Sentences with phrase «cultural support for»

Straits [47] proposed that fertility decline is due partly to decreased cultural support for parenthood and found, using vignettes, that fertility change is linked to inter-cohort shifts in values and expectations of women: fertility declined if there was less cultural support for motherhood and more cultural support for women's career investment.

Reichley concludes: «Let me emphasize that we do not value Christianity primarily as a cultural support for democracy or a market economy.

It is this combination of structural and cultural supports for child - rearing that the authors wish to recover, without losing the gains won in the past 30 years for women and people of color.

Not exact matches

If there ever was a time for Canada to wrap its arms around its cultural icons and support them — to leverage them to help build a brand for a nation — it's now, and I mean right now.

The university's contributions go well beyond funding, as evidenced by the affordable housing it provides for community residents; the program it sponsors to allow university staff to serve as volunteer firefighters in Princeton; the students who help staff the first aid and rescue squad; the auditing program it offers to community residents; the intellectual, cultural and athletic events it makes available to community residents; and it supports entities like McCarter Theatre and Garden Theatre.

Providing feedback focused on supporting the desired cultural beliefs and desired outcomes to team members is critical for success.

This year they pledged $ 12 million over the next five years to go to 15 non-profit organizations that support culture, education and cultural activities for Indigenous people across Canada.

At Harvard Business School, Kevin is an executive leadership coach for C - suite participants on the «Advanced Management Program» to support personal and experiential learning, team development and cultural fit for leaders seeking to accomplish their personal impact goals.

Ms. Joly has travelled to Europe and China as she looks for the best way to support Canadian cultural industries in the digital era.

Ecosystem goods and services have most recently been defined as «the direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human well - being,» which can further be divided into one of four broad categories: regulating services (e.g. flood mitigation, water purification), provisioning services (e.g. food), habitat or supporting services (e.g. spawning grounds) and cultural services (e.g. recreational opportunities)(see here for an excellent explanation of these categories).

This includes the splitting of pension income for seniors, (to make amends for breaking its promise on the taxation of family trusts); special tax preferences to support participation of youth in sports activities, arts and cultural activities; tax breaks for people who take public transit; and, tax breaks to help volunteer firemen.

Part of the web cultural phenomenon called «hacktivism» (internet activism)- petitioning is a means of getting signatures in protest of or support for an issue or cause.

But many American practices go against the grain of the more comfortable and communitarian cultural systems of their own societies - the Japanese with life - long employment for their workers, the Germans with their unions having a say in management under co-determination, and the French with their government supporting the right of unions to pressure business from retrenching, by requiring large compensation to be paid to laid - off workers.»

Amazon's request for proposals doesn't mention the LGBTQ community, but does include a section saying it requires «a compatible cultural and community environment» that includes «the presence and support of a diverse population.»

It's still new territory for organizations of all stripes in lots of ways, and making flexible options work may take a different approach that's supported at the top levels and is open to cultural change within the organizational structure.

Poland may be predominantly catholic, but there was a time, before the Nazi occupation, when it was the best place in Europe for the cultural support and mixing of Jews and Christians.

Some of my friends are sympathetic to the pro-life movement's ideal of a world where mother and child are both offered love and support, a world less subject to the cultural and economic forces that can make motherhood unthinkable for women in unplanned pregnancies.

The combination of this pessimistic anthropology, the very real fear of hell for themselves and others and cultural values supporting harsh discipline made for a dangerous combination for children.

And while more than 90 percent of black voters supported Jackson in recent primaries, Hertzke notes that «many of these same black voters register remarkable sympathy for Robertson...» Robertson's appeal among blacks is correctly attributed to religious and cultural attitudes.

Another factor in the victory for «the right to die» was a striking inability of the opposition, both religious and secular, to secure high - profile support within the cultural and political mainstream, despite strenuous efforts to do so.

At the same time, Huckabee's support for the FairTax and his identity politics cultural positioning repulses the key «somewhat conservative» voters who value policy prudence and electability.

They do, however, follow the direction of the cultural groups to which they have some residual attachment: for example, traditionalist evangelicals who voted for Perot supported Republicans in congressional contests, while secular Perot voters supported Democrats for the House and Senate.

Years later, when Gov. Perry actively supported the death penalty and cuts in government programs for the poor - positions that clashed with the more progressive stances of the United Methodist Church - some fellow Methodists speculated that Paint Creek's cultural conservatism shaped the governor more than his church did.

The diversity of religious rituals and beliefs has been taken as support for historical and cultural relativism.

Now that modernity is waning (a slower process than advertised by some), this position will become more exposed as heresy by its lack of support from the biblical and orthodox truth (the Bible does not teach what MacArthur is peddling and the church has historically not taught this) and by its lack of cultural support, which was able to mask the lack of legitimate support for a while.

«We urgently appeal to those in positions of social and economic, as well as political and cultural, responsibility to hear the cry of the Earth and to attend to the needs of the marginalised, but above all to respond to the plea of millions and support the consensus of the world for the healing of our wounded creation,» they wrote.

Showing perhaps too much confidence in nonviolence, education, legislation and litigation as the only appropriate means to eliminate cultural prejudice, the editors never wavered in their support for civil rights in general.

For when you face a system that attributes everything to the cultural (the God the Bible speaks of is only a curtural expression) and to linguistic structures (the message has no true content — it only has syntactic structure), your intellectual refutation of it can not be couched in terms more exact than those adduced in support of the system.

Within Asia generally, there exists a strong cultural preference for sons, based on the not irrational idea that sons support their parents in old age and carry on the family name.

From sustainable farming and organic research to cultural arts and children's educational programs — we believe in supporting folks who are doing good work for their community and the world.

Modi's party's support for the Hindu culture war in India has shown that, for now, cultural standards trump economic arguments, which will leave demand high and supply low.

Eunice Aston, Chairperson Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, said this Partnership provides a process for the planning, delivering and monitoring of environmental water in our region that supports our cultural practices.

The Band supports its members with a variety of services for economic, social and cultural advancement, including health services, early childhood and youth centers and economic development planning.

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The hard part will be navigating the distracting advice and creating the workarounds she needs for the lack of cultural support.

The Research Institute for Waldorf Education (RIWE), founded in 1996 in order to deepen and enhance the quality of Waldorf education, engages in sustained dialogue with the wider educational - cultural community and supports research to serve a wide range of educators in their work with children and adolescents.

Breastfeed Chicago www.breastfeedchicago.wordpress.com A mom - powered organization established to support mothers in breastfeeding, works to build a cohesive and sustainable support network for breastfeeding mothers through the connection of resources, cultural normalization, and institutional advocacy.

Chapters include: The Role of The Doula, Home Visiting, Providing Care with Caution: Protecting Health & Safety in The Home & Car, Honoring Postpartum Women and Teaching Self - Care, Easing Postpartum Adjustment, Appreciating Your Clients» Cultural Diversity by Karen Salt, Supporting The Breastfeeding Mother (Donna Williams & Opal Horvat Advisors) Newborn Basics: Appearance, Behavior, and Care, Offering Support to Partners and Siblings, Unexpected Outcomes: Caring for The Family at a Time of Loss, Nurturing Yourself by

This study highlights that there are additional barriers for Asian fathers such as language problems, long unsocial working hours, supporting dependant elderly relatives in Pakistan and cultural barriers such as the mixing of unrelated men and women.

• For these and other reasons, although children in mother - stepfather families tend to experience better financial support than children in lone mother households, and their stepfathers tend to be of higher «quality» than their biological fathers in terms of education, employment, psychopathology etc. (McLanahan et al, 2006) their outcomes and adjustment are not superior to children in lone mother households, although there may be cultural variations.

«I'm happy to have new strategies to support our breastfeeding moms,» ~ Ann Arbor, MI attendee at Cultural Competence in Breastfeeding Support for African Americans Workshop support our breastfeeding moms,» ~ Ann Arbor, MI attendee at Cultural Competence in Breastfeeding Support for African Americans Workshop Support for African Americans Workshop Series.

Topics covered include: Introduction to doula labor support; Importance of birth memories; Hormones of pregnancy, labor, and birth; Emotional support for birth; Communication skills, values, and cultural sensitivity as a doula; Physical support for birth; Doula's role with interventions, Cesarean and VBAC; Doula's role during immediate postpartum and with the newborn; Breastfeeding support; DONA certification process and membership; Prenatal and postpartum doula visits; Setting up your doula business and birth community involvement.

But recent scientific studies are building a much stronger argument for the benefits of sharing sleep with our children.1 Yet even with the scientific support and the changing cultural perception of cosleeping, the subject is typically constrained to parents of infants.

The workshop series naturally transitioned into, «Cultural Competence in Breastfeeding Support for African Americans».

Alongside The Best for Babes Foundation, whom we have proudly supported since 2009, we work hard to help beat The Booby Traps — the cultural and institutional barriers that prevent moms from achieving their personal breastfeeding goals.

The amount of support you will find at Nurtured for breastfeeding is something I know April MacKinnon focused on building because of her own cultural norm.

Access to local and regional FRUA cultural events to help you support your child's need for a sense of heritage and identity.

That means no nurses pushing formula, lactation support in the hospital, support for moms in the workplace, cultural norms that allow women to breastfeed in public places without being shamed, and more support among women for dealing with the challenges.

Attending parent information nights and cultural activities for families held at the school will help you learn to provide the best support for your child.

Gause is one of 25 «Grandma, Please» volunteers, who will be honored Monday in a 10 a.m. awards ceremony at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Started 10 years ago as a service for senior citizens by the Uptown Center Hull House Association and supported by the Chicago Community Trust, the program handles at least 800 calls a month from youngsters who come home after school to an empty house and want to talk to a grownup.