Sentences with phrase «understand differences in society»

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This exposure to contemporary Asia has created a new bottom - up understanding of that region's cultures and societies, a stark difference from the more distant and top - down view our parents may have had when they were in their 20s and 30s.

To understand the role of Islam in society one must first realize that Islam is a universal religion in which all Muslims are brothers, regardless of differences in homeland, race, color, or rank.

There are fundamental differences between the two regarding the nature and purpose of marriage, which in a secular society means, inevitably, that the state's understanding of marriage is going to prevail, and be enforced by coercive measures.

The difference between education understood only as training in technical skills within the ideology of the economic growth and education for promoting a technical society within the framework of a culture of «scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform», is indeed great.

«Understanding racial differences in behaviors that affect men's health is an important step toward reducing health disparities among U.S. men,» says study lead author Roland J. Thorpe Jr., PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Program for Men's Health Research at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.

Overall, these findings shed light on the role of ethnic and gender differences in the appraisal of nonverbal behaviors, and extend our understanding of factors that may lead to successful social interaction in the context of growing diversity in our society.

Ernest Melby at Florida Atlantic University gave me the insight to understand that we can make a difference in society by directing children at an early age.

On several occasions, I offered outspoken for views in contradiction to the Humane Society of the United States., which I later understood, made a difference.

This analytical report aims to analyze the origins and characteristics of the carbon and water footprints in order to understand their similarities and differences and to derive lessons on how society and business can adequately build on the two concepts.

-- that the problems of society at large can be solved by channelling huge amounts of money not through the decision making processes of the individual whose problems you are trying to solve, but through a vast bureaucracy controlled by a de facto elite who are not necessarily acting in anyone's interests but their own, don't necessarily listen to the real problems of the individual, and even if they do, don't understand enough about the actual situation to make any difference at all?

Historically, society has understood the experience of disability as rooted in the individual and has analyzed his / her difference in bio-medical terms.

However, by recognizing the difference in these statuses and separating moral from professional judgment, defence lawyers understand the need to advocate for these vulnerable, pre-judged members of society.

Real Time Learning empowers young Australians to best understand through their engagement with STEM and Entrepreneurship how they can make a difference in a modern and constantly changing society.