Sentences with phrase «particularly vulnerable woman»

On one occasion I was told a particularly vulnerable woman had been abused by a male member of the domestic staff.

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In Brazil's machismo culture, pregnant women are particularly vulnerable, and Barroso described scenarios in which women who purchased misoprostol were then harassed at the pharmacy, or forced to allow the pharmacist to vaginally insert the drug.

She observes, unsurprisingly, that the burden of social and sexual revolution has disproportionately fallen on those most vulnerable, particularly children and women.

As Carl Jung made clear, inner wholeness, particularly after age forty, usually requires developing one's neglected «other side» — the soft, nurturing, feelingful, vulnerable side in a man and the strong, assertive, analytical side in a woman.

People who are in submissive positions to authority, actual or perceived, including women, racial ethnic persons, as well as lesbian, gay and bi-sexual persons, are particularly vulnerable to violence.

Relationship between diet, iron and zinc status and health outcomes, particularly in vulnerable groups such as young women, infants and toddlers.

While depression may strike at any time, studies show that women appear to be particularly vulnerable during their childbearing years.

These can vary from woman to woman, but lactation consultants who can anticipate times and situations where mothers might be particularly vulnerable, enhance their ability to intervene.

The evidence in this book will be particularly helpful in demonstrating to maternity hospital or maternity unit administrators how implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding will help in decreasing the need for staff and equipment in a well - baby nursery; in increasing bedside care for postnatal women to educate them in the safe care of their infants after discharge from hospital, therefore decreasing the re-admission of neonates to hospital; in lessening admission of small vulnerable formula - fed infants to their pediatric unit with preventable infections; and in decreasing staff absenteeism to care for their ill formula - fed infants.

Women with a history of depression are particularly vulnerable to depression after they give birth.

The Senate Democratic Majority passed a legislative package which fundamentally restructures matrimonial law to improve the process and outcome of divorce for all New Yorkers, particularly women and children who are often the most vulnerable when marriages are dissolved.

«That's why I am pleased to announce that we will now be working with the United Nations to identify the most vulnerable Syrian refugees - particularly women, girls and children - and those who have been subject to sexual violence in this conflict, to provide them with refuge here in Britain.»

«Particularly among the most vulnerable patients with IBD: women, individuals who are in chronic pain and those with a history of childhood sexual abuse.»

Previous studies have found that pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to depression and it is estimated that up to one in five pregnant women have symptoms of depression during pregnancy.

«Despite the presence of a universal health insurance system in Ontario, our research highlights the persistence of significant health disparities in breast cancer screening, particularly for women who are more vulnerable due to severe disability, multiple chronic conditions, low income and lower education,» said Dr. Guilcher, who has a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto.

But when it comes to combi - offices, Bodin Danielsson says that women are particularly vulnerable to the stress these designs create.

Participants at the earlier panel agreed that children and pregnant women were particularly vulnerable and should also be prioritized.

More specifically, the findings suggest that perimenopausal estradiol fluctuation may increase women's sensitivity to social rejection, and when this sensitivity is combined with psycho - social stressors such as divorce or bereavement, women are particularly vulnerable to developing clinically significant depressive symptoms.

Previous research has shown that a woman's 20s, 30s, and 40s can be a particularly vulnerable time for healthy habits, she adds, with competing demands from work and family.

Women are particularly vulnerable to osteoporosis and osteopenia, conditions where bones are fragile and there are increased risks of fractures.

This is because pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the effects of harmful bacteria (41).

Pregnant women, seniors and children while particularly vulnerable to the annual influenza strain may be putting themselves at greater risk by choosing to be immunized by the «flu shot».

Women are particularly vulnerable to soy phytoestrogens and isoflavones as they are potent goitrogens leading to impaired thyroid health, fatigue and infertility

Women are particularly vulnerable to developing fragile bones with age, but men can be affected by severe bone loss too.

Hormonal changes: pregnancy, post-partum, and menopause are all times when women are particularly vulnerable to the appearance of thyroid problems.

Findings from the Pew Research Center underline another negative Facebook effect: Women are particularly vulnerable to stress from social media due to being aware of lousy stuff happening to friends.

Modest Dressing, as a Virtue (The New York Times) «In a vulnerable, volatile time — perhaps one particularly so for women — figure - obscuring clothing serves as a kind of armour, as well as a retort to a reality - TV - inured culture apparently intent on exposing any private moment, any intimate body part, for public consumption.»

Even as more and more youngsters use dating apps for fun or to find the love of their life, new research warns that these apps are vulnerable to hacks Dating online can be intimidating for some, particularly if you're dating over 40, are a recently single woman or have never considered using our services

1.4 by 2030 ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology, and financial services including microfinance

Subsequently, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has recognized rape as a war crime, 58 thus recognizing that «women are particularly vulnerable to persecution by sexual violence as a weapon of war.»

Specifically, the reality of lower earning - power across every level of education (a problem that by the way is also shared by all women in this society but particularly among women of color), the lack of assets from which one can draw upon in case of any type of disruption in earnings, and poor access to credible financial institutions within the neighborhoods where they live, make African Americans particularly vulnerable to falling behind, and staying behind, thus significantly hampering the possibility of establishing a positive credit history.

In too much media, its use is a lazy shorthand that allows a writer to paint a bad guy as particularly bad, and a woman as particularly vulnerable (the genders are rarely reversed), without dealing with the consequences or meaning of such an act for any of the parties involved.

«Women's bodies are particularly vulnerable to the whims of changing movements, governments, and social norms.

Business - as - usual solutions are not working to deliver energy access to women and the most vulnerable and hardest - to - reach people, particularly those living in urban slums and rural parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia Pacific.

Why are women and youth particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change?

Women and children who work in ASGM are particularly vulnerable to mercury poisoning because they are responsible for tasks like pouring, mixing and burning mercury.

It says these changes can be particularly harmful for women... «[F] ood insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health,» it says.»

If you have consumed any of these foods and you are feeling at all unwell, you need to seek medical attention as soon as possible, particularly if you are pregnant, as pregnant women are also extremely vulnerable to listeria bacteria exposure.

In November 2016, we wrote to Burnaby's City Councillors and Mayor Derek Corrigan to urge them to take into account the possible consequences of displacement from rental housing for vulnerable residents, particularly women and their children, as they consider Read More

Temporary foreign workers and immigrant women workers are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment, violence and the resulting chronic stress.

Additionally, the court accepted evidence that Indigenous women are particularly vulnerable, in light of the greater prevalence of trauma, violence, and abuse in their pasts.»

Since its implementation in 2012, this measure has made sponsored spouses, particularly women, more vulnerable to abuse and forced some to stay in abusive relationships in order to avoid losing status in Canada: Canadian Council of Refugees, Conditional Permanent Residence: Failure in Policy and Practice: online, Canadian Council of Refugees http://ccrweb.ca/sites/ccrweb.ca/files/cpr-report-2015.pdf.

It is one to which women are particularly vulnerable, whether on the street or elsewhere, whether the intent of the offender was to commit a sexual assault or, as in this case, some other crime.

These factors combine to make Indigenous women particularly vulnerable and their needs more complex than others.

The Ombudsman also looks at big gaps in post-release support for prisoners, particularly housing for vulnerable women who may return to violent or offending environments or go homeless on release.

Women who were insured as dependents on their husbands» employer - based insurance policy are particularly vulnerable; nearly one - quarter of them are uninsured six months after divorce.

These results (see Supplementary Tables S2 and S3), coupled with the fact that most widowed respondents who were previously in age heterogamous unions are women, suggest that individuals in age heterogamous unions are particularly vulnerable to the effects of widowhood largely describe the experiences of widowed women.

These factors contribute to make Indigenous women particularly vulnerable and their needs more complex than others.

Indigenous women are particularly vulnerable to intersectional discrimination within criminal justice processes.