Sentences with phrase «social problems of poverty»

Unless we are talking about «good» marriages, getting couples married will not provide a solution either to social problems of poverty or to individual problems of child behavior.

Hawkins has also said that many of the problems with schools in disadvantaged communities are attributable to the broader social problems of poverty and segregation.

Not exact matches

Social entrepreneurship contests: Entrepreneurs working on solving global problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annually.

Yes, of course, there was the poverty of the underclass - but the conventional wisdom of the time viewed that as a social rather than an economic problem.

We acknowledge that the people of the world have shown in different ways an urgent need to address profound social problems, especially poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, that affect every country.

But at the same time, moral issues of major proportions are the daily bill of fare in newspapers and on television, and our nation seems infected with social problems that have a deep religious dimension: poverty, pollution, discrimination, runaway technology, to name a few.

We are forced to conclude that a major reason that clergymen high on doctrinalism are so unlikely to preach about the problems of race, war and poverty is that they see such problems as mundane in contrast to the joys of the world to come, and besides, they believe these social ills would take care of themselves if enough men were brought to Christ.

New evidence suggests that divorce, single parenthood and out - of - wedlock births are strongly correlated with one of the greatest social problems of our time — the feminization of poverty.

The social doctrine teaches that the problem of poverty is best addressed by empowerment: enabling poor people to enter the circle of productivity and exchange in society.

The fact that poverty remains a serious problem in the United States after the federal government has spent $ 22 trillion dollars on social welfare programs over the past fifty years should have taught us all something about the complex problems of empowering the poor.

But when they switch to other religious faiths and experience the same distinctions — albeit in different forms — they realize that such a change neither improves their social status nor remedies their economic problems of unemployment and poverty — the real source of their social discrimination.

In this way the problem of poverty is social and cultural as well as economic and political.

They are obsessed with the question of social justice and the problem of poverty.

The social scientists do, however, reveal a dimension of the moral problem of poverty that the other three books neglect.

We can be part of the solution, but we can not solve poverty here or in the US on our own, and we can not ask farmers to bear the brunt of the cost equation to solve this serious social problem.

«The Poverty Clinic,» [PDF] March 21, 2011 «In the view of Burke and the researchers she has been following, many of the problems that we think of as social issues — and therefore the province of economists and sociologists — might better be addressed on the molecular level.»

I had always been interested in the issue of urban poverty — when you live in New York City, it's impossible to ignore — but it looked like one of those social problems without a real solution.

Riots, Communities and Victims Panel Report Commenting on the independent report which emerged today from the Riots, Communities and Victims Panel, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While many teachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is to teach.

It was a compelling literary attempt to address the more undesirable impacts of industrialism, namely the problems of urban poverty and widening social inequalities.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 caused great economic and social problems, including widespread unemployment and poverty.

Social Liberal Forum campaigns on welfare and food poverty illustrate the need for that document to look forwards as well as back; to solve problems left by Conservatives» espousal of regressive policies.

WHEREAS, poverty is recognized as a leading cause of or contributing factor to many social problems, including but not limited to substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, improper nutrition, obesity, improper health care and criminal conduct; and

Poverty and social exclusion - the EU's theme for 2010 - are «structural problems not solvable by charity or by sticking - plaster handouts of welfare payments, however necessary they may be in the short term».

The employment and engagement of the experts in the area who will help the affected patients and those who would need professional advice according to the Association of Medical Social Workers of Nigeria, (AMSWON) will help to reduce the rising cases of psycho - social problems; divorce, poverty, malnutrition, juvenile delinquency, rape, examination malpractices, cultism, violence and prostitution among oSocial Workers of Nigeria, (AMSWON) will help to reduce the rising cases of psycho - social problems; divorce, poverty, malnutrition, juvenile delinquency, rape, examination malpractices, cultism, violence and prostitution among osocial problems; divorce, poverty, malnutrition, juvenile delinquency, rape, examination malpractices, cultism, violence and prostitution among others.

is RECOGNIZING that the mayoral control «reform» — like previous efforts to change the system's governance without clearly articulating the educational purpose of the reform or facing society's deep systemic problems of poverty and racism — still leaves the city with schools that fail to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of our students;

So they looked at people who'd been born in states with high infant mortality rates — an indicator of social problems like poverty and limited access to medical care.

There were several reasons for that like poverty, need and big social problems in Russia and Ukraine of 1990 - s.

Racially segregated high - poverty schools tend to be overrun with social problems, have a hard time finding and retaining good teachers, are associated with high dropout rates, and are less effective than diverse schools at intervening in problems outside of school that undermine learning.

In many of those countries which are comparatively poor, but the happiness level is high, Bhutan is one of them, Sweden, Bangladesh, even Nepal who has been facing so much problems and poverty, the many countries in the world, also in south Asia, where the happiness level is high, I think the social fabrics, connectivity among the people, brings them more sense of security, more sense of cooperation, and eventually leads to the level of happiness.

She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and of the journal Social Problems, and also currently serves on the Social Science Advisory Board of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, as well as the National Coalition on School Diversity.

But, the privatizers had a problem: public schools were not failing fast enough, and in some cases, despite the ravages of institutional racism, poverty, joblessness, crime, and social and family upheavals, they were actually successful.

On one side, there are people like New York University professor / former Deputy U.S. Education Secretary Diane Ravitch who argue that larger social ills such as poverty, joblessness, economic despair and lack of health coverage negatively affect educational achievement, and that until those problems are addressed, schools will never be able to produce the results we want.

According to the CIA Factbook, «comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep - seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production.»

Instead of making paintings that depicted poverty and social problems (which I couldn't solve) for rich people to collect, I addressed social concerns by having people on the street intervene and help complete participatory, shared works, as I called them back then.

The central argument is that, since widespread poverty is no longer a problem, social democracy is irrelevant and what is needed is a postmaterialist politics of wellbeing.

Two spectacular low energy social housing units looking out over Ulva Ferry's breath - taking surroundings prove to be a superb response to local problems of fuel poverty and lack of affordable family housing.

Biofuels, they argue, may exacerbate the problems of social inequality and poverty, particularly in Africa, as well as climate change, including environmental degradation.

«It is far less important than other social problems such as poverty, infectious diseases, deforestation, extinction of species on land and in the sea, not to mention war, nuclear weapons and biological weapons.

Social welfare campaigners often overstate the extent of poverty, hoping that appreciation of the magnitude of the problem will spur the public or politicians into doing something about it.

Economic reforms began to tackle Brazil's foreign and domestic debt head - on, address the problems of poverty and social justice, put the country on a firm economic footing, and finally, strive towards a responsible environmental policy — the latter being hailed as being among the most progressive in the world.

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2015 — Global climate change will aggravate problems such as poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, ineffectual leadership and weak political institutions that threaten stability in a number of countries, according to a report the Defense Department sent to Congress yesterday.

This approach is not effective to deal with what government faces in the context of «wicked» problems and complex adaptive social systems (think homelessness, hunger, poverty, climate change, family justice).

People's legal issues are shaped by social and economic factors like poverty, marginalization, mental health issues, and familial relationships, among others, all of which contribute to the complexity of the problem.

Common issues that clients of Family Service Worker deal with are poverty, substance abuse, unemployment, social adjustment, medical conditions, and mental health problems.

When accounting for other factors, such as parental behavior, poverty accounts for up to 50 percent of children's academic, social and behavioral problems.

The real problem with citizenship rights, a problem I point out time and again in my Native Title and Social Justice Reports, is that they are not capable of transforming the poverty and destitution that marks so many Aboriginal peoples» lives.

In 2010, more than 1 in 5 children were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and return has been determined to be a risk factor for behavioral and emotional problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful experiences.

While many reasons can be cited from the economic recession, to poverty, to a lack of available housing; it is important to recognize the role of trauma in this social problem.

This is why our goal is to propel the cause of the family by concentrating on social problems such as divorce, poverty, school dropout, street gangs, environment, delinquency, health and family mediation.

Some of our nation's costliest social problems — like child abuse and neglect, school failure, poverty, unemployment, and crime — are rooted in early childhood.