Sentence examples for pushing progress from inspiring English sources

Slashed benefits, job cuts, and a reduction in core public services "risk pushing progress on women's equality back a generation", according to the equality campaigning group the Fawcett Society.

Regarding the article on computers in schools ("Take-Home Test: Adding PC's to Book Bags," Aug. 23): Adding PC's to the teachers' book bags would further push progress on computers' classroom usage.

It appears that top-tier business schools push progress through entrepreneurship and innovation, however can display conformity and risk averse behavior in their own business dealings.

From the Civil Rights Act to voting rights to the legalization of same sex marriage, the federal government has often pushed progress when many states weren't "ready".

I think it's part of the answer that is potentially well-positioned to push progress forward in a truly systemic way," Packnett said.

And I'll keep pushing for progress on the work that still needs doing.

Disabled women are more likely to be victims of discrimination and sexual violence, pushing back progress on global goals for gender equality.

There are murmurs from Athens that the debt inspectors are pushing for progress on privatisations, where Greece is already facing a €1bn shortfall this year.

The fissure in Mr. Sharon's coalition, evident since the United States started pushing for progress toward peace, gave way after Mr. Sharon decided to withdraw troops today from two Palestinian neighborhoods in Hebron that Israel occupied 10 days ago.

"These are pipeline programs; these are the programs that produce both human capital and technologies, and NASA basically disrupted the pipeline," says Fisk. Pushing back progress.

Other activists were also pushing for progress.