4. Macro societal response

7 (e) Economic and societal benefits

Fundamental changes in societal attitudes are necessary.

Many of these organizations suffer from a lack of effective mechanisms for collective cooperation, and are divided by their respective positioning in relation to different societal groups and political affiliations.

b. Cross sectoral issues, including contribution to the societal agenda

The Committee is concerned that societal discrimination persists against vulnerable groups of children, including children with disabilities, those living in institutions or in poverty, migrants and asylum seekers with no formal residence permits.

Our traditional societal heroes are wrong, because they are the exceptions.

In addition to these, there also exists a societal reverence for motherhood.

Women derived their status and identity from their societal roles, including maternity.

Society will be exposed to putrid legislation and that will affect the societal equilibrium .

The Committee is also concerned that societal discrimination persists against vulnerable groups of children, including children with disabilities, street and rural children, children born out of wedlock, orphans and fostered children and children affected or infected by HIV AIDS.

The report claimed that the disadvantages women faced resulted purely from societal beliefs and attitudes.

Women continue to be excluded in extreme and significant ways from basic rights and societal benefits.

The exclusion of women from all levels of societal decision making is linked to their disempowerment.

The issue of changing societal attitudes towards women will be an integral component of this project.

They are also involved in the dissemination of information and coordination with societal and State institutions.

Societal values were already being eroded by the abuse of advances in communication and information technology.

Today, by adhering to those very values, Bangladesh itself is undergoing a quiet but significant societal transformation.

Bearing in mind that volunteering is one of the important ways in which people participate in societal development,

The societal impacts relate notably to human migration and economic refugees, leading to deepening poverty and political instability.

It was stressed that expressions like situations of destabilizing civil unrest or societal breakdown would themselves require definition.

As societal structures and common norms of behaviour gradually break down, the vulnerability of the population increases sharply.

A woman's value is less than that of a man and her inferiority is embedded in societal structures.

There are however societal attitudes, which sometimes hinder women's access to healthcare in some remote and underdeveloped areas.

And the benefit to the sponsors is the sum of the publicity and societal benefits over the long term.

And the problem is, we're still working through, from a societal standpoint, how we allow people to be available.

There is also a cross sectional lack of awareness and entrenched societal attitudes relating to women and women's rights.

Within this increasingly ambiguous and interdependent environment, lives progress along many planes biological, psychological, societal, political, cultural and spiritual.

Then, when the prize is actually won, after it's moving, you get societal benefits, you know, new technology, new capability.

Conversely, some disasters have been instrumental in aggravating societal tensions, as was the case in Nicaragua after the 1972 earthquake.

Achieving the health and nutrition related Millennium Development Goals requires political, institutional and societal solutions as well as technical ones.

It had also focused on raising public awareness of the terrorist threat and on strengthening societal harmony and national resilience.

This has all been made possible thanks to the culture of peace that is deeply rooted in our societal heritage.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) had proved to be a particularly suitable learning and societal participation tool for children with disabilities.

Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women on both individual and societal levels.

Those traditions have contributed to the emergence of a secular democracy that in itself serves as a bulwark against societal tensions.

The flipside of this is that constantly being told that you are gifted, chosen and born to rule has distinct societal downsides.

Women are prohibited from essential forms of societal participation while they are the most vulnerable to social stress, deprivation, poverty and violence.

34. General Recommendations No. 3 and No. 21 also touch upon cultural and societal attitudes which may result in violence against women.

The Committee is concerned that societal discrimination and cultural practices persist against vulnerable groups of children, in particular girls, children born out of wedlock, children with disabilities, children belonging to ethnic minorities and children from poor and rural families, and that the measures taken to prevent and combat this discrimination are insufficient.

Recognizing that domestic violence against women is, inter alia, a societal problem and a manifestation of unequal power relations between women and men,

UNICEF will also strengthen its support of the appropriate role of children and young people themselves as partners and participants in societal decision making.

Well, that's one equal group, two equal groups, three equal groups, and four equal groups.

Therefore, references to matters that fell within the domestic jurisdiction of States, such as situations of destabilizing civil unrest and societal breakdown, should be avoided.

Staff participated in panels organized by the diplomatic and academic communities on illicit trade in small arms, light weapons and building societal resistance to violence.