Sentences with phrase «when violence against women»

It's not healthy or safe when violence against women and children, and discrimination and racism are so prevalent.

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She is also a formidable voice for women's empowerment in Turkey, a nation with one of the worst gender gaps in the workplace; the university founded and chaired by Sabancı made headlines last year when it published a report on the impact of domestic violence against white - collar working women in Turkey.

Asked why the team would continue employing Sneed when, already having pled guilty to criminal charges for violence against one woman, he allegedly physically assaulted another woman — who was also a team employee — Pittman declined comment.

Dr Barry Morgan, along with the incoming Children's Commissioner Professor Sally Holland and other prominent Welsh figures, urged politicians to repeal the legal defence of «reasonable punishment» when they vote on the Violence Against Women bill.

To claim that the lighting of a national Christmas tree each year makes this country «a Christian nation,» while its powerful systematically oppress the poor, turn away refugees, incite violence against religious and ethnic minorities, molest and harass women and girls and call them liars when they dare to speak up, is, in the words of the prophet Amos, sickening to God.

Ten years ago I was shocked when a woman confessed that she feared she would use physical violence against her own children.

This truth is important today, when global forces are constraining women's lives as never before, Amnesty International put it succinctly when it launched a 2004 global campaign to stop violence against women: «From the battlefield to the bedroom, women are at risk.»

When Faludi touches on the rise in female poverty (directly correlated with the rise in female - headed households» there's no doubt about this relationship), the rise in violence against women, the rise of eating disorders, she blames it all on The Backlash.

Best Reflection: Jenny Rae Armstrong at Red Letter Christians with «Liberia, The Nobel Peace Prize, and Me» «That's when I realized that violence against women isn't a social problem; it is a spiritual problem, a highly - contagious disease that eats away at the hearts, souls, minds and bodies of humanity.

Religion makes it seem like it is upholding traditional values, when in fact it is promoting rampant hate, discrimination, and violence against women.

Right wing men, who rarely comment on issues involving violence against women, suddenly become very interested in them when the perpetrators are non-white or non-British.

Who is MP Philip Davies, why is he opposing the violence against women bill and when else has he filibustered?

When the Syracuse University community gathers tomorrow to talk about sexual violence against women, the main message will be delivered by a man: Vice President Joe Biden, who graduated from SU law school in 1968.

How seriously can we take male violence against women and girls, when we collude with rapists and domestic abusers by refusing to mention their crimes, and instead offer them acting roles, sporting contracts, record deals and awards?

Despite important law changes on violence against women, there has been lots of rhetoric but not much action when it comes to improving women's rights in the UK.

When she became the UK's second female home secretary, Theresa May spoke at the Women's Aid conference promising «actions not words» on violence against women and wider equaWomen's Aid conference promising «actions not words» on violence against women and wider equawomen and wider equality.

The Liberal Democrat party's response to complaints made against Lord Rennard has been «disappointing» at a time when a string of high - profile sex abuses had highlighted the issue, the End Violence Against Women Coalition haagainst Lord Rennard has been «disappointing» at a time when a string of high - profile sex abuses had highlighted the issue, the End Violence Against Women Coalition haAgainst Women Coalition has said.

And Michael Mazzola suggests that «trivial proscriptions» like the one offered by Stratton only delay the day when serious measures to counter injustices such as violence against women are implemented.

When it was pointed out to me that the U.S. National Violence Against Women Survey reported that 60 % of cyberstalking victims were women, I realized that we all have a responsibility as friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter to take notice if any of our digital friends are in troWomen Survey reported that 60 % of cyberstalking victims were women, I realized that we all have a responsibility as friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter to take notice if any of our digital friends are in trowomen, I realized that we all have a responsibility as friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter to take notice if any of our digital friends are in trouble.

At a time when Hollywood couldn't be more sensitive about the sexual abuse meted out by powerful men, this is a film about the very worst sexual violence against women, with McDormand playing a grieving and furiously angry mother still mourning her pretty daughter, who was raped and murdered by an unknown attacker.

It speaks volumes about the silence in society when it comes to violence against women in general.

-LSB-...] it can not be taken for granted that all of the Qadis in the Somali Republic are cognisant of, or observe, all international human rights, particularly when the Somali Republic is not a signatory of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence against Women (Academy for Peace and Development, 2002)

This violence against women proceeds to even a level where she loses the right to decide when to reproduce.

In the Street Fighter games, for instance, when Chun - Li and Ryu fight each other, this isn't considered violence against women, because the two characters are presented as being on more or less equal footing, and because Chun - Li is an active participant who isn't being targeted or attacked specifically because she's a woman.

Additionally, when climate - related disputes over affected resources arise, women are the most likely to be sidelined along with an increased amount of domestic and community - linked violence against them.

We are proud that the coalition's intervention in the inquiry has challenged the erosion of hard - won legal progress for survivors» rights and defended women's entitlement to the full protection of the law when reporting sexual violence perpetrated against them.

Although research findings on prevalence are inconclusive, they generally find that women and men report similar levels of violence when the contexts, motives and consequences are not considered.6 When they are considered, studies assessing IPV perpetrated by men compared to women often report gender differences regarding the types of violence, reasons for the violence, context in which the violence occurs and consequences of the violence.6, 7 For example, studies assessing differences in IPV find men's violence against women to be more severe, threatening and controlling8 — 10 and involve longer - lasting victimisation, fear of bodily injury or death, more injuries and more adverse health effects.5, 11, 12 It has also been found that women tend to use physical violence out of anger, not being able to get the partner's attention or in self - defence and retaliation, 11 whereas men often use it as a means to exercise coercive control.13when the contexts, motives and consequences are not considered.6 When they are considered, studies assessing IPV perpetrated by men compared to women often report gender differences regarding the types of violence, reasons for the violence, context in which the violence occurs and consequences of the violence.6, 7 For example, studies assessing differences in IPV find men's violence against women to be more severe, threatening and controlling8 — 10 and involve longer - lasting victimisation, fear of bodily injury or death, more injuries and more adverse health effects.5, 11, 12 It has also been found that women tend to use physical violence out of anger, not being able to get the partner's attention or in self - defence and retaliation, 11 whereas men often use it as a means to exercise coercive control.13When they are considered, studies assessing IPV perpetrated by men compared to women often report gender differences regarding the types of violence, reasons for the violence, context in which the violence occurs and consequences of the violence.6, 7 For example, studies assessing differences in IPV find men's violence against women to be more severe, threatening and controlling8 — 10 and involve longer - lasting victimisation, fear of bodily injury or death, more injuries and more adverse health effects.5, 11, 12 It has also been found that women tend to use physical violence out of anger, not being able to get the partner's attention or in self - defence and retaliation, 11 whereas men often use it as a means to exercise coercive control.13, 14

Langton said an Alcohol Management Plan at Napranum in Cape York had reduced violence against women; Thirsty Thursdays, when licensees agreed not to sell alcohol takeaway, had had the same impact.

Other studies paint an equally dismal picture when it comes to the impact of porn on male violence against women.

When I sought to understand why so many mothers who were victims of violence were blamed and often hated by their children, I found myself identifying and naming a phenomenon that had been virtually unnamed in the literature on violence against women.

Dineen is a problem in some respects in that she is spot - on when it comes to her analyses of MHP science and related issues, but she decidedly skews her focus toward an antagonism against women's rights - type therapists without similarly critiquing «the other side», and toward an overly heavy - handedly skeptical view of sex abuse and domestic violence accusations, without any indication of a balanced consideration of the many MHP abuses on «the other side».

«When men lend their voices to help stop violence against women, it sends a powerful message,» says Shanan Spencer - Brown, executive director of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation.