Sentences with phrase «vulnerable segments»

In our society, the disabled and elderly are an extremely vulnerable segment of our population.

One of the more vulnerable segments: momentum stocks.

I wish that the Church were more focused on removing pedophile priests than punishing women who often serve the most vulnerable segments of society.

«They seem to be an extremely vulnerable segment of the workforce, with no institution backing then up,» said Samuelsen.

One of those studies will examine whether a particularly vulnerable segment of the U.S. population — the elderly who live alone — benefit from having an adopted cat.

When she questioned Bill Blair about what the government was doing to ensure that Bill C - 45 does not discriminate against vulnerable segments of the Canadian population, Mr. Blair responded that the government was concerned about this issue and would be addressing it, after consultation with the public.

Elementary - aged children represent an especially vulnerable segment of the population when it comes to mental health barriers.

The Human Right Watch report brings froth the pervasive nature of sexual violence in the country that has had no central government since 1994 with the most vulnerable segment of her population with nowhere to turn to.

For the last several years, NHTSA has joined with Safe Kids to sponsor a national effort to educate parents and caregivers about this little - known risk to the most vulnerable segment of our population.

The other instills fear in a vulnerable segment part of the population.

It started as a bill and went through the first reading, second reading, public hearing to which all stakeholders were brought together to debate it and some of the relieves we have seen were part of the debate expressed by the stakeholders about the need to protect the vulnerable segment of the society.

In the case of self - published authors and their dealings with major retailers such as Amazon, I see erotica writers as being that most vulnerable segment.

He said «Adopting the same Gladue approach for Canadians of African descent may also not yield the desired outcome,» adding, «Investments in improving socioeconomic, cultural and political rights of vulnerable segments of the Canadian population may be a better approach.»

«Changes in retailing are in their early stages, yet doomsday scenarios splashed across news headlines are being extrapolated to the entire industry rather than to its most vulnerable segments,» Reagen pointed out in the report.