Sentences with phrase «nations and world social»

They are part of larger social systems: Family systems, like «nuclear families» (two parents and their child or children), are part of larger extended families, which are part of communities, which are part of regional cultures, which are part of nations and world social systems.

Not exact matches

Before founding Social Change Nation, Schukman spent a decade working with companies to develop cause - driven brands such as AmeriCorps, Habitat for Humanity and World Relief.

The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the «heart of housing» — an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex, bond - like assets called mortgage - backed securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific estimated that, in 2014, 4.3 billion people lived in the Asia - Pacific region, accounting for 60 percent of the global population — more than half of the people in the world!

Our analysis demonstrates that the limited number of North Korean leaders and ruling elite with access to the internet are actively engaged in Western and popular social media, regularly read international news, use many of the same services such as video streaming and online gaming, and above all, are not disconnected from the world at large or the impact North Korea's actions have on the community of nations.

The new world order is basically a social change that is happening right now because of: the advent of networking and networking communications, the degree of inequality that is starting to surface across the developed worlds, the richer getting richer and the poorer getting poorer, and a number of other factors that we'll get into, but it's changing the forms governance, it is going to change the forms of institutions that haven't changed since the Breton Woods at the end of the Second World War which were predominantly US - based institutions if you would: IMF, World Bank in Washington, the United Nations in New world order is basically a social change that is happening right now because of: the advent of networking and networking communications, the degree of inequality that is starting to surface across the developed worlds, the richer getting richer and the poorer getting poorer, and a number of other factors that we'll get into, but it's changing the forms governance, it is going to change the forms of institutions that haven't changed since the Breton Woods at the end of the Second World War which were predominantly US - based institutions if you would: IMF, World Bank in Washington, the United Nations in New World War which were predominantly US - based institutions if you would: IMF, World Bank in Washington, the United Nations in New World Bank in Washington, the United Nations in New York.

The transition from a superpower duopoly, in terms of military power, to a world monopoly, however, has had, among other effects during the 1990s, that of destabilising the fragile balance upon which the international multilateralism of the United Nations had been able to function, well or badly, during the 1960s and 1970s (following the «defrosting» and decolonisation, both the results of social, cultural, democratic and national struggle).

No other structure in the world can be called on to promise eternal salvation, and when such salvific claims are made in the name of some nation, race, social class, religion, or ideology, the church must fight such idolatry and blasphemy with all its means of persuasion, even to the point of martyrdom.

In the Conference on Church and Society (Geneva, 1966), considered «the first genuinely «world» conference on social issues» because of equal representation by all the continents, there were strong demands for the churches to take a more active role in «promoting a world - wide revolutionary opposition to the capitalist political and economic system being imposed on the new nations by the Western industrial countries which was leading to new types of colonialism and oppression» (Albrecht, DEM 1991: 936).

To repeat: a cursory look at the nations of the world makes it clear that the important differences in social responsibility and freedom are between the democratic types (of both capitalist and socialist economic system) and the despotic types, not between capitalism and socialism as such.

The Philippine organizers of the Global March mention following: widespread poverty and social inequality resulting in the erosion of the family's capacity to nurture and protect children, the rise of informal economy requiring simple skills and technologies, globalization of capitalism where underdeveloped nations provide the rich with cheap labor, disrupted family patterns due to migration, AIDS, etc. and inadequate basic services from government, including education, due to cut of the state budget of non-profit sectors to follow structural adjustment programme dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.

Fifty years ago, the former could be more or less taken for granted in the sense that most Americans recognized that, at least for purposes of social policy, they should be concerned for the people of the nation as a whole and that, for purposes of international policy, they should be concerned for the world as a whole.

Both are high enough that their combined levels push India into Pew's top 5 countries (among the world's 25 most populous nations) for total government restrictions and social hostilities over religion.

Cockburn combines social protest and faith while confronting issues of poverty and violence in developing nations and celebrating the world's diversity.

Think of the numerous forms of captivity entrapping a poor inhabitant of a Third World nation — economic, social, environmental, spiritual and appreciate the promise of liberation and loosing presented in Jesus» inaugural sermon in the Nazareth synagogue.

Considering them in reversed order, it is plain that the great prophets and Jesus insistently drove back the moral problem into the inner quality of personal life The prophetic leaders of Israel were as much interested as any members of the nation in the success of the social group; the beginning and end of their thought was Israel redeemed, purified, and fulfilling her mission in the world.

John Paul II took Catholic social doctrine in a new direction by teaching that, in the post-industrial world of the twenty - first century, Adam Smith's «wealth of nations» resides, not so much in stuff (as in natural resources or land) as in human creativity: in ideas, skills, work - habits and entrepreneurial instincts.

There could be no ideal for a nation until there were smaller social units ready to unite and there can be no ideal for a world society without a prior actualization of national communities.

In April of 1919, after the end of World War I, the defeated German nation teetered on the brink of economic, social, and political chaos.

Statistical Tables: Economic and Social Statistics on the Countries and Territories of the World with Particular Reference to Children's Wellbeing, calculated births in industrialised nations as percentage of world births, figures for World with Particular Reference to Children's Wellbeing, calculated births in industrialised nations as percentage of world births, figures for world births, figures for 2003.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

With the role of the nation - state in political, economic and social life undergoing a major transformation in most parts of the world, and scholars coming to terms with overlapping and multiple sovereignties, these discussions on citizenship and empirically informed observations on forging and imagining the political community are more relevant than ever.

Article 9: «The Republic shall encourage the promotion of bilateral and regional cooperation between and among Liberia and other nations, and the formation and maintenance of regional organizations aimed at the cultural, social, political and economic development of the peoples of Africa and other nations of the world.»

I will expand upon this notion in this blog, referring to what Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe describes as the barter economy within the cash economy that has developed in many African nations following the social and economic transformations that accompanied the 1980s World Bank - imposed structural adjustment programs.

With the role of the nation - state in political, economic and social life undergoing a major transformation in most parts of the world, and scholars coming to terms with overlapping and multiple sovereignties, discussions on citizenship and empirically informed observations on forging and imagining the political community are more relevant than ever.

By the end of the 20th century, «many countries, especially in the more developed regions, had already achieved population structures older than any ever seen in human history,» says a report, World Population Ageing: 1950 - 2050, from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations.

A new analysis commissioned by the United Nations uses a comprehensive combination of social, economic, political and environmental factors to identify areas around the world most at - risk for «hydro - political» strife.

The World Health Organization, the United Nations body that sets standards and provides global surveillance of disease, defines health as: «A state of complete physical, mental and social well - being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.»

The complex event and its aftermath can also be further illuminated via discussions of larger themes in social and political history, such as balancing national safety and civil rights — comparing reactions to 9/11 with those following the attack on Pearl Harbor, for example — or the grounds for overseas military interventions — such as the recent U.S. engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan as compared with the U.S.'s position on the League of Nations after World War I. «These themes put a light on it,» Brodsky Schur says, giving teachers and even parents a way to integrate such a seemingly unteachable event.

The ESS allows governments, policy analysts and scholars to keep up with social trends that affect how democracy is working and how European citizens perceive their lives, their nations, and the world.

Organising partners include the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA); the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); the International Council for Science (ICSU); the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC); the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the Inter-Academy Partnership (IAP).

During a recent conversation, it occurred to me that, while love, compassion and empathy are all essential components towards resolving social injustice issues throughout the nation and the world, they are not the ones that must be prioritized... curious to know what I believe the key components are?

Technology has reduced the traditional distances between nations, and social media has connected people all over the world.

It's definitely got elements of social and political subtext, especially as it captures the strange world of the Dominican «baseball academies,» where that nation's raw talent is nurtured for North American harvest in a sort of plantation system controlled by Major League Baseball teams.

Matt Craven — «X-Men: First Class,» «A Few Good Men» Terry Crews — «The Expendables» series, «Draft Day» Warwick Davis — «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» «Harry Potter» series Colman Domingo — «The Birth of a Nation,» «Selma» Adam Driver — «Silence,» «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» Joel Edgerton — «It Comes at Night,» «Loving» Chris Evans — «Captain America» series, «Snowpiercer» Luke Evans — «Beauty and the Beast,» «The Girl on the Train» Fan Bingbing — «I Am Not Madame Bovary,» «Cell Phone» Elle Fanning — «The Beguiled,» «20th Century Women» Golshifteh Farahani — «Paterson,» «AboutElly» Anna Faris — «Scary Movie» series, «Brokeback Mountain» Tom Felton — «A United Kingdom,» «Harry Potter» series Rebecca Ferguson — «The Girl on the Train,» «Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation» Lou Ferrigno — «The Incredible Hulk,» «Hercules» Gal Gadot — «Wonder Woman,» «Fast & Furious» series Charlotte Gainsbourg — «Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,» «Melancholia» Jeff Garlin — «Safety Not Guaranteed,» «WALL - E» Spencer Garrett — «Public Enemies,» «Thank You for Smoking» Domhnall Gleeson — «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «Ex Machina» Sharon Gless — «The Star Chamber,» «Airport 1975» Donald Glover — «The Martian,» «Magic Mike XXL» Judy Greer — «Jurassic World,» «13 Going on 30» Rupert Grint — «Moonwalkers,» «Harry Potter» series Noel Gugliemi — «Lowriders,» «The Fast and the Furious» Jon Hamm — «Baby Driver,» «The Town» Armie Hammer — «The Birth of a Nation,» «The Social Network» Naomie Harris — «Moonlight,» «Skyfall» Leila Hatami — «A Separation,» «Leila» Anne Heche — «Rampart,» «DonnieBrasco» Lucas Hedges — «Manchester by the Sea,» «Moonrise Kingdom» Chris Hemsworth — «Thor» series, «Rush» Ciarán Hinds — «Silence,» «Munich» Aldis Hodge — «Hidden Figures,» «Straight Outta Compton» Bryce Dallas Howard — «Jurassic World,» «The Help» Bonnie Hunt — «The Green Mile,» «Jerry Maguire» Jiang Wen — «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» «Let the Bullets Fly» Dwayne Johnson — «Moana,» «Central Intelligence» Leslie Jones — «Ghostbusters,» «Masterminds» Keegan - Michael Key — «Don't Think Twice,» «Keanu» Aamir Khan — «3 Idiots,» «Lagaan» Irrfan Khan — «Life of Pi,» «Slumdog Millionaire» Salman Khan — «Sultan,» «Bajrangi Bhaijaan» Rinko Kikuchi — «Pacific Rim,» «Babel» Zoë Kravitz — «Divergent» series, «Mad Max: Fury Road» Sanaa Lathan — «Out of Time,» «Love and Basketball» Carina Lau — «Infernal Affairs 2,» «Days of Being Wild» Tony Leung — «The Grandmaster,» «Lust, Caution» Rami Malek — «Short Term 12,» «The Master» Leslie Mann — «Funny People,» «Knocked Up» Kate McKinnon — «Ghostbusters,» «Office Christmas Party» Sienna Miller — «The Lost City of Z,» «American Sniper» Janelle Monáe — «Hidden Figures,» «Moonlight» Michelle Monaghan — «Patriots Day,» «Gone Baby Gone» Viggo Mortensen — «Captain Fantastic,» «The Lord of the Rings» series Ruth Negga — «Loving,» «Warcraft» Franco Nero — «The Lost City of Z,» «Django» Elizabeth Olsen — «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» «Martha Marcy May Marlene» Deepika Padukone — «xXx: Return of Xander Cage,» «Piku» Sarah Paulson — «Blue Jay,» «12 Years a Slave» Robert Picardo — «Hail, Caesar!

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This means that there would be the need to overcome the root causes of violence, within each nation, with the elimination of disparities in wealth between the «top» and «bottom» in the social scale and at international level with the elimination of disparities in economic and social development between rich and poor nations, for one hand, and the dispute between the great powers for world power, on the other hand.

Forty years after he and his wife, Heidi, set the world alight with Future Shock, Alvin Toffler remains a tough assessor of our nation's social and technological prospects.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

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The mission of the American Federation of Teachers is, «to improve the lives of our members and their families; to give voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations; to strengthen the institutions in which we work; to improve the quality of the services we provide; to bring together all members to assist and support one another, and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom in our union, in our nation and throughout the world.»

Because the nation's education crisis feeds into the social, economic, and political issues facing our nation and world, we must break out of specialization and become interdisciplinary in our thinking.

Set up just after World War II to help administer the U.S. Marshall Plan, the OECD now addresses a wide range of social policy matters, including education, where 65 nations and territories currently participate in its PISA tests.

Because people in developing nations are rapidly consuming Earth's natural resources and because the world population is increasing rapidly, human beings must take individual and social responsibility for the environment.

The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by world leaders at the last general assembly of the United Nations, provide an aspirational vision of how to construct a world without poverty, with more social inclusion, without violence, with prosperity and sustainability.

Characterizing Sonia as «a brilliant, compassionate, original, and diligent scholar who is strongly committed to social justice and educational equity,» Jim summarizes the «influence of her work in the United States and nations around the world [as] enormous and pathbreaking.»

Every Place Counts Design Challenge — During the Nation's construction efforts to create a world - class transportation system, residents were often cut off from newly - formed social and economic centers and left with limited mobility and transportation options.

In 1968, Ashe Douglas, 17, lives in a turbulent world — the conflict between his authoritarian father and peace - loving mother, the political and social unrest in the nation, and the Vietnam War itself.