Sentences with phrase «affected by violence»

For Connie Chung, 28, her close connections with women affected by violence, especially those who sought protection at the domestic violence shelter where she previously worked, have led to a career built on securing safe housing and helping others cultivate financial independence.

Children's Institute, Inc. (CII) helps children who have been affected by violence in their homes or communities.

The author's goal is to better inform the creation and evidence - based intervention and prevention programs for children affected by violence.

Antoinette Braybrook from the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services says they are not funded for policy and advocacy, therefore the funds will affect their ability to represent women and children affected by violence.

All children today are affected by the violence that pervades our society.

Family Violence Legal Service Aboriginal Corporation is an Aboriginal community controlled organisation established in 2011 to provide assistance to victims / survivors of family violence and / or sexual assault and to work with families and communities affected by violence.

Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project (2002) Betsy McAlister Groves In this book, the author demonstrates how children understand, respond to, and are affected by violence, and that trauma created by family members can cause the most psychological harm to very young children.

Relationships Australia has a long standing history of commitment to providing services which support people affected by violence.

Indigenous women are disproportionately affected by violence and racism, which takes many forms.

Friends of the Earth Europe extends our solidarity to all people affected by violence and terrorism.

Not only do Christoph Büchel, Michael Walker (of the New York Times) and Hauser & Wirth Gallery fail at critique, they reinforce the use of art to euphemize and aestheticize state violence, and mock the lived experiences of those most affected by that violence.»

His sprawling, hyper - detailed works are cartoonish phantasmagorias of various types of personal and civil aggression, representing a personal and national psyche affected by violence.

I was ultimately unable to volunteer due to scheduling constraints, but I did use the experience to interview Donald Baxter, manager of Animal Care and Volunteers, to learn more about how one shelter is working to help the pets and people affected by violence.

But somewhere between the newscast sound bites and the impassioned political, religious and ideological debates lie the stories of real people, of those whose lives have been unalterably affected by the violence.

That last revelation initially seems gratuitous, but it's at least essential to one of the film's major themes: Nobody can understand the role they play in their loved one's lives, especially not the people that are most affected by violence.

September 26, 2016 Comer Children's wins $ 2M federal grant to help kids affected by violence The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital will provide screening and mental health care for hundreds of children and families that have been affected by violence in many of Chicago's South and West side neighborhoods.

She also noted that «millions of children» are affected by violence in the home and that three adult women are killed daily, and that even elderly females fall prey to abusers.

While short of the full inquiry called for by the Labour leader, it is a significant move in his direction, taking the assessment process outside of parliament and into the communities affected by the violence.

In line with the administration's commitment towards finding permanent solutions to the herdsmen - farmers clashes in some parts of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of a new Committee to look into the rebuilding of communities affected by the violence in the affected states.

The association joins together those affected by the violence in order to find support and navigate the immense and opaque bureaucracy needed to access health care, government welfare and the budding investigation.

Of those deaths, African - American men were disproportionally affected by the violence.

ICC said despite the passage of nine years, the lives of many Christians affected by the violence remain shattered by fear and injustice.

Myanmar has been accused by Amnesty International of «burying its head in the sand» over the Rohingya crisis but the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi insists most Rohingya Muslim villages have not been affected by violence.

The Êzidî people are among the most despised by ISIS and one of the first to be affected by the violence.

The foundation's mission is, as stated on its website, «to prevent Virginia Tech - type shootings through education and advocacy; to employ comprehensive educational efforts to expand community and student awareness of campus safety issues; and to offer compassion, support, and hope to those affected by violence.»

Supporting women affected by violence The Austrian Federal Government committed to addressing complex social policy issues in their 2013 - 18 work programmes.

While tourists have not been directly affected by violence in Cancun, killings have run high in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco and recently spiked in the Baja California resorts of Los Cabos.

Not exact matches

In addition to pairing with her sister Venus in November 2016 to open a community center in their hometown of Compton, California to supports resident affected by gun violence, Williams has recently been named an ambassador for the Allstate Foundation's Purple Purse initiative.

«There are many programs that work to ensure, especially in communities that are heavily affected by gun violence, -LSB-...] that students are able to respond and administer whatever first aid they can, assuming the person is still alive,» Hogg said on Sunday.

One of our small goals at the beginning stages of Project Orange Tree was to host food drives because neighborhoods most affected by the city's gun violence were also food deserts.

«Florida's safest city» and one of the cities in America most affected by gun violence came together to share stories, ideologies, and pizza.

Each year more than 30,000 women and children affected by domestic violence in B.C. come forward for help.

By far the most affecting act of courage in the movie has nothing to do with violence and everything to do with love.

It's not surprising that the people who create movies are as affected by the racism, sexual abuse and violence that has pockmarked the news for the past few years as the rest of us, but Hollywood is only offering a diagnosis here.

The Division for Parish Resources of the Lutheran Church in America has included several brochures on family violence in its family - resource series; these resources are valuable for families affected by abuse as well as for congregational study.

Some local authorities responded to the request saying they were able to build a picture of who may be affected by collating information on risk factors such as parental mental health, parent learning disability, substance misuse and domestic violence.

Your servant has heard that the people may be made well affected by virtue: I have not heard that they may be made so by violence.

She also recently launched the Tamron ❤ Renate Fund with Safe Horizon in honor of her sister to help victims and families affected by domestic violence.

And while children are certainly affected by stressors outside the home, like neighborhood violence or abuse by a stranger, it is true that for a majority of children, the most significant threats to the development of their stress - response system come from inside their home.

The signs that a child is excessively affected by news of school violence are very varied.

Regular donations are made to organizations that help women and children, including: New Beginnings (they provide shelter, advocacy and support for women and children affected by domestic violence); GAPPS (Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth); Open Arms Perinatal Services (they provide community - based support for women through pregnancy, birth and postpartum).

Offered as a service under the Pasadena Mental Health Center, our domestic violence support group program works with women and children who have been affected by emotional, physical, financial or sexual abuse.

Elizabeth has extensive training in trauma, particularly working with children, adolescents, and families whose lives are affected by physical abuse, sexual abuse, family violence, neglect, bullying, and attachment issues related to adoption.

But all too often we hear nice words from the government at the same time as their actions slash the safety net for women affected by gender - based violence.

Continuing, the Force Commander noted that the mandate of the MNJTF among other responsibilities empowers it to «create a safe and secure environment in the areas affected by the activities of Boko Haram terrorism and other terrorist groups, in order to significantly reduce violence and other abuses, including sexual and gender based violence, in full compliance with international law».

The detached statistical world of counter-terrorism and the angry grandstanding world of politics have little in common with the human experiences of those who've actually been affected by political violence.

Press Release: On Saturday March 31, 2012 the Commission on Social Action (COSA), along with Council Member Leroy Comrie, will be holding a rally in honor of those who have been affected by gun violence in Queens and across the country.

The irony is that in the midst of the abhorrence and condemnation of these incidences by Ghanaians, the EC will look into the eyes of Ghanaians, and declare the election results as free, fair and transparent with the usual saying «the security incidence did not affect the elections» creating the impression that the violence is permissible.

Among many of those present were Northern Manhattan elected officials, community leaders, and individuals whose lives have been personally affected by gun violence.

«Everyone in the community is affected by gun violence and it is time for us to wake up and become aware of it.