They are more vulnerable to economic shocks, disasters and even exploitation and abuse.
The disaster shocked the nation and made headlines around the globe.
Deeply shocked by the disaster that had overtaken Europe in World War I and disillusioned by the collapse of the ethic of religious idealism, he questioned the liberal theology of his German teachers and its roots in the rationalist, historicist, and dualist thought that stemmed from the Enlightenment.
Mr President, the recent tsunami disaster shocked the world and the huge loss of life it caused is almost inconceivable.
America has a deserved reputation as the gleeful purveyor of shock imagery, disaster footage or anything that Hollywood could guess you had never seen before.
Fixed and flattened in memory by the shock of disaster, the realities of the Titanic become available to nuanced interpretation only now, a century later, just as with the sale this week of the hats and vests and shoes and watches saved from the ocean, come into wider view.
This shock-doctrine disaster capitalism model has become standard practice.
When Naomi Klein published her latest book, The Shock Doctrine last year (recently out in paperback), she sought to illustrate the theory that the free market policies of economist Milton Friedman were pushed through in countries such as Chile and Iraq while their citizens were in shock from disaster or upheaval.
Strengthening the resilience of all girls and boys to all shocks, whether disaster, climate or conflict related, is a priority to protect and sustain children's development.
Pennycook, a turnaround specialist who joined Co-op as finance director last year before being elevated after Sutherland's shock exit, said the scale of the disaster had shocked the Co-op's 90,000 staff and eight million members.
