Sentences with phrase «abusing vulnerable women»
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Are women more vulnerable to birth trauma if they have experienced prior abuse or adversity?
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Furthermore, after arriving in the camps or in the host communities, children and women with disabilities were vulnerable to violence, sexual abuse and mistreatment.
On one occasion I was told a particularly vulnerable woman had been abused by a male member of the domestic staff.
«These are not just «nice to have» groups but organisations providing vital services for older people trying to maintain independent lives, vulnerable children and abused women,» said False Economy campaign director Clifford Singer.
«Particularly among the most vulnerable patients with IBD: women, individuals who are in chronic pain and those with a history of childhood sexual abuse.»
Women may be more vulnerable to abuse due to past victimization and a perceived deficit in strength.
The potential for a powerful man and a vulnerable woman to come to terms is of course not a part of the present struggle over sexual abuse — especially not if the terms negotiated are as twisted as those in Phantom Thread.
If it's acceptable for a business to abuse animals, it makes it easier for us as a society to abuse the environment, the poor, women, minorities, children, or any voiceless and vulnerable group.
Additionally, the court accepted evidence that Indigenous women are particularly vulnerable, in light of the greater prevalence of trauma, violence, and abuse in their pasts.»
Since its implementation in 2012, this measure has made sponsored spouses, particularly women, more vulnerable to abuse and forced some to stay in abusive relationships in order to avoid losing status in Canada: Canadian Council of Refugees, Conditional Permanent Residence: Failure in Policy and Practice: online, Canadian Council of Refugees http://ccrweb.ca/sites/ccrweb.ca/files/cpr-report-2015.pdf.
Anglicare Victoria exists to protect the vulnerable Victorians in our community — a child suffering from abuse, a homeless young person, a woman escaping domestic violence, an impoverished couple unable to feed their family — people who desperately need help.
The study acknowledges it is unclear why women appear to more vulnerable to the effects of abuse than men.
«These findings suggest that women who report child abuse continue to be vulnerable to premature mortality and perhaps should receive greater attention in interventions aimed at promoting health,» the study concludes.