Sentences with phrase «such vulnerable girls»

Addressing supporters of the governing NDC at Savelugu in the Northern Region, President Mahama said the promise to provide free temporary housing for such vulnerable girls is insulting to the dignity of northern girls.

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Others have found that boys are more vulnerable than girls to the long - term impact of maltreatment in childhood, and the risk of such boys becoming antisocial in later life seems to be related to a gene on the X chromosome, although not one that is imprinted.

Widespread access to current HIV prevention technologies is limited among groups most vulnerable to HIV infection such as women and adolescent girls.

They should ensure that vulnerable groups that have previously been marginalized in allocation of resources such as women, girls and the disabled are also catered for and their property rights protected.

Artist peers such as Yuri Masnyj (former classmate from Cooper Union) and Benjamin Degen (Gangloff's husband), as well as rising actor Christopher Abbott (of «Girls» fame) have all served as characters in her work, beautifully captured in a variety of vulnerable, pensive, and introspective states.

Similarly regarding gender, it has been found that boys are more vulnerable than girls (Elbedour et al., 1993; El Habir et al., 1994) and where under conditions of accumulative risk factors such as injury through political violence and physical violence or maternal depression in the family unit, boys are particularly vulnerable to emotional and behavioural problems (Garbarino & Kostelny, 1996).