Sentences with phrase «social disadvantage by»

Law is anti-discriminatory in the sense of repairing social disadvantage by the equal treatment of unequals.

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Generally speaking, there's no disadvantage to associating all of your campaigns with Google +, but if you want to start conservatively (which is always a good idea), start by testing one or two campaigns that will get you enough clicks to determine the effectiveness of social extensions.

Even where it is, I take it as a very minor compensating disadvantage for the huge degree of social privilege we get just by being male.

«The argument adopted by consumer groups in the USA is that access is not universal service - that the telephone should be priced at a level which makes it possible for disadvantaged groups to use it for social reasons rather than simply as an emergency service».

The model supports stereotyped notions of what masculine and feminine are by adding mystification to guard against change in the social sphere, where women are at a huge disadvantage.»

The notion that government is a means by which moral individuals can act collectively to help disadvantaged people has no place in his concept of «social justice.»

This appalling rate of food insecurity shows that our Federal and state governments are in breach of their obligations to ensure that all Australians, and especially the most disadvantaged, enjoy the fundamental human right to adequate and culturally appropriate food, guaranteed by Article 10 of the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The main new project for which we now need bread is Together We Rise, a new project to help people living with mental health issues, and some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people facing social exclusion, to benefit from the therapeutic, social and employment opportunities offered by Real Bread making.

Heckman's thinking informs the book, which includes many examples of failing disadvantaged students who turned things around by acquiring character skills that substituted for the social safety net enjoyed by affluent students.

Large - scale studies reveal a number of social disadvantages in young fathers» families, such as low levels of parental education, large family size, not being raised by both birth parents and financial hardship.

By helping individuals to gain training & employment the Trust's work effectively tackles social exclusion and related disadvantage.

«Real education reform requires broader social reform to end poverty concentrated in disadvantaged communities by race and class segregation,» Hawkins said.

A worker's economic standing or disadvantaged status will be judged by their income, Social Services benefits, length of unemployment or their post-incarceration status.

Historically, genetics has not meshed well with discussions of social policy; it's all too easy to view disadvantaged groups — criminals, the poor, the ethnically marginalized — as somehow fated by DNA to their condition.

In addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Program.

Previous research has demonstrated that criminal behavior is impacted by genetics, childhood mistreatment, low self - esteem during adolescence, lack of parental support, social and economic disadvantage, and racial discrimination.

By creating a virtual problem landscape, IU cognitive scientists explored the dynamics, advantages and disadvantages of «social learning» — the act of learning about the world by observing or imitating otherBy creating a virtual problem landscape, IU cognitive scientists explored the dynamics, advantages and disadvantages of «social learning» — the act of learning about the world by observing or imitating otherby observing or imitating others.

Dr Rebecca Lacey, Research Associate in the UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and lead author of the study, said: «Our study suggests that it is not parental divorce or separation per se which increases the risk of later inflammation but that it is other social disadvantages, such as how well the child does in education, which are triggered by having experienced parental divorce which are important.»

The «Future of Dating 2050» report (covered by GDI here and here) revealed an imminent rise in the mean age of daters, a relaxing of social attitudes regarding non-traditional romantic arrangements, and the potential rise of technology as a relationship substitute for the financially disadvantaged youth.

As regards access to tertiary education, they are treated as if they are international students who are required by immigration policy to be self reliant and economically independent.9 South African social justice policies focus primarily on advancing the historically disadvantaged and such focus has an implication of excluding refugees from benefiting from socio - economic scheme.

As noted, LD by definition can not stem from certain conditions that commonly impede learning: mental deficiency; emotional disturbance; visual or hearing impairments; inadequate teaching; and cultural, social, or economic disadvantages.

Voluntary action, free from direct economic benefits, is characterized by intrinsic motivations which promote, primarily by altruism focused towards the improvement of the social situation of certain human groups that are generally at a disadvantage against the human group which comes from the volunteer.

When asked which measures would most likely improve social mobility and help disadvantaged young people get on in life, almost half of respondents (47 per cent) chose «high - quality teaching in comprehensive schools», ahead of two social mobility policies adopted by the main parties in the recent election.

Civil society has a critical role to play in social mobilization, raising public awareness, bringing marginalized voices to the centre, holding governments to account for their commitments, by scrutinizing spending, ensuring transparency in governance and budgeting, and developing innovative approaches to help advance the right to education, especially for the most disadvantaged.

Education policy needs to take account of the differing experiences that children have in their communities and at home, and not assume that schools alone can overcome the multiple and significant challenges posed by poverty and social disadvantage.

Of course, schools and government will need to address social inequalities by ensuring disadvantaged pupils have access to tech outside of school, another challenge in itself.

E.D. Hirsch, Jr., has long been making the social justice case for giving disadvantaged children access to the knowledge and language that have long been assumed by the privileged and powerful.

Large - scale initiatives, such as the community schools movement, are also designed to increase disadvantaged families» involvement in school by making the school a hub of social services for the neighborhood.

The report argues that this is because disadvantaged young people are constantly held back by social mobility hurdles their wealthier peers do not face.

«Social Security and Medicare have done a lot for the most disadvantaged but at the same time they were embraced by the middle class because there was a sense that we were all in it together.

These findings echo those of earlier evaluations by the Royal National Children's Foundation (RNCF), 2007, and Claire Maxwell et al. in which improvements were seen in the academic attainment, social skills, self - esteem and resilience of disadvantaged children placed in boarding schools.

As a report by the National Research Council notes, «compared with Whites of similar social status, Blacks tend to live in systematically disadvantaged neighborhoods, even within suburbs.»

The report expands on existing evidence linking parents» economic resources to children's school readiness by showing that, in addition to gaps in cognitive skills such as math and reading, gaps in noncognitive skills like persistence, self - control, and social skills exist between socioeconomically disadvantaged and advantaged children.

In an essay published by Education Next this week, I reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Coleman report by asking if social policy can effectively counter the influence of family disadvantage in order to achieve a more egalitarian society.

Her research has been guided by an interest in the relationship between the social environment and psychological adjustment in childhood, with a particular emphasis on children growing up in situations of social and economic disadvantage.

The idea that disadvantaged children struggle to learn because of poor executive brain function involving memory, thinking flexibility, and behavioral issues related to autism and other attention disorders has long been lamented by social workers and health advocates.

Save the Children UK has implemented The Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme that aims to increase the social capital of disadvantaged families by bringing together children, parents and schools in a series of after - school activities.

Perhaps less obvious but just as important are costs associated with social and economic exclusion of certain communities, many of whom were disadvantaged by poor transportation decisions in the past.

The idea that disadvantaged children struggle to learn because of poor executive brain function involving memory, thinking flexibility, and behavioral issues related to autism and other attention disorders has long been lamented by social workers and health advocates.

Founded by artist Mark Bradford, philanthropist Eileen Harris Norton, and social activist Allan Di Castro, Art + Practice aims to educate and prepare disadvantaged foster youth -LSB-.....]

This pop up museum will hit a new city every three months and creates a participatory experience by presenting a mobile cultural center that brings the best of Israel's contemporary art scene to Israel's social and geographic periphery, enabling it to connect even to the most disadvantaged parts of Israeli society.

The social foundations of children's mental and physical health and well - being are threatened by climate change because of: effects of sea level rise and decreased biologic diversity on the economic viability of agriculture, tourism, and indigenous communities; water scarcity and famine; mass migrations; decreased global stability46; and potentially increased violent conflict.47 These effects will likely be greatest for communities already experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.48

But by avoiding frustrating tasks such as networking or social media marketing, you are putting your firm at a disadvantage.

This model views disability as a social disadvantage imposed on a person by an unsupportive environment: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2012: Concepts and Methods Guide: online, Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-654-x/89-654-x2014001-eng.htm; see also Law Commission of Ontario, A Framework for the Law as it Affects Persons with Disabilities - Advancing Substantive Equality for Persons with Disabilities through Law, Policy and Practice, Final Report (September 2012)[LCO Disabilities Report]: online, Law Commission of Ontario, http://www.lco-cdo.org/persons-disabilities-final-report.pdf.

Having been involved in supportive, social housing for a number of years, I am aware of the difficulties encountered by those who are disadvantaged when trying to deal with the legal system.

One consequence of these attitudes is the persistent social and economic disadvantage faced by the disabled.

However, the barriers experienced by New Canadians are often disproportionately greater because of their different and disadvantaged economic, social, and cultural circumstances.

IntoUniversity: a charity aiming to develop the skills required to go to university among those disadvantaged by their economic, social, linguistic or cultural background.

TeachFirst is a social enterprise and registered as a charity, and they're aim is to address educational disadvantage by working to place young graduates in primary and secondary skills in England and Wales.

So how have the new arrangements matched with the rhetoric and begun to demonstrate their potential to impact on the social and economic disadvantage experienced by Indigenous Australians?