The phrase "as a harmful practice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing behaviors or actions that have negative consequences or effects.
Example: "Many experts agree that smoking should be classified as a harmful practice due to its detrimental health effects."
Alternatives: "as a detrimental behavior" or "as a damaging activity".
Female circumcision is rightly recognized as a harmful practice.
It should not be examined simply as a harmful practice, but within the overall context of reproductive health, women's rights and violence against women.
This year's commemoration also recognizes the efforts of international community to draw the focus on translating the resolution into action by mobilizing and committing all key stakeholders and communities towards the abandonment of FGM as a harmful practice.
Often, environmentally harmful subsidies such as those in place for fishing and agricultural industries, simply prolong the biodiversity crisis by providing incentives to continue a harmful practice.
This includes reductions of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as harmful practices such as dredging ocean floors.
This 'snapshot' offers statistical insights into the various forms of violence affecting adolescent girls, as well as harmful practices that heighten their exposure to violence.
This umbrella term encompasses those types of intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-partner rape, as well as a range of violent acts including other physical, psychological, economic, and sexual violence, exploitive or coercive acts, as well as a harmful traditional practices [ 1].
As long as social norms about this harmful practice and it's repercussions on girls and women remain unchallenged, change will continue to be slow.
UNICEF concerned over harmful initiation practices 10 July 2013 - UNICEF expressed concern today over the reported deaths of several children as a result of harmful practices, including unsafe male circumcision, during recent initiation ceremonies.
