Alliances with the media and other opinion makers have proved successful in facilitating change in societal attitudes towards women and promoting positive images of equality between men and women.

b. Cross sectoral issues, including contribution to the societal agenda

If everybody in the developed world understood this graph, and emblazoned it on the inside of their foreheads, there would be no further societal argument about climate change because this is the story that counts.

Our traditional societal heroes are wrong, because they are the exceptions.

Accelerating harvests would mean higher, more reliable production with less labor a formula for stronger, more stable livelihoods. Policymakers should thus pursue integrated solutions that combine climate change adaptation and mitigation with broader societal concerns, including development.

In addition to these, there also exists a societal reverence for motherhood.

It provides the scientific community with the data and information necessary to evaluate the variability of the global environment, distinguish between natural and human induced change, and perform integrated assessments of changes in climate and their societal impacts.

Rather than taking isolated measures at the ministry or department level, there needs to be an overall vision on how various organs of the state can be used to effect a positive change in societal attitudes towards women.

Society will be exposed to putrid legislation and that will affect the societal equilibrium .

The report claimed that the disadvantages women faced resulted purely from societal beliefs and attitudes.

Iranian born artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile a voice for her people, but unable to go home. In her work, she explores Iran pre and post Islamic Revolution, tracing political and societal change through powerful images of women.

Women continue to be excluded in extreme and significant ways from basic rights and societal benefits.

The exclusion of women from all levels of societal decision making is linked to their disempowerment.

The issue of changing societal attitudes towards women will be an integral component of this project.

Today, by adhering to those very values, Bangladesh itself is undergoing a quiet but significant societal transformation.

The development challenges in Africa are just one example of how tough societal problems can be addressed by the design and spread of improved technologies. The same will be true of how the world best addresses manmade climate change another of those seemingly intractable global problems.

Bearing in mind that volunteering is one of the important ways in which people participate in societal development,

The societal impacts relate notably to human migration and economic refugees, leading to deepening poverty and political instability.

It was stressed that expressions like situations of destabilizing civil unrest or societal breakdown would themselves require definition.

As societal structures and common norms of behaviour gradually break down, the vulnerability of the population increases sharply.

A woman's value is less than that of a man and her inferiority is embedded in societal structures.

There are however societal attitudes, which sometimes hinder women's access to healthcare in some remote and underdeveloped areas.

These characteristics point to a major change in African consumption habits as this cohort ages, its incomes increase, and its behaviors and decision criteria become the societal norm. Many companies particularly multinational firms accustomed to old and aging populations in the advanced countries will have to adapt accordingly.

And the benefit to the sponsors is the sum of the publicity and societal benefits over the long term.

And the problem is, we're still working through, from a societal standpoint, how we allow people to be available.

There is also a cross sectional lack of awareness and entrenched societal attitudes relating to women and women's rights.

The relevant government machinery, particularly the Ministry of Information and Media Development through its radio and TV programmes and the Ministry of Education through its curricula, are engaged in trying to bring a positive change in societal attitudes concerning the roles and status of men and women in the society.

Then, when the prize is actually won, after it's moving, you get societal benefits, you know, new technology, new capability.

Conversely, some disasters have been instrumental in aggravating societal tensions, as was the case in Nicaragua after the 1972 earthquake.

Achieving the health and nutrition related Millennium Development Goals requires political, institutional and societal solutions as well as technical ones.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) had proved to be a particularly suitable learning and societal participation tool for children with disabilities.

The flipside of this is that constantly being told that you are gifted, chosen and born to rule has distinct societal downsides.

Women are prohibited from essential forms of societal participation while they are the most vulnerable to social stress, deprivation, poverty and violence.

Recognizing that domestic violence against women is, inter alia, a societal problem and a manifestation of unequal power relations between women and men,

UNICEF will also strengthen its support of the appropriate role of children and young people themselves as partners and participants in societal decision making.

Therefore, references to matters that fell within the domestic jurisdiction of States, such as situations of destabilizing civil unrest and societal breakdown, should be avoided.

After clarifying the whole facts, the Quanzhou Lawyers Association did not follow the societal discussion, but resisted the pressure and made a decision not to impose penalties.

A cultural change, a mental change, a physical change, Bam said.

(d) Support sustainable capacity building for Afghan women, including through information sharing, access to resources, education and training, to enable them to participate fully in all societal sectors

Demand change the light bulbs, but change the laws. Change the global treaties.

This can change. This can change.

And to change, and to change.

Article 18 of the Constitution of Uzbekistan has reaffirmed that citizens have equal rights, irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity, language, religion, social origin, conscience, personal situation or societal status.

So we have greed, we've got overconfidence hubris, but since we're here at TEDWomen, let's consider one other factor that could be contributing in some small way to societal recklessness.

Fourth, every company both depends on and affects the societies in which it functions. The larger and more global the company, the larger and more global are its societal effects.