Sentence examples for a harmful practice from inspiring English sources

He said that FGM/C is a harmful practice that causes psychological and physical harm, and a violation of Human Rights.

Just because a harmful practice has long existed does not justify its continuation FGM causes grave harm.

Just because a harmful practice has long existed does not justify its continuation.

The general consensus was that FGM is a harmful practice that is not Islamic, although there are some who still need to be convinced.

"The screaming is the important part," Salaton explained, when we talked about it later, adding, "We are not changing our culture, we are ending a harmful practice".

Sometimes this shift in direction can mean a simple, effective way to replace a harmful practice with one which is gentler yet still effective – like making your own cleaning products, rather than buying antibacterial ones, for example.

Any medical provider that insists on identifying patients publicly by their first and last name in a sensitive setting is engaging in a callous and harmful practice.

"It's overdue and it's time for us to put a stop to a really outdated and harmful practice," she said.

Speaking at a key meeting with the heads of all of Kenya's main media organisations at the UN headquarters in Nairobi, he announced five international FGM reporting grants – co-funded by the UNFPA, the UN's population fund, and the Guardian – which will see key journalists in Kenya focus on FGM in an attempt to eradicate the harmful practice within a generation.

Because of "the special vulnerability and needs of adolescents, solitary confinement can be a particularly cruel and harmful practice when applied to them".

The Women's Health Initiative overturned a half-century of harmful practice in hormone therapy, the National Lung Screening Trial identified the first successful lung cancer screening tool and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial overturned decades-long assumptions.