They have also been agitating for an end to the country's notoriously abusive re-education-through-labor system, which allows the police to imprison drug addicts, prostitutes and political offenders for up to three years without trial.
Among its criticisms it cited the fact that the wording of re-education through labor laws was too loose, allowing authorities to manipulate it; the fact that the punishment given in re-education centers was too severe for the crimes committed; the abusive conditions at re-education centers; and the variation of re-education through labor laws from one province to another.
Every day, I'm struck by the personal stories of women who overcame difficult circumstances -- poverty, abusive relationships, lack of education -- and turned themselves into successful women and businesswomen.
By gaining familiarity with these types of emotional abusive relationships, in addition to education on emotional abuse itself, you can make the right decisions that help you reach positive relationship goals.
Low levels of alcohol may be hazardous in the elderly, but available education focuses on younger, abusive, and dependent drinkers.
Another writer has compared medical education to a neglectful, abusive family characterised by high demands, denial, indirect communication patterns, isolation and rigidity [ 24].
For countless others, it's alcoholism, drugs, serious mental illness, abusive relationships and costly disruptions to their education and employment.
Established in 2002, it provides AIDS treatment in Africa, helps children escape from abusive orphanages in eastern Europe and finances education in Britain.
And so to combat the problem, some college officials have tried what they call the "social norm" approach: education campaigns telling students that abusive drinking is less common than they may believe.
This means scrapping the notoriously sexist law for the Shia minority, guaranteeing women's rights in the legal system (no more prison terms for women who "run away" from abusive husbands, for instance) and boosting female education and job opportunities.
