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medical clinics#and sound the alarm to stop violence from reaching certain levels of severity.#
an information service which enabled citizens to anonymously report incidents of violence via text, twitter, phone or email, during Kenya 2007-2008 post-election violence.
Distress alert During the Westgate siege, Hersman and I texted multiple times as he searched for his business partner wife and children,
Over the near-term Turkey will face an expanded domestic threat from both ISIS and PKK militancy in the form of persistent violence against the Turkish state.
domestic violence campaigners have warned. Helplines and women refuge charities have reported a dramatic rise in the use of spyware apps to eavesdrop on the victims of domestic violence via their mobiles and other electronic devices,
enabling abusers clandestinely to read texts, record calls and view or listen in on victims in real time without their knowledge.
A survey by Women Aid, the domestic violence charity, found that 41 per cent of domestic violence victims it helped had been tracked
Victims of domestic violence routinely have calls and texts secretly read Victims of domestic violence routinely have calls
and texts secretly read (Rex) It adds: lexispy lets you conduct pycalls remotely activating the phone microphone to listen in on its surroundings.
Any meaningful discourse on racism, poverty, immigration, the drug wars, gun violence, the mental-health crisis,
Every major institution said this would be horrible and lead to violence and blood in the streets.
when the movement of the wind's particles is perpendicular to the sun's magnetic field they resemble a fluid with sections that are smooth interrupted by bursts of violence.
We re creating a clone of the platform that enables election monitors to identify tweets related to intimidation bribery corruption or violence.
'But if it is then surely weighing the possible deaths of 90%of our citizens due to cyber warfare against gun violence
, selfish business models, bullying or violence, poor education (awareness), depressive mood and even the changeable weather.
whether such regulations are the best way to get young people to"reject engagement with groups who advocate violence".
and it simultaneously believes that large cities will explode with uncontrollable violence, looting and mayhem.
and violence nine health workers were killed by terrorist group Boko Haram in 2013. Nigeria has come close to eradicating the disease several times before,
#Violence by teachers almost halved in primary schools An innovative program of activities used in Ugandan primary schools has succeeded in reducing violence by teachers against children by 42 percent, according to new research.
An innovative programme of activities used in Ugandan primary schools has succeeded in reducing violence by teachers against children by 42,
They found that the Toolkit produced a large reduction in physical violence from school staff--42%--as reported by primary school students.
That said, levels of school violence remain high. We need to do more.""Given the prevalence of violence observed in the East African region,
the Toolkit or similar programmes may have a major effect on the burden of child maltreatment in countries where violence from school staff is common.
Further analyses are underway to explore the effect of the intervention on other forms of violence,
including violence from peers. A process evaluation, a qualitative study and an economic evaluation are also underway,
with results expected in 2015.""In East Africa, in-school violence is more prevalent than violence by parents.
Exposure to physical violence in childhood is associated with, among other negative effects, increased risk of depression and suicide, poor educational results and increased risk of partner violence later on.
In previous research carried out by the team in one Ugandan district, more than 90%of 11 to 14-year-olds reported receiving physical violence from school staff including caning, with 8%reporting extremely severe acts such as choking,
burning, stabbing and being beaten severely up. Despite the health burden associated with violence against children
few programmes exist to tackle in-school violence and even fewer have been evaluated rigorously. The Good Schools study is therefore one of the first of its kind.
Despite large reductions seen in the study, levels of physical violence in the intervention schools remained high, with 30%and 60%of students reporting violence in the past week and past term respectively.
Further research is needed to examine: if the Toolkit can further reduce levels of violence if implemented over longer time periods;
whether the effects of the Toolkit are sustainable without ongoing support from Raising Voices; what effect the intervention would have at scale,
and if it has any effects on violence occurring outside of schools. The research was funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), UKAID through the Department for International Development (Dfid), the Wellcome Trust via the Joint Global Health Trials Scheme,
as with violence research in general, the study findings are based on violence that was reported rather than observed.
While school staff (unlike students) might be expected to emphasise an improvement, their reports show very similar effect sizes
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