In the 1980s, there was alarm over whether babies born to cocaine-addicted mothers would suffer developmental problems or other damaging effects, but studies later showed that such problems were far from certain and much more likely if the child had to contend with economic hardship, family instability, poor education and other factors.
The organization is now increasing investment in disaster risk reduction programmes, which promote safer and more resilient communities that are better able to contend with future hardships.
Studies of families living in Belfast who were forced to contend with the sustained hardships associated with the long-term civil unrest in Northern Ireland found that children from families who held strong beliefs regarding the value and importance of the struggle had better long-term outcomes than those from families who were less ideologically committed (Shaw 2003).
The 60-year old grandmother and self-professed hippie would contend with a variety of hardships — financial, physical, and psychological.
In the meantime, when we think of these incidents — and even try to write them off as decades-old and therefore irrelevant, as some Moore supporters have said — it is essential to contend with the evidence that for some victims, they contribute to lifelong hardship and struggle.
But Turkey has paid a price, including a public outcry against its Syria policy, which has led to economic hardships in the south and a strain on government resources as officials contend with the refugee crisis.
There may be a BMA hardship fund for those junior doctors worst affected but there is no hardship fund to support the staff left behind with added stress and work to contend with at an already busy time of year.
In addition to economic hardship and a lack of access to resources, aspiring female DJs in Uganda also have to contend with the country's widespread gender inequality.
There were greater things to contend with.
"You have to contend with it.
Neo-leftists contend with free-market capitalists.
