Sentences with phrase «women serve in»

Currently, 98 women serve in the U.S. Congress; 78 in the House; 20 in the Senate, including one from New York, one from Massachusetts and two from New Hampshire.

However, men and women serve in particularly masculine and feminine ways.

«It is critical to underscore that the women we serve in communities remain our priority.

«Ten years ago, we were at 16 [women in the Senate] and even 20 years ago we had fewer than 10 women serving in the Senate,» she said.

Yet before the holiday distractions take hold, donors use this time of the year to remember the sacrifices made by the men and women serving in the U.S. military, and to support causes that help them when they return home.

So it may come as no surprise that the top five highest - earning elected women serving in governments worldwide, as surveyed by British financial service firm IG Group, coincidentally happen to earn less than their elected male counterparts in an all - gender list of of elected, appointed and lifetime world leaders.

Though the vast majority of Americans and evangelicals are comfortable with women serving in leadership roles in businesses and in political capacities, opinions about ministry are very different.

All Christians should be firmly opposed to women serving in the infantry.

Never mind that around 85 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians, the current president identifies himself as a Christian, the majority of the men and women serving in congress identify themselves as Christians, and there are absolutely no laws forbidding the practice of the Christian faith in the United States.

In other words, Don Grimes (president of the 1991 America Remembers Campaign) sent the new addresses for our young men and women serving in the military.

Cards, letters and packages can be flown to those men and women serving in the Middle East.

«These reforms not only cut costs to save taxpayers money, they ensure that our men and women serving in the military have their vote counted.»

«These graduates join the more than 100,000 brave men and women serving in the fire departments across this great state who, with dedication and courage, respond to emergencies day and night to protect us all,» Governor Cuomo said.

Some women serving in the Legislature have called for a new, uniform policy covering all elected officials and state employees, instead of the current patchwork of policies in the executive and legislative branches.

Rozic, elected in 2012, is the youngest woman serving in the State Legislature.

ALBANY — The number of women serving in New York's Legislature will hit a record high in January, with women occupying 55 of the 213 seats in the Senate and Assembly.

There are currently no women serving in statewide office in Pennsylvania, or in Senate or House seats, but Edwards would be breaking barriers too: He is Afro - Latino and running in a district that has only ever, in the more than 200 years it has existed, been represented by white men.

The number of women serving in New York's Legislature will hit a record high in January, with women occupying 55 of the 213 seats in the Senate and Assembly.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce Thursday that a ban on women serving in combat roles in the military will be lifted over the coming years.

If elected, Stefanik, 30, would be the youngest woman serving in Congress.

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During the Civil War storyline, as many as 500 women served in order to protect Wakanda at the time.

We know that we never could have had such an opportunity without the sacrifices made by our men and women serving in the armed forces.

There were approximately 248,760 men and women serving in chief executive positions in the U.S. as of May 2013.

With his son graduated from college and serving in the U.S. Navy, he decided to adopt a feline in celebration of his son, the men & women serving in our armed forces and his love of cats.

Today, we still stand committed to the brave men and women serving in our armed forces and the powerful bond they share with their pets.

As is true of so many avant - gardes, the first decade or so of Australian Aboriginal forays into making portable, permanent, marketable artworks, the 1970s, was male - dominated, with men's Dreamings and ceremonies the only permissible subject matter — and men typically the only painters, though some women served in apprenticeships under men.

A federal law enacted by former President Bill Clinton in 1994, USERRA now protects the employment rights of men and women serving in the Armed Forces.

Starting in 1981, for women serving in the military, abortion was only covered if the woman's life was in danger of continuing the pregnancy.

That all changed at the end of 2014 when, after months of negotiations, the U.S. Congress finally passed a funding bill with bipartisan support that amended this policy to ensure that Peace Corps Volunteers have equitable coverage for abortion in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life of the woman, consistent with the coverage that federal employees and women serving in the military receive.

It takes a key step to ensure that a woman serving in the Peace Corps has the same rights and access to abortion in cases when she is the victim of rape or when her life is endangered as are afforded women in the armed services and many other women covered by federal health programs.

It will ensure that a woman serving in the Peace Corps has the same access to abortion if she is the victim of rape or incest, or when her life is endangered, as women in the armed services and many other women covered by federal health programs,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Not exact matches

Only 10 women have given birth while serving in Congress, and Duckworth is the first from the Senate to do this.

About 100 Boardlist candidates (some of whom already sit on not - for - profit, for - profit, or advisory boards, and the vast majority of whom live in the U.S.) were asked a number of questions about their experiences in business, and also about the fact that so few women serve on corporate boards.

Smith, previously Minnesota's lieutenant governor, was appointed to serve as her state's senator following the resignation of Al Franken, who became embroiled in controversy after several women came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him.

As they were moving up in their careers, there weren't that many women ahead of them who could possibly serve as mentors.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiWomen and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiwomen leaders in business.

In business, however, more women are standing side by side with men, serving as CEOs or CFOs.

Schriock: We have supported every one of those pro-choice Democratic women who serve, oddly, except for one in her first race.

Chika Oduah — Freelance: Oduah's work has been published in the New York Times, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, CNN, and many more, and she serves as an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Africa.

This partnership would give us direct access to all the man and women who serve in the military along with spouses and dependents around the world.

My company, Women Rocking Business, has raised over half a million dollars for women around the globe, women in the rainforest and in Indonesia, supporting them to build businesses that serve their communities and protect our ecosystems, this is something I'm deeply prouWomen Rocking Business, has raised over half a million dollars for women around the globe, women in the rainforest and in Indonesia, supporting them to build businesses that serve their communities and protect our ecosystems, this is something I'm deeply prouwomen around the globe, women in the rainforest and in Indonesia, supporting them to build businesses that serve their communities and protect our ecosystems, this is something I'm deeply prouwomen in the rainforest and in Indonesia, supporting them to build businesses that serve their communities and protect our ecosystems, this is something I'm deeply proud of.

According to the census, approximately 40 % of companies (177 in 2011) had no women serving on their boards — a shockingly high number.

It also serves as a data - driven fashion laboratory in which the designer and retailer can better understand what petite women are seeking in petite sizing in order to guide future offerings.

The two other high - achievers on this panel, addressing an auditorium full of Navy midshipmen as well as retired Navy officers, were Senator Barbara Mikulski (D - MD), the longest serving woman in Congress, and Ellen Lord, CEO of Textron Systems (txt).

She served as editor - in - chief of popular women's magazine Cosmopolitan for 14 years, and before that led Redbook, Working Woman and Child magazines.

Notably, she was the 17th richest woman in the world, worked as a director for Berkshire Hathaway and served as the Buffett Foundation's president.

Kim Kardashian West has been working with Jared Kushner for several months about a possible presidential pardon for a woman serving a life sentence in Alabama.

For instance, it wasn't until 1968 that women were allowed to serve on juries in all 50 states.

So, in theory at least, serving anti-abortion ads to women of child - bearing age who have been reading about abortion online and who come near an abortion clinic is a spot - on example of how marketing should work when it's well tuned.