Sentence examples for battling violence from inspiring English sources

Much of Bindel's career has involved battling violence against women – she founded the campaigning group Justice for Women with her civil partner, the lawyer Harriet Wistrich, in 1990.

Gabe's final summer in his hometown is crammed with highs and lows as he balances success on the local radio station and dating with battling violence and prejudice and a forcible outing.

The "Magic Mike XXL" actress, who revealed that she was awarded $7 million in the agreement earlier this month, announced that she would donate that money to the American Civil Liberties Union, with a focus on battling violence against women, and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, where she has volunteered for 10 years.

In honor of courageous women who battle violence in their homes and relationships, and those who fight breast cancer, this blog celebrates Warrior Women past and present.

Israel held Mr. Arafat responsible, saying that far from battling such violence, he has encouraged it.

They say the new government's claim that it is battling Islamist violence corroborates what they have been saying all along: that it was Islamists, not the police, who killed protesters before Mr. Mubarak's ouster.

According to Wilson's version, the first woman for whom Anne slaves is battling domestic violence from an alcoholic husband (in Montgomery's original, Mr Thomas is simply referred to politely as "a drunkard").

After two years collecting a salary deep into six figures, Mueller made his most arresting career move: He called U.S. Attorney Eric H. Holder Jr. and asked to be a regular street prosecutor in the District, where homicide squads were battling unprecedented violence.

The U.S. military is unlikely to reduce forces in Iraq before next spring because the current contingent of more than 140,000 troops is battling sectarian violence that could prove "fatal" to the country if not arrested, the top American commander for the Middle East said yesterday.

Snoop Dogg, songwriter Jhené Aiko, and Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner joined a gaggle of other featured celebrities in a PSA about battling gun violence by unloading your 401K pulling your 401K investments out of guns and "hitting the gun industry where it matters most: their wallets".

Nevertheless I wonder about the damage caused by our use of battle, violence and war metaphors to describe political processes.