Sentences with phrase «economic disadvantage such»

Underlying socio - economic disadvantage such as poverty, poor education, drug and alcohol abuse, and disability are the hallmark of crime and imprisonment.

Governments needed new and innovative approaches to address underlying socio - economic disadvantage such as poverty, poor education, mental health, drug and alcohol abuse, high unemployment and disability that «are the hallmark of crime and imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

When looking at the data we saw that people with a lower IQ were less likely to be happier because of higher levels of socio - economic disadvantage such as lower income.

Not exact matches

Backed by organizations such as Winrock International, a global nonprofit focused on economic opportunities for the disadvantaged, the Northwest Arkansas Entrepreneurship Alliance runs The Iceberg co-working facility in downtown Fayetteville and Gravity Ventures, an angel investment fund operating in Arkansas and Indiana.

As regards access to tertiary education, they are treated as if they are international students who are required by immigration policy to be self reliant and economically independent.9 South African social justice policies focus primarily on advancing the historically disadvantaged and such focus has an implication of excluding refugees from benefiting from socio - economic scheme.

Not only does it illuminate the effects of social and economic factors — such as unequal family resources — but it also reveals the profound impact of environmental factors such as disadvantaged neighborhoods and insecure labor markets.

«We have teamed up with the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources to give disadvantaged high school students the opportunity to learn about current projects such as drought programs, infrastructure projects and transport programs,» he said.

Money would then be available to bring needy schools up to 95 per cent of the government's schooling resource standard (SRS), which is calculated by taking a base cost for educating each student and adding money for disadvantage (such as coming from a low socio - economic background, being indigenous, or living in a remote area).

While most WSFs weight economic disadvantage, they often give higher weights to other student categories, such as students with disabilities (SWDs), English learners (ELs), and foster care or homeless students.

There are substantial equity concerns with this forced feeding of technology - based testing, with substantial concerns that underserved populations such as English learners, students with disabilities, and socio - economic disadvantaged students having less access to technology and thus being at a disadvantage due to the premature forced technology - based testing protocol, thus widening the perceived achievement gap for these students.

Countries with low levels of selection, such as England and Canada, have similar levels of pupils who attain strong academic results despite their socio - economic disadvantage, as countries with highly selective systems such as Germany, according to the data.

«Obviously, a child considered poor in the United States may be regarded as relatively wealthy in another country,» he wrote, «but the fact that the perceived problem of socio - economic disadvantage among students is so much greater in the United States — and in France too — than the actual backgrounds of students also suggests that what school principals in some countries consider to be social disadvantage would not be considered such in others.»

The report expands on existing evidence linking parents» economic resources to children's school readiness by showing that, in addition to gaps in cognitive skills such as math and reading, gaps in noncognitive skills like persistence, self - control, and social skills exist between socioeconomically disadvantaged and advantaged children.

In my previous post I argued that any such policy should be based on a broad concept of disadvantage, taking account of economic, social and cultural capitals.

It makes several changes to the DBE program, concerning such subjects as uniform application and reporting forms; implementing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Small Business Administration (SBA); substantive amendments to provisions concerning personal net worth, retainage, size standard, proof of ethnicity, confidentiality, proof of economic disadvantage, DBE credit for trucking firms, and eligibility of firms owned by Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs); and clarifications concerning multi-year project goals and the use of the new North American Industrial Classification System («NAICS»).

President Bush withdrew the U.S. primarily due to the fact that emerging economies such as China and India did not have binding obligations for climate targets, putting the U.S. at a perceived economic disadvantage.

The husband, self - represented on appeal, argued that the trial judge made various errors such as ordering child support in favor of the wife despite her never suffering an economic disadvantage from the marriage -LRB-...?).

For instance, in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.28

Applicants will also have to show that as a result of such contributions: - the respondent has a retained benefit; or - the applicant has an economic disadvantage.

Attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants will find comprehensive coverage of such matters as: the advantages and disadvantages of suits based on strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty; the use of state consumer protection statutes; the duty to warn and its innumerable ramifications; the liability of the manufacturers, retailers and other potential defendants in the distribution chain; successor liability; federal preemption of common law claims; monitoring product safety during design, manufacturing and distribution; causation theories in actions involving multiple manufacturers; product misuse and alteration; the elements of proof needed in an action; recovery for economic loss; punitive damages; and the government contractor defense.

Based on PREP, it is especially tailored for those who have struggled with economic disadvantage or other groups of adults who may not have had access to such services.

It is beginning to be accepted that while much offending behaviour is linked to social marginalisation and economic disadvantage, the impact of non-economic deprivation, such as damage to identity and culture, as well as trauma and grief, have a significant relationship to offending behaviour.

Having determined that it is feasible to construct such an index, the second stage of the work by the ABS will examine the feasibility of sub-dividing the index according to broad functional lines to produce a habitat index (reflecting disadvantage relating to health, housing and infrastructure) and an economic index (reflecting disadvantage relating to education, training and employment), as well as sub-dividing the index along geographical lines to produce an urban and rural / remote index.

Factors such as landlessness, poverty and disadvantage across a range of socio - economic indicators, render many Indigenous people unable to participate fully and effectively in Australian society.

It appears to play an important mediating role in the relationship between adversity (such as job loss or social disadvantage) and health and well - being.5 — 7 Indeed, fear of job loss can be just as harmful as, if not more than, the job loss itself.8 — 10 Although a positive correlation between economic insecurity and overall ill health is well - established, the biological pathways through which these operate are not well understood.

The effects of socio - economic disadvantage are likely to relate to low parental psychosocial, as well as economic, resources that compromise parenting quality (Belsky, 1984; La Placa & Corlyon, 2016), Focusing on structural societal changes which reduce inequalities is likely to boost such resources in the longer term (Katz, Corlyon, La Placa & Hunter, 2007).

It acknowledges that racially specific aspects of discrimination such as socio - economic disadvantage, historical subordination and the failure to recognise cultural distinctiveness must be taken into account in order to redress inequality in fact.

PMTO is based on the Social Interaction Learning (SIL) model, which assumes that contextual factors, such as socio - economic disadvantage and parental psychopathology, have a negative impact on child outcomes by undermining parenting quality (Snyder and Patterson 1995).