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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Culture of silence"”.
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Breaking the culture of silence in checkmating HIV/AIDS as a teacher-researcher
… wanted to improve the awareness of HIV/AIDS that has become a major challenge globally and has been on the increase over the past two-and-a-half decades, especially so, in sub-Saharan Africa. This is in spite of an "overflow" of HIV/AIDS information. The thesis documents two …
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From Communicative Silencer to Responsive Listener: Participation and Public Dialogue in Benin
The interpretation explores the issue of participatory communication within the particular Beninese context of public dialogue by focusing on the communicative praxis of intellectual elite and by taking the public dialogue of the 1990 National Conference of Benin as a case study. The interpretive …
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The Four Roses Project
The Four Roses Project is an embodied exploration of the untold stories of women who were part of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) during the anti-apartheid movement, in relation to the lives and experiences of post-apartheid South African women today.It is an intergenerational work inspired by the real and …
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Disempowering Through Definition: A Dialogic Ethics for Understanding Consumer Vulnerability Through Nike's 'Mike and Spike' Advertising and African American Consumer History
… Dialogue requires co-participation. The naming of groups as vulnerable through sweeping generalizations neglects to empower the oppressed by giving them voice in the encounter. When definitions of vulnerability are instituted in cultural and social structures of meaning without appropriate …
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Reclaiming Student Voices on School-based, Mental Health Impacts: Youth Reflections, Lived Experiences and Recommendations for Transforming Ontario Secondary Schools
… in Ontarios secondary schools. While the voices of students are central to the discussion about school-based mental health impacts, they are often undervalued or missing altogether in academic and policy literature on the topic. This phenomenological study reclaims and thematically analyzes the …
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Perspectives of students and staff on the causes of underreporting of gender-based violence at a selected university
… not to report, and the cultural acceptance of violence theory, which highlights how societal norms can normalise GBV and prevent victims from coming forward. A qualitative research approach was employed, using open-ended interviews and a focus group discussion to collect data from …
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Going with the flow: Using menstrual education as a tool for empowering post pubescent Nepali girls
… discourse and research evidence on the benefits of girl’s education show that prioritizing girl’s education is the most successful strategy of breaking the cycle of poverty, gender inequality, and overpopulation. Moreover, there is a growing interest in closing the gender gap in education, but …
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A narrative inquiry into early pregnancy loss, subsequent pregnancy and maternal attachment
… loss is a multi-layered phenomenon with profound physical, emotional and psychological implications. Existing research has consistently recognised that it can lead to psychological sequelae in a significant proportion of women, affecting many areas of their lives and having broader …
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The environment of poverty and the limits of girlhood: The struggle for the right to an education in North India. Gareebi Ka Mahual Aur Ladkeo Ki Hud
… the lived worlds and educational experiences of adolescent girls living in poverty in North India. Class, caste, gender, and regionally-based inequalities result in striking disparities leading to restricted, gendered opportunities and individual freedoms. The purpose of this ethnographic …
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Identifying and enhancing forensic science skills in the investigation and prosecution of war criminals within international proceedings
The use of forensic science to establish the truth in domestic criminal investigations has developed considerably over the past century. However, its utilisation in the international context of the investigation of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide is relatively underdeveloped, only …
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End-of-life care supports and decision-making practices in specialist intellectual disability residential services
Background: Over the past 50 years, the profile of people with intellectual disability (ID) has changed because they are living longer with a wide range of co-morbid conditions, which impact on both their cognitive and physical abilities to engage in conversations about end-of-life care. Coupled …
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Psychological Stress and Coping in Adolescent Muslim New Zealanders: A Key Informant Perspective
Adolescence is recognised as a critical time of development that encompasses many changes and challenges. While there are developmental challenges experienced by adolescents in all contexts, within the current global political climate, Muslim youth living in western countries are likely to …
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Improving health outcomes of viral Hepatitis in a migrant population of Australia
Migrants to Australia have higher rates of HBV and HCV infection than people born in Australia. Reflecting this, the morbidity and mortality of HBV- and HCV-related complications is disproportionately higher in the culturally and linguistically diverse population (CALD) when compared to …
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The Label "Gifted:" A Critical Analysis
<p>The purpose of this observational case study is to explore the phenomenon of labeling (i e., the label "gifted") contextually and transcontextually via mute evidence, formal and informal interviews, and visuals. A four-faceted prism (history, politics, sociology, phenomenology) serves as the …
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Literature circles : Latina/o students' daily experiences as part of the classroom curriculum
… Mexican-American war, the educational experience of Mexican and Mexican -American students was one of segregation, discrimination, and inequalities. Latina/o histories and funds of knowledge have not been historically part of the classroom curriculum. Although scholars, educators, and social …
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Disempowering through definition: a dialogic ethics for understanding consumer vulnerability through Nike's 'Mike and Spike' advertising and African American consumer history
… and market analysis and through the lens of ethical theory, this research argues that past thinking about vulnerable audiences is insufficiently grounded in evidence, unsubtle in its understanding of markets, and unselfconscious about its own paternalism. As a result, such thinking can …
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Making the invisible visible: Exploring the complex pathways between childhood experiences of maltreatment and the perpetration of family harm
… social services worldwide. Adverse consequences of family harm continue to place demands on justice, mental health and care and protection services. The costs to individuals, families and communities are beyond measure, given that rates of family harm are under-reported. Quantitative researchers …
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Academic Life Under Occupation: The Impact on Educationalists at Gaza's Universities
… and current higher education (HE) experience of educationalists at Gaza’s universities and how this experience may be evolving in the shifting socio-political context in the Arab World. The thesis is motivated by three questions: 1. What are the perspectives of academic staff in the Faculties …