Sentences with phrase «among ethnic groups in the country»

«I have God's mandate to work towards uniting Yoruba race and position it for better deal among ethnic groups in the country and with the disposition of the Akarigbo, my job is being made easy,» Oba Ogunwusi said.

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Prior to this discovery, in most western industrialized countries SIDS rates ranged between approximately 1.5 to 4 infants per 1000 live births (compared to industrialized counties in Asia, such as Japan, which has the lowest SIDS rates in the world,.05 infants per 1000 live births21) with enormous increases amongst minorities, especially impoverished indigenous peoples such as the Maori of New Zealand, the Cree of Northern Canada, and the Aborigines of Australia.19, 22,23 Native peoples in the United States demonstrated similar exponentially increased SIDS (or SUDI rates, see below), as much as two to seven the times the rates found amongst white Americans.13, 19 Despite significant declines among almost all cultural and / or ethnic groups, SIDS rates still remain the leading cause of death for infants between one month and one year of life in the United States and elsewhere.13

Governor Ambode therefore called on all Nigerians to exhibit these values for the good of the country and shun any act capable of heating up the polity or causing distrust among various ethnic groups in the country.

America is the country of freedom, but in our quest for unity among different ethnic groups, what the Bronx Hispanic Democratic leadership did by not challenging any African American incumbents has to be recognized.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called for unity among various ethnic groups and nationalities in the country.

But a survey commissioned in 2002 by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research found that the country's four largest ethnic minority groups are hardly represented at all among Dutch university staff members.

Developed in consultation with foreign ministries, defense and education officials, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, among other groups, it stipulates that countries agree to assist victims of attacks on schools; help to keep classes running; investigate violent incidents; promote «conflict - sensitive» education policies to lessen tension among diverse social or ethnic groups; and implement various other measures.

Started in 2002, the Broad Prize is an annual award that honors the country's urban school districts that are making the greatest improvements in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among ethnic groups and between high - and low - income students.

While there were no significant overall gains among students of other ethnic groups, black students in their second year of private - school attendance improved their test scores by 6.3 percentile points — a striking advance at a time when schools around the country are trying to close a persistent gap between scores of white and black students.

The scholarships were awarded to students in five school districts that were finalists for the 2010 Broad (pronounced like «road») Prize, the largest education prize in the country given each year to urban school districts that demonstrate the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among income and ethnic groups.

And it could celebrate other groups who were victims of ethnic and religious persecution in their own countries but who came to Canada for a better life and made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African nations.

The city of Leicester has one of the highest concentrations of this population (total population 329 836: Indian 93 000, Pakistani 8000, Bangladeshi 3600), which contrasts with the surrounding county (total population 650 489: Indian 54 000, Pakistani 2100, Bangladeshi 2300).15 We define «British South Asian (BSA)» as a person whose ancestry originates in the Indian subcontinent, and who identifies with, or is identified with, their host country.16 A previous pilot study showed a significantly higher incidence in symptoms of depression among BSA patients in Leicester and the local county compared with British White (BW) patients via the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS - D) ≥ 10 (BSA 20.7 %; BW 10.4 % p = 0.001).17 Depressive symptoms were associated with potentially maladaptive coping strategies among both ethnic groups but were employed statistically significantly more frequently by BSA patients.