Sentences with phrase «systematic abuse of»

Yesterday, Iowa joined nine other states and the federal government in combatting plaintiffs» lawyers» systematic abuse of the $ 30 billion asbestos trust system....

Breitz wrote on Facebook that it would be «morally remiss» of her «to remain silent in the context of the current conversation that is taking place around the Australian government's ongoing and systematic abuse of refugees.»

Puppy mills and the outlets that support their greed represent the systematic abuse of the animals in them which by the way are classified as LIVESTOCK and not protected under companion animal laws but under the AWA which is inadequate and even those low standards are not enforced.

Harriet Harman has insisted the «culture» responsible for systematic abuse of MPs» expenses will be destroyed by current reforms.

For them, the systematic abuse of these girls may have been, in essence, a twisted form of self - empowerment.

But today, consumer angst seems tangible and rising, and attention is turning to the corporate - governance structures — or lack thereof — that permitted what many consider to be the systematic abuse of society's data and trust.

The premise of the Nunes memo is that the FBI and DOJ corruptly sought a FISA warrant on a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, Carter Page, and deliberately misled the court as part of a systematic abuse of the FISA process.

We have been pursuing complaints regarding Nestlé's systematic abuses of human rights with these bodies to no effect.

It has been pursuing complaints regarding Nestlé's systematic abuses of human rights in the way it markets its baby milks for five years.

Not exact matches

Does a brutal dictatorship in the Horn of Africa, featuring systematic slavery and more generally an awful record of human rights abuse sound like a place you want to do business?

The government and the Popular Mobilisation forces say a limited number of violations had occurred and were investigated, but they deny abuses were widespread and systematic.

Why aren't you calling for Catholics to talk about their scandals on their websites or for Catholic people to donate money to victims of widespread and systematic abuse by Priests?

After receiving a 500 - page report on Eritrea's abuses last summer, the UN Human Rights Council extended its inquiry for another year, focusing on whether the «systematic, widespread, and gross violations of human rights» may add up to «crimes against humanity.»

But let me also be clear, I'm thankful I never had to wrestle with that part of my identity and suffer the abuse, bullying and systematic degradation of my existence that I've seen so many go through.

Then, this spring, came a systematic series of attacks on the Church - given massive force by the Internet - with co-ordinated media stories purporting to show the Holy Father's failure to grapple with the problem of sexual abuse by the clergy, and across websites and blogs, and leader articles and opinion - columns, came calls for his resignation.

For these unfortunate individuals, systematic emotional, sexual, financial or psychological abuse was so deeply inculcated in their families and cultures of origin, that despite the devastation done to their lives they had NO IDEA that they were the victims of abuse.

The HomVEE systematic review of evidence found that there are studies of HFA and NFP that included measures of substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect.

«Nevertheless, safeguarding the reputation, integrity and good efforts of the Global Compact and its participants requires transparent means to handle credible allegations of systematic or egregious abuse of the Global Compact's overall aims and principles.»

Lesbian, gay, bi and trans people face systematic abuse when all they seek is fairness,» Andre Banks, executive director and co-founder of All Out, said from New York.

The commission found widespread and systematic abuse in inflating school rolls to beef up the allocation of state dollars - including adding the names of dead children to the roster of students showing up to class every day.

«Buffalo is a conservative, Catholic town... I hope this provides a platform for more conversation to take place about the systematic problem of childhood sexual abuse,» he said.

The governor, in the announcement of the proposal, directly referred to the «excesses and systematic abuse» in the Wells Fargo case, where employees used customer information to create fake bank accounts and inflate their figures.

There is no significant difference in the prevalence of verbal abuse in the workplace between men and women, according to a systematic review of the literature conducted by researchers at the Institut universitaire de santé mentale de Montréal and the University of Montreal.

Jean Maria Arrigo, who confronted systematic efforts by the American Psychological Association (APA) to allow and conceal the involvement of psychologists in the torture and abuse of detainees following the September 11 attacks, has been awarded the 2015 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award...

Bravery in the face of adversity is also a key theme in first time director Nanfu Wang's startling documentary, «Hooligan Sparrow,» a film about female activism and dissent in China and the systematic sexual abuse of children.

Spotlight calmly and powerfully traces the work of a group of dogged Boston Globe journalists in 2001, who were determined to expose the systematic cover - up of child abuse in the local Catholic Church.

Once out of the woods, their quirks seem more akin to examples of systematic abuse patterns and terrible parenting - a visit to Ben's sister (an ever delightful Kathryn Hahn) reveals his need for constant superiority.

«We are only now waking up to the full scale of systematic abuse, inequity and sexual harassment based on gender and power... abuse that hurts us all.

Human Rights Watch report3 notes that while its research hasn't found «a pattern of abuse that could be considered systematic» the rights body «findings raises serious concerns about abuses by AMISOM4 soldiers against Somali women and girls» with survivors of sexual exploitation expressing feelings of «powerless» to fearing «retaliation or retribution, as well as the stigma and shame that the abuse could bring» and others, despite being engaged in exploitive relationships feared loosing «their only source of income» (HRW, 2014, September, p. 25).

«This low proportion of Latino employees who work for an employer that offers health benefits suggests that Latinos experience a systematic disadvantage in the labor market — an apparent form of labor market inequity or abuse.»

What hurts us all is accepting the systematic abuse by people.in positions of power and celebrities.

In chapters 3 through 6, we'll survey some of the more systematic wrongs inflicted on animals — factory farming, animal fighting, and the abuse of pets and wildlife — and we'll see how some of these evils are being confronted and overcome through the power of democracy and the rule of law.

This has sealed the fate of countless dogs who face prejudice, systematic abuse and death in shelters around the world.

Moreover, for speaking the truth about neglect, abuse and needless killing in shelters and for PETA's systematic slaughter of thousands of animals every year, the same people who have made these allegations have called me a «piece of shit,» threatened violence against me (one of them wrote an article called «Nathan Winograd Should be Beheaded) and threatened to kill my dog.

Aside of the relatively trivial subject matter — compared to NSA's systematic abuses, for example — it works as a sharp commentary on the economics of sharing in general (the information you share is Facebook's main asset) and the subtle manipulation of users» behavior happening through interfaces.

Video installation in conjunction with Glenn Ligon's A Small Band Presented by Black Cinema House at the Stony Island Arts Bank Here we screen works that reflect on the capacity of Black people to speak truth to power, to address systematic abuses to and through their bodies, and the bodies of others.

Given the level of systematic abuse coral reefs have sustained over the last few decades, helping to rehabilitate them by administering - in essence - a form of shock treatment hardly seems like a good idea.

Although the new decision here in Ontario for paralegals may help with this in part, the reality is that the underlying issues behind family law, including widespread abuses of the system and lack of accountability for both parties and their representatives, will require more systematic changes for there to be truly and significant improvements.

She argued that the social media - driven campaign to raise awareness of the prevalence of sexual abuse and effect systematic change made it nigh - impossible to «select a jury that is untainted by the veritable flood of reporting on the subject».

The bill reflects a bipartisan recognition of the need to address systematic patent litigation abuses.

However, few systematic studies have directly examined the effect of parental substance abuse treatment on their children.

The HomVEE systematic review of evidence found that there are studies of HFA and NFP that included measures of substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect.

As defined by a Houston victim legal advocacy agency, Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence Fact Sheet: Domestic abuse is a systematic pattern of intentional intimidation that is reinforced by violence or the threat of violence, for the purpose of gaining or maintaining power and control over one's parAbuse, Domestic Violence Fact Sheet: Domestic abuse is a systematic pattern of intentional intimidation that is reinforced by violence or the threat of violence, for the purpose of gaining or maintaining power and control over one's parabuse is a systematic pattern of intentional intimidation that is reinforced by violence or the threat of violence, for the purpose of gaining or maintaining power and control over one's partner.

Chen, L.P., Murad, H., Paras, M.L., Colbenson, K.M., Sattler, A.L., Goranson, E.N., Elamin, M.B., Seime, R.J., Shinozaki, G., Prokop, L.J. and Zirakzadeh, A. (2010) Sexual abuse and lifetime diagnosis of psychiatric disorders: Systematic review and meta - analysis.

A systematic review of qualitative literature exploring the links between child sexual abuse and substance misuse as an occupation in adulthood

year Publication year, N total sample size, #ES amount of effect sizes, AC child age category of the child at the start of the program, Design research design, PCDC parent child development centers, CB community - based, CPEP child — parent enrichment project, FGDM family group decision making, HS healthy start, PCIT parent — child interaction therapy, CBFRS community - based family resource service, PUP parents under pressure, SEEK safe environment for every kid, HF healthy families, STEP systematic training for effective parenting, TPBP teen parents and babies program, TEEP Turkish early enrichment project, IFPS intensive family preservation services, ACT adults and children together, CBT cognitive behavioral therapy, PSBCT parent skills with behavioral couples therapy, PCTT parents and children talking together, FIRST family information, referral and support team, NFP nurse family partnership, HSYC healthy steps for young children, REACH resources, education and care in the home, PMD parents make the difference, CPC child — parent center, MST - BSF multisystemic therapy — building stronger families, PriCARE primary child — adult relationship enhancement, SSTP stepping stones Triple P, CAMP Colorado adolescent maternity program, STEEP steps toward effective and enjoyable parenting, FGC family group conferences, MST - CAN multisystemic therapy for child abuse and neglect, PAT parent as teachers, CM case management, CPS child protective services, NS not specified, QE quasi-experimental, RCT randomized controlled trial, R risk group, GP general population, M maltreating parents

However, the studies in this systematic review grouped experience of CSA together as a homogenous group with only six reporting any characteristics of the CSA participants and only one study (Douglas 2000) reporting analyses between CSA characteristics, finding no significant difference between scores on the PSI for intra and extra-familial abuse.

McMillan A. S., Barlow J., Stewart - Brown S. L., Carter Y., Sidebotham P. and Paul M. (2008) Systematic review of interventions for the secondary prevention and treatment of emotional abuse of children by primary carers.