consequences of different world views — but it affects how we perceive public personalities and their work.

What pattern of life will serve the home, the husband's work, the coming family, and at the same time fulfil the deeply felt vocation to do significant work in the common life and the public world?

Because we also think that a wider public needs to sense the new possibilities for a world based on elements of the new vision I have been sketching in this paper, we are working with other groups to produce a series for public television.

The idea that there are spiritual forces at work in the world, or that human action does not fully control the public square, is of course rejected as an absurdity by many, if not most, people today.

The agreed conclusions negotiated by all States urged governments at all levels, the general public and the private sector to address women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work.

The problem of the sovereignty of the nation state will be at the heart of this working area and, closely linked to sovereignty will arise two other questions: that of citizenship (over and above nationality) and of property (struggle against the private appropriation of material and immaterial resources by «intellectual property rights»; the redefinition of state property; the development on an inter-national, supra - national and world level of new forms of socialisation, of public ownership, and of mutualisation of the property).

In general, however, men attach too much significance to work performance and recognition of their achievement, while women doubt their ability to function in the public work world.

Meanwhile, the World and National councils of churches, myriad regional and local councils, the many bilateral conversations, and unity efforts like the Consultation on Church Union have continued to do their work largely out of the public eye except for occasional moments of media - orchestrated controversy.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

February 2011 — Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years, Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress.

As with the U.S. based program, Worlds of Healthy Flavors ASIA brought together a top nutrition expert and selected chefs to present healthy cooking and menu strategies that can work to preserve the delicious, celebratory aspects of dining while at the same time addressing a host of public health imperatives.

As part of The Kraft Heinz Company's ongoing engagement in the communities where our employees live and work, we believe in participating in the political process to shape public policy that affects our business around the world.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

In a landmark ruling, that could have implications for off - shore - working - fathers in other parts of the world, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission has ruled that keeping fathers away from their families for extended periods of time is «not in the public interest».

My hesitation in saying so in public stems from the fact that I am working in the world of academics and health professionals.

The Alsip Park District, village government, Chamber of Commerce and Public Library worked together to transform the center into «Christmas Around the World,» featuring holiday scenes from England, the United States circa 1950, Ireland and the Orient.

His international public health and development career spans five decades, including more than 30 years with agencies of the United Nations system (International Labour Office, United Nations Children's Fund, and the World Health Organization where he was the liaison officer (1990 — 2004) for LLLI), and seven years working in Turkey, Cameroon and Haiti.

«Baby Friendly» status is a global accreditation program of UNICEF and the World Health Organization designed to support breastfeeding and parent infant relationships by working with public services to improve standards of care.

Vast amounts of government data have been released for public scrutiny for the first time today - thanks to the work of the world wide web's inventor.

The Global Food Security programme is the UK's main public funders of food - related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resources.

This is important because public reporting can help increase visibility and encourage action — potentially saving lives and improving the working conditions of millions of workers across the world.

His public image will shape the American political environment, of course, but plenty of politicians and political professionals on all sides will also look to his ground - breaking online campaign as an inspiration, seeking to replicate his success at using the internet to raise money, find supporters and put people to work in the real world.

Whether it's the tribal sense of knowing who your gang is, and why you're opposed to the other gang, or the close knit friendship of long working relationships and shared experiences of highs and lows, the connections forged between public servants are strong, if just as flawed and occasionally destructive as those in the outside world.

There are fewer independent, professional news reporters telling the American population about the world around them today than there were five years ago, fewer journalists trying to hold people in positions of power to account, fewer working to keep people informed about events of public importance.

Carolyn McLaughlin, the president of the Albany Common Council and the Albany County Democratic Committee chair, seconded the nomination by noting Schumer's work on behalf of Henry Johnson, a World War I veteran, and in cracking down on oil trains that run next to Albany's public housing.

When asked what it would mean if the world wakes up after Election Day to a Mayor Weiner and Comptroller Spitzer leading New York City, the candidate responded, «Democracy works to reflect the will of the public.»

Working class living standards are set to face an onslaught with the deepest public service cuts since the Second World War and the weakening of pay and working conditions of millions of Working class living standards are set to face an onslaught with the deepest public service cuts since the Second World War and the weakening of pay and working conditions of millions of working conditions of millions of people.

More important than his legacy of helping to spare us the Jamesport nuclear plant, and likely the others which were sure to dot the eastern Long Island landscape, was his inspiration for all of us, especially young people who seek role models for public service: that when you hold on to what you know is right and work hard, even struggle, to make the world a better place, you're more than just an idealist, you're someone who can make a real and lasting difference.

Look at Orson Welles — when [War of the Worlds was broadcast on the radio], people were jumping out of their windows, so people should not feel so bad about buying into the lies that were told about a hard - working public servant and having it influence their vote.

It is the Wal - Mart's of the business world who are profiting most from the low minimum wage standard and also relying on taxpayer subsidies to keep their poverty wage workers fed, housed, and health enough to work for them because these minimum wage workers are paid so low they qualify for food stamps, Section 8 and public housing rent subsidies, Medicaid, and the Earned Income Tax Credit,» Hawkins said.

Dr. Issahaku is an International Development Economist with several years of experience in economic policy management and development, having worked with reputable international and local institutions including the World Bank as a Senior Public Sector Specialist; the African Development Bank as a Principal Governance Expert; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as a Development Management Officer; the Canadian International Development Agency as a Socio - Economic Advisor and Project Coordinator; and the National Development Planning Commission, Ghana as a Senior Planning Analyst.

We have a diverse and growing membership of 21,000 - both in the public and private sectors - living and working in over 20 countries on five continents across the world.