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

Women became very upset about this and advocacy groups like the breast cancer advocacy groups got involved and really pressured the government to do more studies on women.

女性对此感到很失望,而各类倡议团体,像是乳癌倡议团体开始进行干预,并给政府施压,要求进行更多针对女性的研究

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Mr.Rom says examples of such advocacy can be found among think tanks that deal with social issues, the environment and nuclear disarmament.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

"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

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

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

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

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