Sentences with phrase «practice for cultural reasons»

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Developmental lending as practiced by IBC involves providing financial services (primarily loans) to aboriginal people who, for a variety of cultural and / or financial reasons, are alienated by mainstream lending institutions; approving loan applications on the basis of typical financial considerations while taking into account the potential for positive social or community outcomes; and evaluating social outcomes resulting from the loan portfolio over the long term.

Let's let Wikipedia explain: «Flexitarianism is a term used in the United States to describe the practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.»

It has been claimed that FGM has its origins in a number of different religious, cultural and social perspectives that have been endorsed, maintained and practiced by families and societies for non-medical reasons through the years.

Respondents said the main reasons to learn a language in school was to develop pupils» understanding of cultural practices (77 %), build pupils» interpersonal skills (74 %) and to establish a path for lifelong learning (61 %).

For many reasons, which we discuss below, current efforts of professional development featuring multicultural education in general, and specifically literacy as cultural practice, fall depressingly short.

My reasons for visiting Indonesia were its cultural heritage, virgin nature and great opportunities for practicing water sports practically at any time of the year.

Cultural and traditional reasons and a lack of education are the prime reasons for this unhygienic practice.

Consider: (1) the separation from the pack by a few of The AmLaw 200; (2) a recent report by ALM Intelligence revealing that law firms now account for only 25 % market share; (3) changed customer expectations — «faster, better, cheaper» and «more with less»; (4) new competitors — notably the BigFour, in - house departments, and legal service providers; (5) the sustainability of the partnership model for economic, cultural, structural, and succession reasons; and (6) the emergence of legal operations — CLOC and its ACC counterpart — and the distinction between legal practice and delivery.

This attendance gap is well recognised in the literature and exists in spite of targeted interventions that span a number of decades.30 This significant gap has been attributed to several factors, including greater family mobility, social and cultural reasons for absence, the higher rate of emotional and behavioural problems in Aboriginal children, the intergenerational legacy of past practices of exclusion of Aboriginal children from schools, and its impact on shaping family and community values regarding the importance of attending school in Indigenous families compared with non-Indigenous families.6 7 31 Additional socioeconomic and school factors differed slightly between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous cohorts.