Sentences with phrase «women elected on»
When Nadine Dorries gets the answer to her question, she may well trumpet it as proof that women elected on AWS are not taken seriously, compared to other MPs.
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... Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president, and how will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton, who was likely to be the Democratic nominee, that you are part of the war on women?»
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.
On January 12, the president - elect announced that Powell would get a White House job as senior counselor for economic initiatives, saying she would focus on «entrepreneurship, small business growth, and the global economic empowerment of women.&raquOn January 12, the president - elect announced that Powell would get a White House job as senior counselor for economic initiatives, saying she would focus on «entrepreneurship, small business growth, and the global economic empowerment of women.»n «entrepreneurship, small business growth, and the global economic empowerment of women.»
McDougal's comments, and Farrow's story, may or may not have any effect on a president who was elected after bragging about his ability to grab women «by the pussy,» and after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct by numerous women.
Top priority of the campaign is to call on elected officials to create legislation that supports economic justice, anti-racism and anti-white supremacy policies, women's rights, the ending of voter suppression, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, as well as affordable quality housing, healthcare and education.
A barrage of such stuff, pouncing on any scandal that could be dug up and chipping away at the pontificate of Pope Benedict, not to mention the usual stuff about the need to elect a pope who would change the «policy» of the Church over such matters as abortion, gay marriage and women priests, had been unleashed almost immediately, once Benedict had been congratulated for bringing the papacy into the 21st century by resigning.
If he can just get those of the weak and thoughtless minds to concentrate on gay people and not on his distorted unemployment statistics, pay - offs to his union buddies, economy collapsing debt, bullying of the American businessman / woman, ever - lavish spending wife (our money, not theirs), and a debacle of a healthcare plan, then maybe, maybe he might just get elected again so that he can do even more damage than he has already wrought.
EPC requires all churches to hold to «essential» tenets of the Christian faith, but allows each congregation freedom in forming opinions on «nonessential» matters, such as whether women can be elected as deacons and elders.
Give it 20 more years, and the idea of someone being elected that plays upon the LGBT «Question» will be looked at the same as someone campaigning on the basis that women should not show their ankles or elbows in public.
It seems that the teanut - gop really misses 1952 — golfing, no CIVIL RIGHTS issues on the front pages, they could tell jokes about the races and women, and then EISENHOWER is elected..
When they all elected to remain they were settled on farm land and given eight thousand young women in marriage.
That was basically a religious belief that women were not equal to men and therefore didn't have the say on who was elected and couldn't vote.
As I continue on this journey, I find the more I learn about hospitals and standard procedures and doctors» timeframes, etc., the more I think women who elect to birth in a hospital are «brave» rather than the women who do so in their own homes.
That's how women can be controlled (which is why the assault on women's rights that is sure to happen under President - elect Donald Trump is very real and something to be vigilant about).
i've had some folks complain to me that i shouldn't be requesting our president elect to focus on «frivolous breastfeeding» when the government should focus on the economy and not my right as a woman to breastfeed or not breastfeed.
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
Monserrate's attack on a woman and subsequent use of his elected position to cover that up, influence the outcome of his trial and hide key facts from a committee of his colleagues all contribute to the feeling shared by some members that his actions were far worse than Parker's attack on a male Post photographer who was staking him out.
McCaskill was seen as perhaps the most endangered of the Senate Democrats running for re-election this year (Gillibrand has made a point of conducting her «Off the Sidelines» campaign to elect more women to public office, a narrative that her own GOP opponent, Wendy Long, has gleefully sought to turn on its ear).
For, on Monday, he was elected, unopposed, to fill a Conservative vacancy on the Women and Equalities Committee, an independent parliamentary committee that has done much to bring the government to account for its record in this area.
Some of the elected officials present at the Equality Day rally — Public Advocate Letitia James and State Senator Liz Krueger — have been vocal in their support of the Working Families Party, though neither chimed in when Brewer expressed her feelings on the Women's Equality Party.
Opinion Pieces New York's Con Con Ballot is Biased (opinion) Vote «Yes» on Question 2 and Send Albany a Message (opinion) The Threat Lurking on Primary Day (opinion) We Need to Do More - Not Less - to Elect Women to Office (opinion) Squadron Departure Spotlights Importance of County Committee (opinion) Special Elections Deserve Democratic Deliberation, Not Backroom Deals (opinion) Hiram Monserrate Has No Place in Elected Office (opinion) What's a Constitutional Convention Cost?
Marjorie helped elect Ritchie Torres to the NYC Council, joined Bronx Community Board 10 where she serves on the executive board as treasurer, and also cofounded Bronx Women United, dedicated to empowering women through political and civic engageWomen United, dedicated to empowering women through political and civic engagewomen through political and civic engagement.
Queens Democrat Cathy Nolan in a radio interview on Thursday said electing a woman speaker of the state Assembly would bring a more «collaborative style» to the chamber's leadership.
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?
«Yaw Anokye Frimpong, the men and woman elected to decide your trial, having found you guilty of murder, you are hereby sentenced to death by hanging and may God have mercy on your soul,» Mrs Justice Wood said.
«Now more than ever, we must elect representatives to Washington who will stand up in support of labor's collective bargaining rights so that working men and women may have a voice on the job, a chance to negotiate for fair pay and safe working conditions, and the ability to a secure a comfortable retirement.»
What: Elected in 2008, the married congressman resigned in 2011 after the non-defunct website Gawker ran a story about his outreach to women on Craigslist that included a
At the women's rally for Ms. Illuzzi, three elected officials introduced her — two of them men — and focused their remarks largely on tearing into Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, whose policies they argued made the city less safe, requiring Ms. Illuzzi's leadership.
So just to get this straight, Ms. Woerner is all for paying elected officials off instead of prosecuting them for the way they treat women on the job.
On primary night, Stefanik's general consultant and strategy mastermind, Phil Musser, confirmed to her for the first time: If she won in November, she would be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
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What: Elected in 2008, the married congressman resigned in 2011 after the non-defunct website Gawker ran a story about his outreach to women on Craigslist that included a memorable photo of a shirtless selfie.
In 1992, all constituencies were required to have a woman on the shortlist — 37 Labour women were elected.
The party's leadership was assumed by Zimet, a former elected official from the Hudson Valley and prominent advocate, who has been complimentary of Cuomo's record on women's issues.
«This national reckoning on sexual harassment is showing us why we need to elect more women and finally give them equal rights under the law, including equal pay,» Slaughter said.
«Our votes on the Working Families Party line help elect leaders who have promised to pass a full Women's Equality agenda as well as a full range of progressive policies that affect every New York woman,» Steinem wrote.
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.
But the key passage of the resolution is this: «Be it resolved that any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman, shall not have their name appear on Row C, the New York State Conservative Party position on election ballots, in any election.»
These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A group of women elected officials on Monday called for immediate action on the New York City bill that would require sick days for all those employed in New York City.
«She was also a trailblazing woman leader both in Washington and here at home, serving as an inspiration for many women who have since followed in her footsteps to serve in elected office on both sides of the aisle.»
«I am honored to serve my colleagues as State Director and will focus on growing the membership of this remarkable organization and encourage women to step into elected positions across our state.»
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.
An effort is on to elect 21 women to the City Council in 2021.
INWOOD — Several elected officials and uptown leaders came together Thursday to call for more domestic violence education and outreach programs after an Inwood woman was killed by her ex-boyfriend on New Year's Eve.
Schriock also called Kaplan, a town official elected in 2011, «a dedicated public servant focused on expanding economic opportunities for women and families, and protecting women's access to health care.»
The state Conservative Party has now codified its threat that any lawmaker who votes «yes» on gay marriage will be politically punished, passing a resolution that states «any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman» won't get Row C «in any election».
«I am sick and tired of an anti-choice Senator twisting the facts on women's equality, and quite frankly, the people of Long Island deserve better from an elected representative.