Sentence examples for escaping abusive from inspiring English sources

Since we opened in 2009, ASN has heard from 1,500 women, ranging in age from 51 down to 13, who were in or escaping abusive relationships, had serious mental or physical health issues, were carrying wanted pregnancies with fatal foetal anomalies, women and families with children unable to afford more.

Narayan argues that the IMFA increases the already significant barriers to escaping abusive marriages for immigrant women because it ties immigration status to marriage.

New Horizon Youth Center services more than 2,000 homeless youth a year, many of whom are escaping abusive situations, according to the organization's website.

Farm workers and domestic workers regularly rally and plead for legislative help to escape abusive conditions.

In Afghanistan, some women burn themselves to death to escape abusive marriages, a practice that seems to be on the rise recently.

The hero of James and the Giant Peach, Dahl's first children's book, is an orphan whose parents died violently and escapes abusive relatives.

For some Coptic women, the easiest way to escape abusive relations is to convert to Islam because conversion is an automatic ground for divorce.

"This government has ring-fenced nearly £40 million of funding for specialist local support services and national helplines to help people escape abusive situations.

Cameron has employed Lima for several years since recruiting her through Kalayaan, a charity that helps immigrants to escape abusive bosses.

Victims of domestic violence will be given easier access to legal aid to help them escape abusive relationships, Labour pledge d on Monday in a pre-election spending commitment.

The Home Office has faced a barrage of criticism that this "tied" visa, introduced in 2012, leaves workers unable to escape abusive employers, effectively trapping them in domestic slavery.