Sentences with phrase «in society at»

Join the family systems movement and make a difference in families and in society at large.

Child maltreatment occurs in our society at alarming rates.

«Mental health issues in this country are growing, and they're a big challenge,» he said, adding that they need to be addressed in school systems and in society at large so shootings like this don't happen.

This lamentable failure to formulate evidence - based policy in such an important area of the law seriously risks driving out valuable expertise, which will put the most vulnerable in society at increased risk of harm.

There probably isn't a more specialized and qualified administrative body anywhere in our society at all.

Part 1 of the report looks at gender sensitivity in the parliamentary workplace (how procedures, policies, budgets etc. bear on the needs of men and women working within parliaments), Part 2 at how parliamentarians can work to bring about greater gender sensitivity in the society at large.

As a result the trial record in this proceeding is incomplete and unbalanced on crucial issues including: (1) the widespread suicidal ideation initially experienced by persons with disabilities responding to their disabilities; [8](2) relevant exploitation and abuse to which people with disabilities and the elderly are subjected; [9](3) prejudice faced by persons with disabilities in society at large and in the medical community; [10](4) the impact the lack of palliative care and support services has on suicidal ideation; [11](5) the impaired agency of persons with disabilities in dependent circumstances; [12](6) evidence of clinicians about the impact resulting from a state sanctioned paradigm shift legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia («AS / E»); [13] and (7) the impact on the judgment of doctors of functioning in an environment of increasing health costs and budget constraints.

The WBA's vision is to build a strong community of female lawyers who make a difference in the profession and in society at large, and whose purpose is to achieve the full and equal participation of women in every aspect of society.

Pascale Lagesse, Co-Chair of the IBA GEI, commented: «Without doubt AI, robotics and increased automation will bring about changes in society at every level, in every sector and in every nation.

Nominations and votes were up almost 25 per cent over last year, which is a testament to the great work lawyers are doing in society at home and abroad.

What we can do though is create a law school environment that looks like the Canadian population, and actually exemplify the culture of inclusion that we'd like to see in society at large.

But the larger costs of absorbing this care in our society at large simply does not justify pursuing this goal single - handedly.

The ABA's Commission on Women in the Profession provides a national voice for female lawyers, and the Task Force on Gender Equity addresses continuing gender equity issues that exist in the legal profession and in society at large.

Given the lack of objective basis for racial definitions, some people query why we track racial statistics in society at all.

Medals for the award were given to Anne and five other women for their various roles in society at the State Function Room, Parliament House.

It is a trend that we have been seeing in society at large, a growing concern about personal health and well - being.

Though opinion polls indicate the general public is little interested in climate change, there is something at work in society at large that is seen, in the eyes of politicians, to justify their extravagant expenditure of our money and their time on the subject.

He also serves as a non-residential scholar at American University's School of International Service, a Fellow at the Center for Science, Technology and Medicine in Society at the University of California - Berkeley, and a Senior Scholar at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Canada.

«The reason «consensus» has not appeared to work in society at large to date isn't because it's ineffective — it's because there is a well - funded countermovement out there that takes every opportunity to mislead the public into thinking that there isn't a consensus,» Lewandowsky told me, in response to this argument.

The revolution of Abstract Expressionism, however, was not a matter of any stylistic innovation; instead, Guston says, it «revolves around the issue of whether it's possible to cre ate in our society at all.»

Guston is the «prophetic» painter who raises the critical issue of whether painting is possible any longer and «of whether it's possible to create in our society at all.»

All efforts of Free Cooper Union work to establish the foundation of a new chapter at our college and in society at large - one that will uphold the principles that allow education to be «as free as air and water», in a long term sustainable, and socially conscious manner.

Organized into seven thematic sections, the show considers the varied material production of 18th - century Mexico and artists» crucial roles in society at the time.

The attention toward the collective's activities and ethos is particularly representative to understand a new era of art production in which Colab could serve as a model of decentralization, pluralism, and autonomy, both in the cultural field and in society at large.

It's very easy for writers and viewers to see race in work, because black people were only recently honored in society at all.

As the exhibition and book attest, the broad range of Collier's work provides a poignant commentary on the considerable influence that photography wields in society at large.

In this current body of work, Lemus continues to explore domestic issues, issues that can often manifest in society at large.

Things were ok, but nobody had any money, so it wasn't unusual in the society at that time.

The artist is a political entity, and this work asks what it means to create in a society at war with itself and wrestling with truth.

Every new Persona game hopes to «address a problem that we see in society at that time, especially in Japan where the games take place,» said Hashino.

Since a person is a social creature, he is influenced by feelings and beliefs that dominate in the society at the time he lives.

Its general secretary, Brian Lightman, said the government also needed to act to reduce wealth inequality in society at large.

Ironically, that did not elevate their status in society at all.

Like businesses, they serve customers in society at large, and are accountable to stakeholders in the government that oversee them.

But he certainly can't be refering to this year's Best Picture race — while there may still be a scattering of homophobes alarmed by the relatively polite «Milk,» it's hard to see how any of this year's contenders could seriously ruffle feathers in the industry, or in society at large.

Mix cultures mingle in the schools, offices, social groups and in the society at large but interracial marriages are not considered as a cup of coffee.

Some of us want to believe it was, but if we are honest with ourselves we have to admit that cellulite is increasing in our society at an alarming rate — even faster than our waistlines.

In society at large, however, novators were treated with suspicion; subject to life imprisonment (or worse)-- their ideas seen to undermine existing social, political and religious power structures.

Robert Cook - Deegan, professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, discussed the challenges ahead for biomedical research.

But some academics criticized the system because they perceived that it focused on the «impact» of research in society at large rather than on its scientific merit.

He began his «long - term investigation of cheating (which) evolved into a study of analogous events in society at large».

Yanna Lambrinidou, affiliate faculty in the Department of Science and Technology in Society at Virginia Tech and founder of the non-profit organization Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives, drew on her personal experience with lead in drinking water in Washington, D.C., where she was active in the fight to expose the issue.

Could a small drop in the alcohol content of beer or other drinks reduce the harmful effects of alcohol in society at large?

In society at large, such pressures for conformity can be good or bad.

What we should have are public media which operate as such, and therefore they operate under a charter which guarantees their independence and allows them to be able to comment objectively on what is going in the society at any given time, and not necessarily act as propaganda vehicles for the party of the day.»

That tax advantage allows the wealthiest in this country, indeed the very wealthiest in the globe, to buy a prestige service that secures their children a permanent positional edge in society at an effective 20 per cent discount,» he wrote.

Specifically subsection (2)(c) outrightly negates the idea of concentration of government assets in the hands of few individuals in the society at the detriment of the populace.

Ahead of the Festival of Miracles, Bishop Agyinsare organised a medical outreach programme and party for an estimated 5,000 of the less - privileged in society at the same venue.

The idea that not using corporal punishment to get your children to respect and follow the rules — whether at home or in society at large — will result in the child going to jail is pretty absurd.

He was disposed to find within this primarily twofold ministry a counterpart to what he called the «meliorative» and the «ministrative» services in society at large.