Sentences with phrase «face social barriers»

While it is true that women face social barriers, as they do in much of the world, young women nonetheless comprise more than half of undergraduate enrollment in some science, technology and medical courses at major Arab universities.

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A pioneering social enterprise, Greyston has been providing jobs and resources to individuals who face barriers to employment, no questions asked, since 1982.

A pioneering social enterprise, Greyston practices Open Hiring ™ — providing jobs to individuals who face barriers to employment — in its world - class bakery and supports its employees and community members with a range of Community Programs.

And with the legal and language barriers, social isolation and employment challenges that immigrants often face, many are also at risk of exploitation and human trafficking.

Unfortunately, many parents face obstacles — such as those caused by stress, language barriers, geographic and social isolation, poverty, and their own adverse childhood experiences that leave them without a positive parenting model — that impacts their ability to fully support their baby's development during these critical years.

The challenges digital teams face with social listening, such as integrating social insights into email and barriers to engaging people in the moment

Concurrently, persons with disabilities face relevant barriers to access social protection and health care services, quality education and livelihood opportunities, increasing their chances of remaining in poverty.

Under the government's new system the vast majority of the two - and - a-half million disabled people currently on incapacity benefit will be reassessed and found officially «fit for work» with barely a nod to the social, financial and practical barriers they face in finding and keeping a job in the real world.

Meanwhile, Hap and Florence Jackson (Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige)-- fellow sharecroppers who have worked the land for generations — work to build a small dream of their own despite the rigidly enforced social barriers they face.

Sheila Roberts: Filmmaker Dee Rees assembles a powerful ensemble cast in «Mudbound» to bring to life Hillary Jordan's international bestseller about two families living in rural Mississippi following WWII who face the harsh realities of farming and the brutal social barriers of the Jim Crow South.

That feature is what lost the support of longtime social - justice warrior (and founder of the pro school choice Black Alliance for Educational Options) Howard Fuller, who in July shocked many allies by stating his opposition to the Nevada plan: «Parental choice should be used principally as a tool to empower communities that face systemic barriers to greater educational and economic opportunities... I could never approve of a plan that would give those with existing advantages even greater means to leverage the limited number of private school options, to the detriment of low - income families.»

As a result, students of different nationalities face less of a cultural barrier which, in turn, breaks down any social barriers.Everyone mixes with everyone.

Children face barriers because of their parents» undocumented status, often related to poverty, fears of deportation, and more, while undocumented youth themselves face increasing barriers to social mobility as they enter adolescence and hope to obtain driver's licenses, afterschool work, and financial aid for college.

Recent immigrants who don't have a strong social network in the U.S., or who are still perfecting their English, may face additional barriers.

Outside In provides a platform for artists who define themselves as facing barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance or isolation.

Obviously these strategies face all kinds of social and economic barriers.

Their experience of disability and therefore the barriers they face differ because of their disadvantaged social and economic conditions; the additional disadvantages they may experience because of their identification with other groups, for example, ethnic groups; further disadvantages they may experience due to the status they are accorded within these groups, for example, status resulting from age, gender, and sexual orientation; the type and severity of the disabilities they experience; and other disadvantages experienced because of the way that laws are written and implemented.

The workplace barriers that persons with disabilities face are therefore critical barriers to their overall well - being: Ravi Malhotra, The Implications of the Social Model of Disablement for the Legal Regulation of the Modern Workplace in Canada and the United States, (2009) 33 Man.

The goals of human rights legislation include ending the social exclusion and eradicating the systemic barriers faced by people with disabilities.

If a migrant is seeking refugee status from within Canada, the economic, social and cultural barriers to accessing justice are likely to be substantially greater than those faced by almost any other member of Canadian society.

One day some months ago, while interviewing for articling positions in the heart of Toronto's Bay Street, I overheard a remark that, in a single instant, helped me understand the social barriers women still potentially face — particularly, and possibly even more so, on Bay Street.

The barriers female lawyers on Bay Street face aren't necessarily issues that may be negotiated in employment contracts — instead, the barriers may be social in nature, socially embedded and difficult to eliminate, expose and prove.

Kik Cards isn't the perfect answer, but in allowing HTML5 - based content, Kik has at least dropped many barriers facing developers who want to tap into messaging, but must integrate SDKs and use APIs to support chat apps and social products.

• Identify and spread knowledge regarding psycho social barriers employees from diverse cultures face when they join the workforce and what can be done to reduce these barriers.

Dr Paul Jelfs, the ABS Senior Reconciliation Champion, said the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) is designed to provide a greater insight into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» participation in society, along with any barriers they face.

People leaving prison not only face the aforementioned barriers but also face the additional barriers of disjointed, poor or no rental references, low social skills / low self esteem, prejudice and discrimination, having been taken off the public housing list, or coming out with a public housing debt or other debts.

People with psychosocial disability face significant unmet needs related to community services and perceive negative social attitudes as a significant barrier limiting their participation in multiple domains.

Resilience in Black Families Hollingsworth (2013) In Handbook of Family Resilience View Abstract Explores how many African - American families are able to succeed in the face of social, economic, educational, and political adversities in addition to adversities that confront them at the level of the individual family; characteristics of resilient black families; the benefits of studying black families through the lens of resilience; and barriers that interfere with such study.

Making It Happen: Overcoming Barriers to Providing Infant - Early Childhood Mental Health (PDF - 543 KB) ZERO TO THREE (2012) Highlights the importance of healthy social and emotional development and examines issues faced by national, State, and local program directors and mental health practitioners in providing infant - early childhood mental health services.

TRENTON, NJ — Today is International Women's Day, a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political progress of women and to reflect on the barriers we still face to equality.

Unfortunately, many parents face obstacles — such as those caused by stress, language barriers, geographic and social isolation, poverty, and their own adverse childhood experiences that leave them without a positive parenting model — that impacts their ability to fully support their baby's development during these critical years.

I have asked them to identify the barriers to social justice that they face in their region, their experiences with government processes, and what it would take for them to more readily enjoy and exercise their human rights.

Today, 400,000 students who are facing non-academic barriers to school and life success benefit from this suite of technology - based, trauma - informed, personal and social problem - solving tools.

Parents can face a range of practical, material, social and cultural barriers to accessing services (Katz et al. 2007; MacQueen et al. 2007; Moran et al. 2004).

These children and their families may face a number of economic and social barriers as they grow and develop in their new surroundings.

I have asked them to identify the barriers to social justice that they face in their region, their experiences in government consultation processes, and what it would take to achieve a just and equitable native title system.