Sentences with phrase «social progress made»

Through her focus on a female experience, she comments on the enormous social progress made in Chinese society during Mao Zedong's tenure, yet she hints that some promises remain unfulfilled.

The commentator's vision of a post-EU Britain harks back to the apparent glory days of the industrial revolution and scorns the social progress made in education, workers» rights and healthcare.

Not exact matches

«It's indicative of the progress that LGBT people have made, both in terms of social acceptance so there are more LGBT people willing to live openly, and developments in the law,» she said.

Present information in a fast - paced way through social media and in a way that helps them feel like they are making progress towards their goals.

Fear and violence are escalating in America, making it all too clear that being a wealthy nation doesn't necessarily translate into social peace and progress.

Social media platform and app developer Thred has enjoyed a steady first day on the ASX, while two other Perth - based companies have made progress on their respective reverse takeovers.

Instead, it's about solving problems and creating social progress; building great new things that make a better world.

CHANGE THE WORLD: Today, Fortune published its third annual Change The World List, featuring 56 companies that are making measurable progress addressing important social problems as part of their business model.

However, lobbying, advocacy and other political spending by corporations and trade associations can also inhibit good policy - making, hold back progress, undermine critical environmental, social or economic regulations, and offload private costs onto the public.

The social media site has been transparent with their numbers and made «modest progress» over the past year, increasing the share of female employees to 40 % from 42 %.

The environmental and labor side agreements negotiated by our administration will make this agreement a force for social progress as well as economic growth.»

We have no shortage of entrepreneurs who are finding innovative ways to push social progress or tackle environmental problems while making profits, but there was a gap in the market for early - stage funding.

See our past Corporate Social Responsibility reports and updates to track the progress we're making against our sustainability goals.

In the social sector, there has been a lot of interest because people are seeing the kinds of results that innovation is having in business, and they see an opportunity to make better, faster progress on intractable social issues.

You would have the opportunity to join a real world social network, and even if your startup doesn't work out, you can make meaningful personal connections that will last a lifetime and you will have made progress in logging your way towards 10,000 hours (which usually happens across multiple companies).

Since its launch in 2010, the fund has made more than $ 1.3 billion in grants through the end of 2017 to 6,000 organizations that further Goldman Sachs Gives» mission of fostering innovative ideas, solving economic and social issues, and enabling progress in underserved communities worldwide.

Kretchmer went to work on the product, social media software for publishers and brands, and when Kalanick thought it had progressed enough, he made 45 introductions to other angel investors in less than a week and agreed to invest in the company himself.

For a while these negotiations appeared to be making progress, with the President agreeing in principle to cut social programs (the Democrats» sacred cow) and Boehner showing a willingness to accept some measure of revenue increases (a Republican litmus test).

Canadian online retail, in short, looks a lot like Canadian retail did 20 years ago: unimpressive, outdated and at threat of being thrashed by American retailers — many of which are already making steady progress in better serving this market.Despite the country's reputation as one of the world's most wired and digitally social people, Canadians only spent $ 18 - billion online in 2010, or 3.4 per cent of total retail sales, according to Boston Consulting Group — well behind other developed countries such as the U.S. at 5 per cent and the United Kingdom at 13.5 per cent.

Buckley was never a professional Catholic, in the sense of someone who made his living from the fact of his faith, and his standing as a Catholic commentator may have declined when, in 1961, National Review responded to John XXIII's encyclical on Christianity and social progress, Mater et Magistra, with an unsigned quip: «Mater si, Magistra no» (though most reports now ascribe it to a hotshot young writer at the magazine named Garry Wills.)

Speaking after the documentary Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the peer and former chairman of the Conservative Party, said British Muslims had made more progress in changing their attitudes on various social issues since they arrived in Britain in the 1950s than the Church of England and the Conservative Party had over the same period.

The dominant interpretation, derived from Franco - German scholarship of the nineteenth century, emphasized material aspects: political contest and domination in the Near East; the social structures of the Levantine crusader principalities viewed, especially by Francophone scholars, through the lens of modern colonialism; cultural confrontation and exchange through settlement and trade, a topos made familiar by eighteenth - century Enlightenment writers seeking to integrate the Crusades into a narrative of European progress; military adventurism that exposed the mentality of crusaders — heroic, passionate, devout, or misguided according to taste.

Most modern social and moral progress has been made by people free from religion — including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Charles Darwin, Margaret Sanger, Albert Einstein, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, H. L. Mencken, Sigmund Freud, Bertrand Russell, Luther Burbank and many others who have enriched humanity.

On the other hand, if we redirected our efforts we could make genuine economic progress, even if it would be slow, and social and psychological progress could replace the present decline.

Social progress can well be measured by the criterion of personal liberty, and the level of civilization may properly be rated according to the range and variety of choices people can make.

«This will encourage more believers to make contributions to the country's harmonious social progress, cultural prosperity and economic development.»

But one thing is certain, and it appears to me that its recognition in theory, and acceptance in practice, must be the sine qua non of any valid discussion and effective action affecting the political, economic and moral ordering of the present world: this is that nothing, absolutely nothing — we may as well make up our minds to it — can arrest the progress of social Man towards ever greater interdependence and cohesion.

We have made social progress and have access to information, and a choice if we like the Islam or not.

Our vision is to provide a safe, accessible service that makes it easy for a previously marginalized and vulnerable group of people to interact with the world, while also being a driving force to promote genuine social progress in our society.

While retail giants are not popularly associated with sustainable development, UK - based Marks & Spencer and Tesco, and US giant Walmart, have made progress in meeting ambitious environmental and social goals throughout their supply chains.1

See our past Corporate Social Responsibility reports and updates to track the progress we're making against our sustainability goals.

CJS Tender Loving Care allows children to build self - confidence and make progress in their social and academic development.

Children are encouraged to build self - confidence and make progress in their social and academic development

Without the secure emotional base that a stable and calm home life can provide, countless research has concluded, children aren't able to develop the non-cognitive skills — like social skills, self - regulation and persistence — that make for successful academic progress.

Times each day when the medical, nursing and social work staff discuss each baby's progress and make decisions regarding his / her care.

During these exciting and intense five days, which followed the contours of a regular school day, children who could previously speak in few, if any, social situations outside of the home made remarkable progress.

As social movements and revolutions progressed, this slowly made place for the rule of law; in some countries being gradually replaced by a government somewhat subjected to democratic control, in other countries being replaced by an authoritarian government claiming to represent workers interests.

If we made progress on these root problems, we'd see much larger savings to the social security budget than can be achieved by salami - slicing entitlement levels and further impoverishing children and families.

In a letter sent to Armstrong last month by Tony Blair, the Prime Minister says the office should «work in partnership with the sector to make progress in the key areas of public service delivery, philanthropy, volunteering, building strong communities and social enterprise» (R&R, 26 May, p2).

Whereas, we can take pride in the progress our state and nation have made in reinforcing women's rights over the decades and recognize that we have not yet crossed all thresholds to fulfilling our mission and quest for true equality; today we celebrate the economic, social, and political accomplishments of women, we honor the courageous women who have made extraordinary contributions to their countries and communities, and we pause to remember the struggles waged by generations of women who have led the fight for equality and justice; and

Very rapid progress is already being made on social media.

We do not want more minority MPs simply to represent minority communities - we want them because they will be an indicator of social progress and make our democracy more legitimate.

Ghana Beyond Aid is President Akufo - Addo's grand vision to make Ghana attain the highest social and economic progress.

The conference, and the new report, is to aid local authorities in developing their local child poverty strategies to meet the need generated by social security cuts and reforms, and to look at the opportunities they have to make progress on poverty prevention and reduction.

The hugely talented and downright lovely Eli Kharis who normally uses this favorite quote «Earn Your Crown «which mostly accompanies her captions to her posts on all her social media platforms has created a column on the website dedicated to motivate readers to make progress in every area of their lives despite the challenges.

«So before we can offer real hope of changing the culture of our country - to make it a more civil and civilised place to live we must first change the culture of our politics, to end the state's perceived monopoly over social progress.»

The agonisingly tortuous progress of the government's health and social care bill has made the coalition's NHS reform agenda one of its most controversial.

«We are making good progress with social mobility — we have increased the national living wage, cut income tax for the lowest paid and doubled free childcare.

New York has made remarkable economic and social progress.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)