Sentences with phrase «with women elected»

4:00 PM — Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul holds news conference with Women Elected Officials to launch Women's History Month and new exhibit.

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While in Congress, she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus along with Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm, working to secure more elected positions for women in poliWomen's Political Caucus along with Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm, working to secure more elected positions for women in poliwomen in politics.

After all, the Liberals» 2017 began with Trudeau dropping Maryam Monsef from Democratic Reform and into Status of Women, on the way to breaking his promise to change the way Canadians elect MPs.

I think an authoritative religious council residing in Mecca should be democratically elected from muslim populations around the world, as should the cardinals in Rome, with women voting also.

There are too many denominations but when I think of the church as «the people» and with that as individual voters, elected officals and general workers I see folks bringing their Faith into their decision making as much as a woman brings her life experiacnes into her job.

Finally, after her country endured a decade of civil war that claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, and with the help of Leymah Gbowee and the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace, Johnson - Sirleaf was elected president in 2005.

People with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor - elect of New York — a white man married to a black woman and with two biracial children.

OURFC have elected Abby D'Cruz as their 2018 - 19 Women's Blues captain with Susannah Rees named Team Secretary.

Lara Gibson has been elected Captain of the CURUFC Women's squad as the team continues their preparations for the clash with Oxford at the end of the year.

The League of Women Voter's website can put you in touch with your federal and state elected officials.

It couldn't be that women have to work, struggled to establish a nursing relationship with preemies, had medication they elected not to expose their children to, had supply problems that couldn't be solved despite all the herbs / LCs / LLL message boards in the world.

It is my hope that President - elect Obama will take the petition seriously and, with the help of Tom Daschle, make the positive changes needed to create an environment where not only can we achieve our national breastfeeding targets, but women and their families can be successful in reaching their personal breastfeeding goals too.

Venneman and colleagues5 recently demonstrated that infants who are formula fed are twice as likely to die of SIDS than breastfed infants based on a case control study of 333 SIDS cases compared to 998 aged matched controls in Germany, from 1998 - 2001, consistent with previously published reports.35 While no studies show that co-sleeping in the form of bedsharing, specifically, is imperative for breastfeeding enhancement, many studies have shown that in order to get more sleep and to ease caring for their infants the decision to breastfeed often leads mothers to adopt routine bedsharing for at least part of the night36 - 40 even where they never intended to do so.41, 42 Indeed, nearly 50 % of breastfeeding mothers in the United States and Great Britain adopt bedsharing for some part of the night,38,43 - 45 and breastfeeding women are twice as likely to sleep with their babies in the first month relative to mothers electing to bottle - feed.39

if our elected leaders especially the IDC, wanted to help women in New York they need to stop remarketing the same old tired reports with a new heading and look at what they can but, won't do.

Of the 108 MLAs elected in 2011, 25 were new and 20 were women (compared with 18 in 2007).

For women candidates, many of them seeking elected office for the first time, the success of women in early primary states has provided them with confidence that their sometimes - unexpected runs aren't so far - fetched.

Considering that Roy Moore, who's leading the polls for the election in Alabama, has been accused of being a sexual predator targeting underage women, and considering that the elected president of the USA, Donald Trump, is himself someone who has admitted to groping and spying on naked, underage models, and even said that he would like to have sex with his own daughter, my question is, to what extent is pedophilia an accepted sexual orientation in the United States?

Westchester voters have written another chapter in the history of the Women's Rights Movement, electing a legislature with a majority of women for the first time in the county's hisWomen's Rights Movement, electing a legislature with a majority of women for the first time in the county's hiswomen for the first time in the county's history.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

While 2018 has marked a watershed moment with regard to women running for elected office, we know that there is still much work to be done to ensure greater gender equity, including more opportunities for women to have many seats at the political and business leadership table.

«The governor's backroom deals have left us with a situation where Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of the Senate Democrats, the highest - elected woman in New York state, is not in the room, but the king of the eight - member IDC — Jeff Klein, who is accused of sexual misconduct himself — is,» Nixon said.

Haber said that if elected, he would work to provide tax relief for Nassau residents, improve the quality of schools and press for passage of the Women's Equality Act, which would strengthen equal pay laws and extend the prohibition on sexual harassment to businesses with fewer than four employees.

County Legislator - elect Al Krupski now faces a major challenge --- how to balance the ideals of the North Fork with his obligation to the men and women who helped get him elected.

Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg separately gave evidence, with all three leaders being challenged about what they are doing to improve the proportions of people likely to be elected to Parliament who are women, LGBT, disabled, or from an ethnic minority.

In a conduct that may well be described as a as good riddance, a staunch NPP woman Hajia Fati was seen with a broom supposedly sweeping away the two men as well as party's misfortune since the party elected new executives in 2012.

«Those elected as Democrats should respect voters» clearly expressed intent and sit with the Democratic Conference to implement important progressive goals like standing up for women's health, passing real campaign finance reform, raising the minimum wage and enacting common sense gun laws,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.

«The men, women and children living in NYCHA housing deserve better than what they're getting from their elected leaders, and with the selection of an independent construction manager and a record $ 250 million state investment, we will deliver the support needed for families to lead quality, healthy lives in New York City.»

Hochul said women today still face challenges, including getting paid the same as men for the same work, encountering barriers when running for elected office and dealing with sexual harassment.

As former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul gathered with a cadre of elected officials at City Hall to tout more than 100,000 petition signatures for a new Women's Equality Party, her long - shot primary challenger for lieutenant governor, Tim Wu, blasted the party as a «sham.»

Endorsements for Rangel also came in from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Public Advocate Leticia James, who is the first African - American woman elected to citywide office, along with civil rights leader Jesse Jackson.

I imagine such a move would be at as wildly popular with the public as the question of whether or not your average man or woman off the street should be able to vote for their legislators; last night YouGov put support for an elected Lords at around 75 %.

The EMILY's List veteran helped elect many of the Democratic women she'll be charged with helping defend this year.

Ms. James, the first black woman elected to citywide office, is a natural candidate for City Hall someday — though her historically close relationship with de Blasio makes her less likely to challenge him directly in a primary than some of the other candidates bandied about, like Comptroller Scott Stringer or Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

She recounts one almost farcical encounter with Brown, in which he asked her to defend him publicly against charges of using women as window dressing, while refusing to give her, his elected deputy leader, the cabinet post that would make her title meaningful.

De La Rosa, who was elected in 2016, said she had had to do battle with many different challenges as a young Latina in the legislative sphere — prompting her to call on the young women in the audience to join her in the ranks.

Hochul is one of two women — along with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — to be elected statewide in New York.

Topics covered included Clinton's public service resume and how to get more women involved in elected office and the political process, along with a look forward at the 2018 election cycle.

At 2 p.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will tour Women In Need (WIN) facility with WIN CEO Christine Quinn along with other elected officials and will meet with children and families who have fled domestic violence.

«The party that supported and campaigned with open arms for child sex abuser Roy Moore, that elected Grabber - in - Chief Donald Trump, and which has blocked protections for women right here in New York, does not get to lecture anyone, anywhere, anytime about sexual harassment,» said state Executive Director Geoff Berman.

NOW, the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States, was founded in 1966 and has hundreds of chapters in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NOW - NY and NOW - NYC, the New York City chapter, have advocated on a number of issues affecting girls and women, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence and child marriage — issues it has worked on with Cuomo and other elected officials.

The party is calling in all the help it can get in making this pitch, inundating potential supporters with an email from Moveon.org, an impassioned plea by actress - activist Cynthia Nixon, an email from Kirsten Gillibrand urging voters to help W.F.P. elect a State Senate, a video by Whoopi Goldberg, and an appeal by Gloria Steinem designed to counteract the Women's Equality Party (which was started by men, and has few women candidates or downballot Democrats on its lWomen's Equality Party (which was started by men, and has few women candidates or downballot Democrats on its lwomen candidates or downballot Democrats on its line).

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Democrat Marjorie Velázquez, candidate in the race for the Bronx 13th Council District, has earned the overwhelming support of city government's women elected officials with the endorsement Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and nine members of the City Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Council Women's Caucus co-chairs Elizabeth Crowley (D — Maspeth) and Helen Rosenthal (D — Upper West Swomen elected officials with the endorsement Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and nine members of the City Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Council Women's Caucus co-chairs Elizabeth Crowley (D — Maspeth) and Helen Rosenthal (D — Upper West SWomen's Caucus co-chairs Elizabeth Crowley (D — Maspeth) and Helen Rosenthal (D — Upper West Side).

The U.S. is now ranked roughly 90th in the world for women in federal elected office, with women making up less than 17 percent of Congress.

Curran, who will face County Comptroller George Maragos in a September Democratic primary, said that if elected, she would «stand with the hard - working men and women these unions represent, and will fight for better wages, benefits, and workplace protections.»

With incumbent Democrat Bill Owens deciding not to seek re-election, Stefanik, at 29, could become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.

Find interviews with all 30 women who hold elected office, as well as videos and interactive graphics at timesunion.com/womenpolitics.

«We secured a commitment from [Johnson] so it is a campaign promise fulfilled,» said Council Member Carlina Rivera, who is co-chair of the Women's Caucus along with Council Member Margaret Chin, referring to pledges made by Johnson before he was elected speaker.

As pointed out with Harman, Jon Cruddas when standing for deputy leader, didn't even want to be in the cabinet, he didn't want to be Deputy prime minister, regarding sexism how did Jack dromey get elected on a all women short list, or is it the working class who suffer under positive discrimination not the fact it's supposed to help women

Clinton could help Braley with female voters as he faces state Sen. Joni Ernst — the Republican nominee looking to become the first woman elected to Congress from the Hawkeye State.

She said with President - elect Donald Trump in power in Washington in January, Democrats in the New York Legislature and governor's office could be an important firewall and be national leaders against policies that could harm women and immigrants.