"I think that would not have happened without the advocacy of hundreds of thousands of people and churches that are part of Bread for the World and that keep the pressure on their members of Congress."

VOA: special.2010.06.22

And she hopes her celebrity and advocacy will help the thousands struggling with mental disorders realize they are not alone.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

The non-governmental organization Food Security Policy Advocacy Network studied the impact of multinational jatropha production in the Volta, Eastern,Central,and Ashanti regions.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Mitchell Warren, head of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, says the new report is called "Turning the Page."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

Minn Myint Nan Tin, with the Burmese Advocacy Center,or BAC, says keeping this melting pot from boiling over is a delicate balancing act.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Ted Deeds is spokesman for the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, a private law-and-order advocacy group.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

And that voice of impartial advocacy has to be on behalf of those who are most vulnerable and who do not have a voice."

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Communication Advocacy and Campaigns Manager for the South African National AIDS Council, Junaid Seedat says the judicial and police systems are monitoring these activities.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Education coordinator Madiana Samba, of the advocacy organization Action Aid International, says the government must address the shortfall if they are to achieve real universal primary education.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

(Deborah Sigmund, founder of the advocacy group, Innocents at Risk,) says most of the victims of human trafficking come from economically depressed countries and are lured to the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.05.24

"No,I believe certainly UNICEF's voicehas remained one of impartial advocacy,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Max Lawsom is with the humanitarian advocacy group Oxfam.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Says Marc Cohen with the advocacy group Oxfam.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Shireen Miller, director of advocacy and policy at Save the Children in New Delhi, she cites the example of a village in Rajasthan state which she visited Wednesday to highlight the kind of problems that face many schools.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Whereas the G20 summit in London earlier this month kept its focus on global financial and economic matters, discussions at the Summit of the Americas could be sidetracked by advocacy on behalf of a nation not present at the gathering:Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

The president signed the legislation at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden surrounded by members of Congress and representatives of health advocacy groups including three children from an organization called "The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids."

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

The director of the Harare-based Research and Advocacy Unit,Tony Reeler, says a review of investigations by numerous rights groups shows that torture and gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe have been perpetrated for decades on what he calls an epidemic scale.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

His advocacy of intensive, high-yield agriculture came under criticism from environmentalists in recent years, but Borlaug and those who followed his lead argued that older methods of sustainable farming could not produce enough food to prevent hunger in poorer regions of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

And that team is continuing to gather that information." A U.S.advocacy group, Physicians for Human Rights, says that allowing Dostum to return to any position of power before there is a thorough and transparent investigation of allegations against him will been seen by Afghans as confirmation that warlords like Dostum have impunity for their crimes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

I think that with a lot of advocacy and, as you know now there is a good amount of popular faces, popular stars that also engage in HIV, whether it's through UNICEF, and recently UNAIDS has appointed its first regional Goodwill Ambassador and we are very happy that he's coming out loud, speaking about stigma and discrimination, speaking about the rights of our key populations, speaking about the time to act, speaking about the right policies, targeted action.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07