Sentence examples for a societal issue and from inspiring English sources

Rubio attributed the violence to a "societal" issue and spoke of the importance of family values.

The nation's widening wage gap is a "societal issue" and "I don't think it's going to be reversed," Mr. McDonough said.

It was only when slavery was seen as a societal issue and not an issue for government, that it was ended.

It is not just a women's career issue but a societal issue, and that through gender diversity, the entire workforce has the potential to be more creative and productive.

This is a societal issue, and the tone has just been reset by the White House.

A society that tolerates such a situation is unable to understand that the drug issue is a societal issue and that blind repression isn't the most appropriate answer in sensitive neighbourhoods, like those in the North of Marseille.

"There was ultimately no bigger crime or major sort of criminal matter, but it's a serious societal issue and that's why we're taking it seriously".

Child labor is a complex societal issue, and the purpose of our research is not to stigmatize those families who send their children to work to improve their living conditions.

Debt is presented as an obstacle to individual accomplishments like embarking on a new career path, not a societal issue impinging on collective prosperity and freedom.

And Obama was right to confront issues of race that affect our whole country; and he was right to talk about race not in "us versus them" terms but as a societal issue, one with mutual understanding and shared responsibility.

Health is now a societal issue of the global community and should be considered as a global good (43).