The Forum for African Women Educationists in Malawi, with funding from a Canadian organization, is working on a pilot project to provide affordable sanitary pads to school girls to reduce absenteeism.
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Absenteeism
//ˌæb.sənˈtiˌɪz.m̩//
Synonyms for "absenteeism" (18 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (9)
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Translations
20 translations across 17 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- absenteizëm noun (state of being absent)
Arabic
1 entries- غِيَاب noun (state of being absent)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 曠課 /旷课 noun (state of being absent)
Czech
1 entries- absentérství noun (state of being absent)
Dutch
3 entries- (arbeids)verzuim noun (state of being absent)
- (school)verzuim noun (state of being absent)
- absenteïsme noun (state of being absent)
Finnish
1 entries- poissaolo noun (state of being absent)
French
1 entries- absentéisme noun (state of being absent)
Greek
1 entries- απουσιασμός noun (state of being absent)
Indonesian
1 entries- kealpaan noun (state of being absent)
Irish
1 entries- neamhláithreacht noun (state of being absent)
Māori
1 entries- takētanga noun (state of being absent)
Polish
1 entries- absencja noun (state of being absent)
Romanian
1 entries- absenteism noun (state of being absent)
Russian
1 entries- абсенти́зм noun (state of being absent)
Spanish
2 entries- absentismo noun (state of being absent)
- ausentismo noun (state of being absent)
Swedish
1 entries- frånvaro noun (state of being absent)
Turkish
1 entries- devamsızlık noun (state of being absent)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The value of having in-house medical expertise is that staff with poor attendance records who have difficulty accessing NHS services can receive support from their employer, to help reduce absenteeism brought about by medical conditions.
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Chronic absenteeism, for example, continues to be a problem despite some improvements.
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