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The company, which is based in Austin, Tex., and also operates a networking service for professionals and a friend - matching function, is donating $ 100,000 toward a nationwide protest against gun violence planned for later this month.

In the UK, where calls for equality are admittedly met with less resistance, in general, than in the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and church.

At the same time, it kept silence about numerous acts of religiously motivated violence, which the recent report by the Brussels - based International Partnership for Human Rights called «crimes against humanity.»

Their sense of what the problems were was based on a very crude analysis of the problems in Northern Ireland, which were blamed on the churches there, although they repeatedly and monotonously condemned violence over and over again.

This will lead to comments on the way in which Kierkegaard's thought can be used as a basis for understanding the motives which underlie political violence.

As a side note, I didn't explain the three story types very well, but based on my understanding, I don't put the death on the cross under redemptive violence, unless it is God using violence against Jesus, which isn't quite what happened on the cross...

In fact, based on LifeWay's own standards, the Bible itself — which includes profanity, violence, and sex — should be banned from the shelves.

Looking primarily to models based on quantitative research methodologies to provide a clear direction for policy in regulating media and violence can also distract policy makers from coming to grips with other difficult but more important value questions that impinge on the issue of media and violence, such as the purpose of broadcasting, issues of ownership and control of media, the international context of Australian media, the dominant economic nature of most of Australia's social communications, the distinctive ways in which the media reproduce and reconstruct myths and symbols of violence from within the culture, and how audiences use and respond to media myths and symbols.

Berrigan's complaint, in short, is that the reestablishment of a Jewish state (a justifiable goal) has come at a tremendous cost in human suffering, armed violence and moral decay; that the course of the new state has been a betrayal of everything the term «Israel» has stood for — justice, compassion, succoring the humiliated and injured; that a «settler state» was established through the expropriation of the people of the land, followed by an imperialist venture, based on the subjugation and exploitation of the conquered; and that, to add moral insult to physical and spiritual injury, the spokesmen of and for the state claim for it a special virtue and glorious achievement which may not be criticized.

I suggest that the life and teachings of Jesus imply a criterion on the basis of which acts of violence can be evaluated.

The Labour party appointed Seema Malhotra as the first - ever shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls, and the Archbishop of Canterbury vocalised his backing for Christian charity Restored, which is equipping the Church to tackle gender - based violence.

The tendency has been to interpret a violence - based morality either as a dangerous type of radicalism (which could find its feet only in absolutist or totalitarian models of thought), or to conflate heroic and epic narratives and practices with mysticism, nationalism, fascism, and quasi-religious or proto - Marxist doctrines.

The Nigerian Police force has said incidences of rape, women and child abuse, trafficking and other gender based offences which have been fallouts of violence against women and children would soon be a thing of the past following...

«On a daily basis, the nation is inundated by news of gruesome killings and unrelenting violence across the country, with Nigerians being hacked down or abducted by marauders and insurgents under the... All Progressives Congress - led government, which has failed to take decisive steps to stem the ugly tide.

In some countries, scholars are also subject to violence not specifically for their individual views or actions but simply because of their connection to a higher education institution, which may be viewed as an easy target with predictable schedules, «a proxy for state authority or... a symbol of a modern, education - based society,» the report says.

While, for example, the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV)-- which in spite of its anti-immigration views, distances itself explicitly from racist violence — has a more balanced support base.

In a comprehensive review of the literature that came out earlier this year that we conducted (Lamsma, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 2017 — http://www.psyn-journal.com/article/S0925-4927 (17) 30039 - 2 / abstract [open access]-RRB-, we identified 35 studies that looked at brain regions that were associated with violence, which was based on 1288 participants.

This fight is based on what is said to be a betrayal of friendship, which had escalated to the point of gun violence, until the two men decided to put the guns away and take it to the yard.

O'Rourke plays a dissident IRA member, fed up with the violence upon which his life has been based.

A solid film that intertwines four compelling stories loosed based on real events about the senselessness of violence, aggression and brutality, as well as people's obsession with it - which, as the film suggests, makes us not so different from animals, only perhaps worse.

I Can Only Imagine (PG for mature themes and some violence) Faith - based docudrama chronicling the untold true story behind «I Can Only Imagine,» the band MercyMe's double - platinum hit about the power of forgiveness which became the best - selling, contemporary Christian song of all time.

She, naturally, disliked it, but her beef was with the presentation of the violence, which I found very interesting — that is, her objection to the film seemed to be on a moral basis, and, though I ultimately disagree with her analysis, she nevertheless makes a lot of convincing points.

With the trailer set to arrive tomorrow, Martin Scorsese's next film Silence has received a first poster along with three new images from the upcoming film, which is based on Shusaku Endo's 1966 novel of the same name about two young Portuguese Jesuit Priests in 17th Century Japan facing violence and persecution as they attempt to find their -LSB-...]

Starring Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig Directed by Steven Spielberg Rated PG for adventure action violence, some drunkenness and brief smoking Based on the famous comic books by Herge ′, this first of what are sure to be many adventures of the character Tintin finds the young detective Tintin on a dangerous quest to find the location of three secret scrolls, all of which are individually contained within the models of a ship called The Unicorn, that will eventually lead him to a great treasure.

Between midday on 4th and 14th December, all donations online can be doubled, which means in the future twice as many teachers could be learning about child rights and gender - based violence, twice as many communities learning about the importance of girls» education, twice as many school - boards understanding and enforcing national policies aimed at supporting girls, and hopefully twice as many girls could be making that crucial transition from primary to secondary school, become shining beacons for hundreds of other women and girls who dream of a better future but wonder if it's possible.

School - related gender - based violence (SRGBV), which includes verbal or sexual harassment, sexual abuse, corporal punishment and bullying, can result in increased absenteeism, poor performance, school dropouts, low self - esteem, depression, pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, all of which have a detrimental impact on learning and wellbeing.

«Instead, school days are marred by gender - based violence, which includes bullying, verbal and sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and corporal punishment.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

It is one of 106 high schools in the highest - needs category on the new Student Equity Need Index, which ranks schools based on student demographics, the academic status of incoming students, and community indicators such as asthma and gun violence.

The study examines: (1) the prevalence of research - based drug and violence prevention programs in schools and (2) the extent to which research - based drug and violence prevention programs adhere to the program features on which they are based (or the program's implementation fidelity).

During the strike, Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis said she was concerned that «too much of the new evaluations will be based on students» standardized test scores,» and argued there were «too many factors beyond our control which impact how well some students perform on standardized tests, such as poverty, exposure to violence, homelessness, hunger, and other social issues beyond our control» (Chicago Teachers Union, 2012, para. 5).

School psychologists are uniquely positioned to advocate for evidence - based initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels, which create safe and supportive learning environments that naturally prevent violence and ensure that students have access to the supports they need to be successful both inside and outside of the classroom.

Bremberg said the administration is backing two pieces of legislation: A bipartisan bill by Sens. John Cornyn, R - Texas, and Chris Murphy, D - Conn., that is designed to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and the STOP School Violence Act, which would authorize state - based grants to implement violence prevention training for teachers and sViolence Act, which would authorize state - based grants to implement violence prevention training for teachers and sviolence prevention training for teachers and students.

The schools were determined based on their ranking on the equity index, which factors in student demographics, the academic status of incoming students, and community indicators such as asthma and gun violence.

The installation as a totality is a meditation on the incalculable loss of unrealized potential and hopelessness in the face of unfathomable human cruelty and a stark reminder that gender - based violence and subjugation, which is often underpinned by interpretations of religious doctrine, are all too present evils that will continue to persist so long as good people do nothing.

Strauss - Kahn takes the perp walk in Angel Vergara's Belgian pavilion, in which TV news flashes across seven screens while a gentle paintbrush dabs away at the luminous glass surfaces, as if trying to make sense of the onslaught of appalling images of lust, violence, greed — the seven deadly sins in grim total — turning television into both the base and the source for a new kind of helplessly beautiful abstract expressionism.

A talk by New York - based artist Sable Elyse Smith, whose practice calls attention to confining structures in society and the often invisible ways in which they shape our minds or direct our bodies, focusing on quotidian violence in the institution of language and the carceral system.

Cleon Peterson is an LA based artist whose chaotic and violent paintings depicts a world in which deviance is the norm and violence, sex, and drugs bring a hollow pleasure.

It is the policy of New York Studio School to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination (including sexual harassment and sexual violence) based on sex in the School's educational programs and activities.

Both Balogh and Dandarov are New York based artists who witnessed much of the recent barbarism of Central and Eastern Europe, including the Balkan territories, and their art reflects the turmoil and violence of their memories as well as the current toxic environment in which we live.

Throughout the project's chapters, which take shape as performances, theatrical / cartographic works, sound - and text - based installations - as - stage - sets, as well as writings and conversations, the «alien» turns into a discursive tool that allows for the setting up of alternative archives from which to read and locate corporate and state - sponsored forms of violence and their enabling legal apparatuses.

Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present This is a Wound, Not Just the Drawing of a Hole, a debut solo exhibition by Medellín - based artist Camilo Restrepo for which the artist has created scores of drawings that represent violence on a global, local (Colombia) and personal level.

We recommend that evaluators screen cases for domestic violence, and determine the suitability of a family law dispute for the ENE pilot program based on the extent to which the domestic violence may affect the safety of a litigant, as well as the litigant's ability to negotiate a fair settlement and their willingness to participate, and whether the litigant is self - represented.

One new change to the ESA is section 49.7, which provides an employee with a right to leave based on domestic or sexual violence.

The new gender - based strategy announced yesterday should help us in strengthening legitimate cases of domestic violence, which is a very real and pervasive problem.

Gender based violence is a social and economic problem in Myanmar, for which the national criminal justice system requires new measures to respond effectively.

The mother accepted the threshold in the proceedings which was based upon domestic violence between the parents, alcohol abuse, concerns about the mother's relationship with the child and whether she had resumed her relationship with the father.

The legislation is based in large part on a previous report titled «It's Never Okay: An Action Plan to Step Sexual Violence and Harassment,» which was released in March.

T V Edwards is backing the international campaign 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence, This is a worldwide campaign which raises awareness of gender based vViolence, This is a worldwide campaign which raises awareness of gender based violenceviolence.

In this regard, a civil - rights based approach treats sexual violence as a violation of the Criminal Code and human rights law, which allows for both criminal prosecution as well as civil lawsuits.