Sentence examples for powerless populations from inspiring English sources

In virtually any situation where women and girls belonging to especially desperate or powerless populations are at the mercy of men in authority from female inmates and girls in foster care, to undocumented immigrants, to refugees dependent on U.N. peacekeepers and/or humanitarian aid workers for survival some of those men use their authority to force or extort sexual access.

As a nation we still have not figured out how to house the homeless, employ the growing unemployed and under-employed, provide access for health care for all, and prevent our most powerless populations from becoming sick and dying prematurely.

While my family and friends never had any problem with their presence, I have attended meetings where this entire poor, powerless population has been castigated for a few alleged incidents of inappropriate behavior.

"They consider us to be the most worthless, powerless population they could find," Young said.

When you combine the profit motive with limited oversight and a uniquely powerless population, you get bad and sometimes lethal results".

Males contends that police and politicians continue using curfew laws because "juveniles are a politically powerless population, so they are an easy group to target and blame for any crime concerns in an area".

Rather, it is a huge state, with a massive security and police apparatus that is supported by the world's major superpower to the tune of billions of dollars a year, against a largely young, disenfranchised and politically powerless population who has suffered brutally at its hands for decades.

Downey believes that the process of picking up people for the DRE program could potentially be useful, but that police officers are exploiting the often powerless homeless population.

Downey believes that the process of picking up people for the DRE programme could potentially be useful, but that police officers are exploiting the often-powerless homeless population.

Imagine most of Europe without power, or more people powerless than the populations of the United States, Mexico and Central America combined.

Second, the mentally ill are among the most powerless of all populations, lacking the political influence to demand change and, in the case of adult home residents, having few advocates to take up their cause.