Sentences with phrase «young women in government»

«We need to challenge anyone that has a role to play in supporting candidates to make sure that we are creating pathways of opportunity for young women in government,» said Mark - Viverito at a City Hall event for her Young Women's Leadership initiative earlier this year.

«We need to challenge anyone that has a role to play in supporting candidates to make sure that we are creating pathways of opportunity for young women in government,» Ms. Mark - Viverito said on the steps of City Hall.

Not exact matches

Young girls will see more women in their legislatures, in their government.

This year's awards are open to all Australian business women that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above critewomen that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above criteWomen's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above critewomen aged 30 years and under, with any of the above criteria).

In recognition of his commitment to women's business success, WBENC President and CEO Pamela Prince - Eason presented Young with the prestigious Crystal Leadership Award at WBENC's 2012 Salute to Women's Business Enterprises, before more than 1,200 attendees representing major corporations, government entities and women's businewomen's business success, WBENC President and CEO Pamela Prince - Eason presented Young with the prestigious Crystal Leadership Award at WBENC's 2012 Salute to Women's Business Enterprises, before more than 1,200 attendees representing major corporations, government entities and women's busineWomen's Business Enterprises, before more than 1,200 attendees representing major corporations, government entities and women's businewomen's businesses.

Not only does it have the youngest prime minister in almost 200 years and the first peacetime coalition government in nearly 70, it has the first Muslim woman to be a full member of the Cabinet.

I spoke with a young mother who finally decided to «swallow [her] pride» and enroll in WIC (the Women, Infants, and Children program, a government assistance plan the mission of which is to insure proper nutrition for low - income mothers and their children) when she was six months pregnant.

The PAC said the suffering experienced by young Ghanaian women in the Gulf Region was a matter of concern and, therefore, underscored the need for the government to take the necessary steps to stop the operations of the fake recruitment agencies.

More tragically, they posted videos of people killed by police only minutes after the president declared that the government would no longer respond with violence, including one of a young woman shot in the head as she came back from the market with a carton of milk — she had wrongly trusted that it was safe to go out.

Has anyone heard of the Graduates - in - Agriculture Scheme in several states of the federation, a self - driven, government - assisted programme by which our young men and women are stopping their endless wait for white - collar jobs and creating wealth for themselves and the nation?»

Days after rolling out a $ 20 million plan to recruit more young women into city agencies and civic life, the speaker appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to lament underrepresentation of her gender in government.

Amanda Matos, a co-chair of the Young Women's Advisory Council, said growing up she didn't see many people like her in government.

The Nation Builders Corp is a government initiative designed to engage the services of unemployed young men and women in some key organisations in the public sector.

Ed Mlliband is determined to steal a march on David Cameron with his appointments, with a senior Labour source dismissing the government reshuffle as one that has «left failing ministers in place» — Sir George Young, Grant Shapps and Owen Paterson were picked out — and proves the Lib Dem «blind spot towards women.»

«Some of our colleagues, I mean over the weekend on the television I saw a young man called Mr McPartland, and another woman called Miss Allen, neither of whom I'm conscious of ever having seen before in my life, talking in the most unbelievable terms about the Government.

«This government has put in place various programmes to educate, and empower women and young girls with the tools, resources and skills necessary to build productive lives for the benefit of the society», he stated.

Ms. Mark - Viverito said she and her colleagues in the Council had found government «lacking» when it came to helping young women, and decided to do something about it.

Our mission, as members of the KDD, is to educate ourselves about how government works, what issues are going on in our own communities, mentor young people in civic engagement, and to get more women elected.

«We immediately thought about the culture that has existed in Albany and we wanted to be able to empower women who work in politics, particularly young women and interns who head to their internships idealistic and wanting to be part of American government and are disillusioned by it,» she said.

After a stint in the Marines, Radford, 45, became an activist and organizer on a number of fronts, including president of the student government at Erie Community College, a trainer with the Martin Luther King Institute for Nonviolence, and head of a youth detention center for at - risk kids and a homeless shelter for young women.

We know there are many talented young men and women in the ICT space, aand government is looking at ways to make innovating and actualising promising ideas easier.»

We know there are many talented young men and women in the ICT space, and government is looking at ways to make innovating and actualising promising ideas easier.»

Since World War II, the U.S. government has offered education benefits to veterans through a series of «GI Bills» both as an incentive to encourage military enlistment and as a «gesture of gratitude» to young men and women who serve in the military.

The whole reshuffle is seen as an effort by Prime Minister David Cameron to bring in more women and younger ministers in his government ahead of next year's parliamentary elections.

Thewlis stars as Johnny, an intelligent but shiftless young Brit whose bitterness — at women, at the government, at God, and at himself — is all - consuming, causing him to viciously lash out at everyone in his path.

With Tron: Legacy «s Garret Hedlund in final talks to star as Kaneda, the gang leader, and Kristen Stewart offered the role of Ky Reed, a woman who is part of an underground movement to expose the government for turning orphans into living weapons (she also may possess some abilities herself), the big question now is who will play Tetsuo, the young man whose latent powers will release the powerful being known as Akira?

A young French woman hires a man to document her self - imposed political asylum in Argentina after supposedly leaking highly confidential government secrets.

Comparisons will immediately be drawn between Divergent and The Hunger Games, as both are dystopian sci - fi film series based on a trilogy of young adult novels written by women, featuring teenage female protagonists in an action - thriller scenario leading a rebellion against a corrupt and manipulative government force, while also engaging in a bit of romance on the side.

On the surface «monster movie» is about a lonely young woman who strikes up an unlikely relationship with a mysterious sea creature — much to the chagrin of the devious government agents in charge of its captivity.

There are a couple of other major changes — neither crippling — but the thrust remains the same: Constantly shifting between two time periods (2001 and today), it follows an intrepid investigator (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as he spends years trying to locate the man who raped and killed a young woman, assisted in his efforts by his colleagues (Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts) but meeting heavy resistance and even interference from top - level government officials.

There are no half measures in a film that takes as its hero an eloquent monologist in a Guy Fawkes mask (Hugo Weaving), his erstwhile, reluctant sidekick a young woman, Evey (Natalie Portman), transformed through the government - sanctioned abduction of her parents and a period of torture and imprisonment into not an avenging angel, but a voice of reason.

It was a coup to cast her in the first place, and the Oscar winner gives another fierce performance as the troubled, tough young woman thrust into the chew - you - up - and - spit - you - out political machinery of a government operated by President Snow (Donald Sutherland, smiling, evil and having a heyday).

Abstract: More than twenty years of statelessness and related insecurity, including the proliferation of armed groups, the fragmentation of politics along clan - based lines, economic disruption and large scale population displacement, have had dire consequences on the rights and protection of women and young girls in Somalia; resulting in an increase in gendered patterns of violence as disillusioned and armed young men have been turning against women and girls with impunity.Implicated are Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeepers, government soldiers and some men within Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mogadishu, with allegations that tantamount to protector turning to perpetrator and exploiter.

«Engaging the Future of STEM: A study of international best practice for promoting the participation of young people, particularly girls, in science, technology engineering and Maths (STEM)», conducted by Barbara Cail STEM Fellows (Sarah Chapman and Dr Rebecca Vivian) was funded and supported by the Australian Government in partnership with Chief Executive Women Ltd..

Studying hard as a young woman is what prepared Michelle Obama to face the world's challenges, the United States» first lady told students Monday at a public school that Chile's government hopes will become a model for educational excellence in the...

TEHRAN: Amid the post-election turmoil and public protests that have roiled Iran over the last several weeks, one of the most poignant (and potent) symbols for the opposition has been Neda Agha - Soltan, the young woman shot by a government sniper in the midst of the Tehran crowds on June 20.

Filmed by videographer Danielle Sturk, the video documents Belmore pasting a dress made from paper to a young Indigenous woman with words from a treaty negotiation between the Canadian government and the Mawe - do - pe - nais (representative of the Ojibwa) in 1873 (see Treaty 3).

Sam Green began his career making traditional feature - length documentaries steeped in the political; his Academy Award - nominated The Weather Underground tells the story of a group of radical young women and men who tried to violently overthrow the U.S. government during the late 1960s and «70s.

This includes enhanced access to government information, restoring relevance to Question Period, electoral reform, and an end to the «first past the post» voting system, the unmuzzling of government scientists, return of the long form census, an equal number of men and women in Cabinet, and the formation of a Youth Advisory Counsel so that young people can provide advice to the PM on issues that concern them.

From U.S. and Canadian government reports, as well as many peer - reviewed studies — not marketing company surveys — we know that in terms of actual behaviour between intimate partners, women are as likely — or more likely in younger cohorts — to initiate mild to moderate physical aggression than men (up to and including knifing).