Sentences with phrase «challenge social forces»

It's essential to challenge social forces that make girls feel like they are not strong, intelligent and capable members of society.

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MaRS and Virgin Unite Canada, the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, announced today that they have joined forces to support Canadian entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental challenges.

TORONTO, Dec. 12, 2014 — MaRS and Virgin Unite Canada, the non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, announced today that they have joined forces to support Canadian entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental challenges.

Orthodox Jews have been expelled from the military for wearing yarmulkes; a religious community in which all members worked for the church and believed that acceptance of wages would be an affront to God has been forced to yield to the minimum wage; religious colleges have been denied tax exemptions for enforcing what they regard to be religiously compelled moral regulations; Amish farmers who refuse Social Security benefits have been forced to pay Social Security taxes; and Muslim prisoners have been denied the right to challenge prison regulations that conflict with their worship schedule.

Helping them catch the excitement of this social revolution and the challenging of the opportunity with which it confronts the churches, serve to enliven and motivate a task force.

Le Goff's body of work, then, stands as a challenge to historians who argue for the Italian Renaissance and Reformation as a break that unleashed a series of forces, intended or not, ultimately leading to the current social imaginary.

Addams's challenge, says Elshtain, «was to see the family as part of a web of social imperatives and forces without ever losing sight of that one little hand.»

He grew up in the Church, but that supernatural feeling that takes Christianity from an intellectual pursuit, a moral challenge and a social force for change into a life - altering, real experience, remains elusive.

Highly publicized reactions to science and social science on the part of religious conservatives, as evidenced by lawsuits concerning the teaching of evolution in public schools and court cases challenging the influence of «secular humanism» on school textbooks, suggest that Habermas's forces of «secular rationality» have by no means carried the day.

The driving force behind this process — i.e., the «factors making for growth in the halakhah» — is, first, the «necessity to respond to new external conditions — social, economic, political, or cultural — that pose a challenge or even a threat to accepted religious and ethical values,» and, second, the «need to give recognition to new ethical insights and attitudes and to embody them in the life of the people, even if there [is] no change in objective conditions.»

We are a global brand, and we want to be a force for change in both reducing our social and environmental impact and confronting head on the challenges facing the fashion industry now and in the future.

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 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 marriage.

She may be a full - time student at the University of Maryland and a model in her spare time, but she's also known for being a candid force on social media who often challenges society's beauty standards.

Cathy Moriarty and Bridget Everett, also forces of nature, support Macdonald in one of the most intimate and touching family stories in a while that challenges our thinking about many social issues.

Developments in the last century — the evolving global economy, an unprecedented migrant crisis, massive social changes, and increasingly seamless digital connectivity and convergence across work, play and life — have forced a challenging shift in the way we think about what matters most to teach and learn.

Providers and vendors are forced to not only acknowledge the technological developments, but also meet social and economical challenges and take a more «agile» role in offering their services.

Equity and Social Justice have been her foundation and ensuring that all students are provided opportunities and challenging systems to allow for student success has been a driving force in Tracie's work through all venues.

Physically present in Beijing, I: project space offers a hybrid practice in creating a new network of art practice and discourse, challenging preexisting notions of social, cultural and political forces in art.

The Malaysian - born, London - based artist uses the overly precious setting of the gallery space to pull objects — cooking utensils, kitchen fittings, plastic tubs, sheets of jute, etc — out of their utilitarian context in such a way as to force viewers to think about them as discrete objects, or things in and of themselves, while in the process challenging the assumptions we make about their functionality and attendant concerns such as, for example, the social status of the person who might own such an object, its role in their lives and that relation in respect to one's own style of living.

Paul Saba, the head of the Quebec Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice, and Lisa D'Amico, a woman living with life - threatening disabilities, challenged the validity of the Quebec legislation prior to it taking effect, on the basis the Criminal Code prohibition against physician - assisted death was still in force.

But the judgment could force councils to be open and transparent about how they reached decisions about the funding of individuals who apply for social care support, making it easier for applicants to challenge decisions.

One aspect of the budget announcements that may impact upon this is the reduction in Medicare rebates for GPs developing mental health care plans, which in a community controlled environment where we are attempting to provide a holistic service for our clients, now presents a new challenge, as this may force clients whom we have built faith and trust in to access our service in the first instance, which is very difficult for mental health clients, now potentially having to go elsewhere for the care that they would be much more comfortable in accessing through a community controlled family based centre, who not only understand their needs, but also a aware of their family and social circumstances.

The mission of the Northside Partnership is to be driving force in meeting the challenge of social inclusion in its designated area.