Bouazizi's treatment by officials quickly became a focal point for public anger, and his struggles with underemployment and corruption came to be seen as emblematic of the economic and societal difficulties facing ordinary Tunisians, especially young people.
While confinement would clearly be advantageous, there are practical and societal difficulties to overcome in encouraging the practice, not least because free range pig keeping is attractive to farmers due to the low input nature of the production system and the ease of implementation.
Under current European Economic Area rules (which cover EU member states as well as non-EU members like Norway, which has full access to the single market) there is already an option to apply "safeguard measures" in the event of "serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties of a sectorial or regional nature liable to persist".
Some say that there are little-noticed flexibilities in the free movement in the Norway free trade agreement, such as article 112 that allows EEA states to "take unilateral action to restrict freedom of movement in the event of serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties".
The women were selected from a longer list of a hundred names based on their societal impact and the difficulties they faced in pursuing their goals.
Some patients are confronted with difficulties of societal discrimination due to slower performance, chronic fatigue, partial inability or credit history, and these things can interfere with their efforts to gain employment, receive an education, insurance or a mortgage to purchase a home.
Rape victims often feel ostracized from the societal narrative, and have difficulty recovering from the trauma inflicted upon them.
The importance of this outcome, in terms of quality of life and economic impact, at the personal and societal level, warrants the difficulty of a lengthy trial.
At the societal level the participants described difficulties moving around, interacting socially and taking part in community activities, fulfilling social roles and earning a living.
Iranian women with PCOS are likely to face a number of unique difficulties given particular societal and cultural norms for women.
Common barriers faced by immigrant groups include language difficulties, cultural and societal influences, as well as gender expectations and these factors may affect how easily, and when, immigrants seek care [ 10, 11].
