Sentences with phrase «other societal challenges»
That is how this great university has made a difference on other societal challenges for decades and centuries, and it is how we will make a difference on this one.
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While certain societal roles conventionally limited to one or the other gender can and should be challenged, gender itself, as the root of the word indicates, is determined by our genitals...» West's subsequent view is that «A de-gendered society is bound to de-generate.»
After all, the JRW Little League is rooted in the midst of several challenging Chicago neighborhoods, where crime, poverty, underperforming schools, drug dealing and other societal ills can make everyday living nothing short of a treacherous human struggle.
The ESRC also works collaboratively with six other UK research councils and Innovate UK to fund cross-disciplinary research and innovation addressing major societal challenges.
The project itself started quite humbly, and it differed from the other flagship proposals that were much more oriented towards economic or societal challenges.
School subjects tend to be taught in isolation from each other, at a time when solutions to societal challenges and the nature of work are becoming increasingly cross-disciplinary.
During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions and widened the boundaries of free speech.
A founding partner of A-List Solutions recruiting firm, Jeff blogs about the challenges of finding the best jobs as candidates and finding the best employees as companies, among other employment, technology and societal topics.
In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.