Sentences with phrase «face disproportionate»

In his first week in office, President Trump signed an executive order to ramp up immigration enforcement activities that would make accessing health care riskier within many immigrant communities, especially for immigrant women and their families who already face disproportionate barriers to accessing sexual or reproductive health care.

Women in incarceration face disproportionate health care disparities, including inadequate access to sexual and reproductive health care and counseling.

Even women who achieve significant career success continue to face disproportionate barriers and hostile treatment that frustrate their leadership aspirations.

If the price mechanism is used to encourage carbon reduction, some low - income householders face disproportionate costs, but the capital investment needed to bring about efficiency improvements and carbon savings is beyond them.

Students of color and those with disabilities in Minnesota classrooms face a disproportionate amount of...

People who sell sex face a disproportionate risk and burden of HIV; in low - and middle - income countries, female sex workers have a 13.5 times greater chance of HIV infection than women in the general population.

The review relies on a range of evidence, including recent findings by Amnesty International UK, showing that black and Asian female politicians face a disproportionate amount of online abuse.

The IRR is not comparing black and white death rates, but there is evidence to show that because of stereotyping - for example expectations that black people will be irrational, inordinately strong or angry — they face a disproportionate level of force.

Poor, predominantly black families on cheaper property in lower - lying areas faced disproportionate damage from Katrina — and a harder road to recovery.

The current research consensus points to high - poverty schools facing disproportionate challenges: that is, to get the same outcome, they need more resources per student — and per poor student.

He said the criminal justice system could also expect to face greater costs and delays as permanent residents facing the disproportionate punishment of deportation fight charges rather than accepting responsibility for a crime that carries the potential of six months in jail.

Not exact matches

But the construct is vulnerable due to its own contradictions: the disproportionate size of financial capital faced with the activities of production and services; pressure on labour income and the resultant crisis of under - consumption; the class divide, the bases of which cross borders.

He relates breastfeeding support in the African American community to a whole host of issues that this community faces such as the disproportionate number of African American males in the prison system.

So, far from a Northern Powerhouse he offers the north disproportionate cuts and a business rates reform that hits areas facing economic disasters like Teesside's this month hardest of all.

If UK businesses faced a «disproportionate strain» as a result the government could reconsider in early 2014.

Fuel duty's disproportionate impact on rural voters: «The Government understand the challenges faced by people in rural areas in relation to fuel costs, which those of us in city and urban areas perhaps do not face.

Cuomo has already warned that the state faces more than $ 2 billion in Medicaid funding cuts unless Congress acts to restore the Disproportionate Share Hospital program, which expired on Oct. 1.

That imbalance, she said, places a disproportionate burden on the city's property owners, who would face an estimated 22 percent tax increase if the current deficit were to be closed through revenue - raising alone.

Aaron Swartz faced an imminent trial for having downloaded some four million articles from a not - for - profit scholarly archive, and a possible penalty of 35 years in prison and a $ 1 - million fine, which some call disproportionate to his actions

He's too boyish or maybe it's just that I can't help but focus on how disproportionate his hair is to his face.

The characters» actions grow increasingly disproportionate to their respective motivations and the despair that they face isn't enough to account for that.

Internally Displaced Persons IIDPs) in Mogadishu face risks to their lives, safety, security and dignity and are at disproportionate risk of gross human rights abuses especially women and unaccompanied children.

But turnaround high schools have yet to make significant inroads with academics and face hurdles such as declining enrollment, lack of rigorous curricula and a disproportionate number of students with special needs.

Yet the administration's position is much more radical, stating clearly that a «policy that is neutral on its face» and «administered in an even - handed manner» can still «result in unlawful discrimination» if it has a «disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

The package included a «Dear Colleague» letter, issued jointly by DOE and DOJ, warning against intentional racial discrimination but also stating that schools unlawfully discriminate even «if a policy is neutral on its face — meaning that the policy itself does not mention race — and is administered in an evenhanded manner but has a disparate impact, i.e., a disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

Black and Latino students live disproportionately at or below the poverty line, and it is no accident that we are faced with the most segregated school system in history, with a disproportionate number of school closures happening in the poorest communities - all at the hands of using invalid metrics.

«This legislation is crucial for the thousands of students, a disproportionate number of whom are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), who face bullying and harassment each year in America's schools,» said Dr. Byard.

The result of this is that motivated students, facing demanding university entrance examinations, receive disproportionate resources.

There has been ongoing litigation about the disproportionate impact of teacher layoffs on the state's most impoverished schools, some of which face losing most of their teachers if layoffs are based on seniority rather than performance.

SBHCs meet a critical need for students, and are considered to be a preventive approach to addressing the disproportionate barriers to academic success our students face; the byproduct of much larger societal issues rooted in racial inequity.

(Argumentation) This may sound strange, however a nose that is too large for a particular person's face or a bust that is too large or too small can blur all of this person's other features making them seem disproportionate.

This may be an exaggeration in some instances such as the Bulldog — really, who wants to be a short, disproportionate, drooling, pug faced ball of muscle?

While some places can expect disproportionate amplification of higher frequency events and thus primarily a greater number of historically precedented floods, others face amplification of lower frequency events and thus a particularly fast growing risk of historically unprecedented flooding.

«We find that the criminalisation of the wearing of a full - face veil is a measure that is disproportionate to the aim of protecting the idea of «living together» — an aim that can not readily be reconciled with the Convention's restrictive catalogue of grounds for interference with basic human rights.»

In addition to the unnerving effect the charge has had on some defendants» decision on how to plead, the charge also faced criticism for making a mockery out of the criminal justice system because the fees are too high, disproportionate to sentences and do not take into account the defendant's ability to pay.

The Committee considers that the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by Aboriginal women and the numerous forms of violence that they face call for specific policies, measures and programmes in order to ensure that the justice system as a whole is capable of adequately responding to such situations.

However much unions complain of the immense burdens they face in complying with the current rules (and they go on at tedious length), the fact is that most of them are able to cope and the current rules are not constraining disproportionate behaviour.

Accordingly, Judge Berger did not feel seizure of the house to be grossly disproportionate to the crime, despite the disparity between the value of the house and the maximum fine Farley could have faced for the crimes of which he was convicted.

Indigenous women face grossly disproportionate and often deadly violence, which continues to threaten their safety and human rights across BC, a devastating consequence of colonization.

Women have all the burdens that men face plus additional obstacles and challenges that befall only women: disproportionate family obligations, exclusion from business and leadership opportunities, and gender stereotyping that creates negative assumptions about their competence and commitment.

The same student opined that the reputation of the Law Society would suffer «when a disproportionate number of LPP students are found to be minorities, racialized groups, etc.» The LPP will perpetuate the systemic disadvantages that already face students from equity seeking groups.

Good comments all around but what stands out for me are the assertions from panelist Ruby regarding the disproportionate amount of black lawyers facing disciplinary issues, what statistics do we have?

The report argues that the disproportionate disadvantage faced by young Indigenous people has the potential to increase and further entrench the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians over the coming decades unless greater effort is made now to reduce the inequality that they face.

The report profiles Australia's young Indigenous population and the disproportionate disadvantages they face in areas such as employment, housing, education, health, mortality, and contact with the criminal justice system.

«The new law will cover more women, increase access to reproductive health care, and ease the disproportionate health care burdens on women, who still earn less than men but often face higher health care costs.»

The report also praises the Affordable Care Act, which «eases the disproportionate health care burdens on women — who continue to earn less than men while also often facing more health care costs — and increases access to reproductive health care.»

This often has a disproportionate impact on communities of color, who already face systemic barriers in accessing quality health care — as National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, In Our Own Voice, and other Reproductive Justice organizations have demonstrated.

What's more, blocking patients from care at health centers has a disproportionate impact on communities of color — who already face systemic barriers in accessing quality health care.

Another workshop which looked at the issues faced by disproportionate numbers of Aboriginal children in out - of - home care said the poorer financial and other support provided to kinship carers compared to foster carers in Victoria disadvantaged Aboriginal children and families.

The systemic and grossly disproportionate rate of disadvantage faced by Indigenous people requires that Australia take special measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of Indigenous people, for the purpose of guaranteeing them the full and equal enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.