Sentences with phrase «at violence against children»

When looking at violence against children and youth reported to police in 1999, children and youth under the age of 18 years made up 23 % of the Canadian population and were the victims in 24 % of assaults reported to a sample of police departments.

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The union took aim at «a hyper - masculine industrial camp culture, which can result in increased risk of sexual harassment, assault, increased levels of violence against women in sex work and hitchhiking and increased levels of child care and gender inequity.»

Rohingya Muslim children at a refugee camp in Burma, where authorities have incited violence against them, according to the State Department.

The attack was Pakistan's deadliest overall «since the December 2014 massacre at an army - run school that left 143 people dead, most of them children, and marked a devastating new turn in militant violence against Pakistani civilians,» reports the Los Angeles Times.

For example, in the case of the Action for Children «s Television call for a ban on commercials for children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual Children «s Television call for a ban on commercials for children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual program.

«Recent UN figures show that there were at least 14,500 grave violations against children in armed conflict last year, including recruitment, sexual violence and abductions.»

Dion McGill, education program manager at the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, says we can't underestimate how aware children are of the gun violence in theViolence, says we can't underestimate how aware children are of the gun violence in theviolence in their city.

Campaigners against this legal change are worried that the 7 % of fathers whose names are currently not on their children's birth certificates are the 5 - 6 % of fathers who use violence in their homes at this point in time — and that mothers have been, wisely, seeking to exclude them.

Edochie, who was a guest at a seminar to end violence against children, told NAN that she was sexually violated at a young age by a family friend.

Following the release of the footage on social media and the subsequent public condemnation, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, reported Bishop Obinim to the Accra Regional Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVSSU), while another person also lodged a complaint against the bishop at the Tema Regional Police.

Speaking at the 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early mChildren's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early mchildren against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early mchildren, forced and early marriage.

Speaking in Abuja to mark 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early mChildren's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early mchildren against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early mchildren, forced and early marriage.

Last week Sony unveiled a brand new trailer for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us: Part II at Paris Game Week, with the promo coming in for some criticism due to its brutal violence, particularly against women and children [watch the trailer here].

«Days like today's National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence are an important opportunity to start a conversation at home about bullying, why it's not OK, and how we can support children on this issue,» Professor Green said.

While violence can and does occur against all children of all demographics, those with disabilities are at a significantly greater risk than their non-disabled peers.

Against the background of the political upheaval and violence in Italy during the seventies, Elena details significant incidents in her own life: the mixed reception to her novel, her marriage, children, her further attempts at writing, her encounters with her dear friend, Lila and with the man she has always loved, Nino Sarratore.

July 23 - 24 = Allie presented on «The Danger of when Animal Abuse Co-Occurs with Family Violence» and «Therapy Animals Supporting Children» at the Florida Krimes Against Kids Conference in Orlando, FL..

You may be charged with a Class 4 Felony if you (1) have at least one prior conviction for domestic violence; (2) committed a battery with a firearm; (3) committed a battery against a child; or (4) committed a battery involving a sexual assault.

The president had invited the teen survivors of school violence and parents of murdered children in a show of his resolve against gun violence in the wake of last week's shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and in past years at schools in Connecticut and Colorado.

These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.

Honor Our Voices Avon Foundation for Women, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), and Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) at the University of Minnesota Presents an online learning module of practice guides and digital stories designed to increase the awareness and sensitivity of shelter advocates and other providers to the needs of children and suggests promising ways of enhancing services for children exposed to domestic vViolence and Abuse (MINCAVA), and Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) at the University of Minnesota Presents an online learning module of practice guides and digital stories designed to increase the awareness and sensitivity of shelter advocates and other providers to the needs of children and suggests promising ways of enhancing services for children exposed to domestic violenceviolence.

The devastating impact of these rates on individuals, families and communities was a major focus at the National Research Conference on Violence against Women and Children hosted by Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS).

For more than 30 years, we've developed innovative ways to end violence against women, children, and families at home and around the world.

Mothers against Violence offers advice and support to those who may feel their child is at risk or involved in gun / gang / knife crime.

The guide defines domestic violence (DV) within the context of a relationship, a way of looking at the problem that will keep many family system proponents focused on the family and not on the abuser, who chooses to perpetrate crimes against his intimate partner (and possibly children).

This provision references the District's domestic violence or «intrafamily offense» statute, which defines domestic violence as any criminal act against a person with whom the person has a relationship by blood, marriage, legal custody, having a child in common, having lived together at some point or having had a romantic relationship.

Policies and programs aimed at preventing violence against Indigenous women and children must be designed and developed with the input of Indigenous women and children.