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Showing 1 to 20 of 144 for “"Gender issues"”.
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Gender issues in contemporary sermons
The purpose of this research was to examine gender issues in contemporary sermons. My sample consists of sermons delivered on BBC Radio 4 as part of acts of worship broadcast during 1993-4 which were examined to analyse how language, gender and power intersect to produce these discourses. In order …
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Occupying the Pedestal: Gender Issues in Ellen Gilchrist
… Gilchrist's women are expected to perform their gender at very early ages and in ways specific to their region. The black mammy figure in Gilchrist's work tells us much about how the South still struggles with issues of race. Gilchrist also writes against a patriarchal form, writing texts that …
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Gender issues, indigenous peoples and popular partication in Bolivia
… and SIDA support, including poverty reduction, gender equality and educational reform;• the possible design of appropriate quantitative or qualitative indicators suitable for monitoring the progress of democratisation at the regional, provincial and community levels in Bolivia, bearing in mind …
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An analysis of Gender issues in Zambian Literature in English
… in the field of written literature. Analyses of gender stratification in all these fields reveal and reflect the extent and nature of male dominance. In the area of written literature, gender inequalities are reflected and even perpetuated through the portraiture of male and female characters, …
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Gender issues in the development of rural areas in Kazakstan
… thesis is based investigated the significance of gender in the agrarian reform and farrn restructuring process which has been conducted in Kazakhstan since 1991. Through detailed ethnographic study of rural communities, it explored how the macro level framing of rural development policy as …
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Gender issues as perceived by women in the process of seeking school superintendencies
… of this qualitative study was to explain this gender gap. The research question was: What are the perceptions of women holding the superintendent's endorsement regarding the opportunities and barriers they face in making a decision to seek or not to seek the superintendency?
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Challenges facing SMEs in the Western Cape townships with a focus on gender issues
… face supplementary challenges, which are mostly gender based in nature. The study explored the challenges facing township SMEs in the Western Cape province and how the gender dynamics have played out in the face of SME stagnation. After identifying the challenges and gender dynamics, policy gaps …
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Labour market trends since the advent of democracy, with a specific focus on gender issues
… at addressing, amongst others, the racial and gender inequalities in job access and remuneration as well as improving the employment conditions. Despite these attempts, women have been known to be subjected to different kinds of discrimination. As a result, they have been segregated, and in …
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Gender Issues In Islamic Schools: A Case Study Of Two Schools In The United States
… how boys, girls, teachers, and principals "do gender" in Islamic schools in the United States. The goal is to seek plausible explanations of how boys and girls interact formally and informally during the day, how they create differences, and how they interact with teachers and principals. This …
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The national policy on women and the challenges of mainstreaming gender issues in Nigeria, 1985-2005
… to implement the policy (and to mainstream gender perspectives as the policy stipulates). The study is based on six months of field work carried out between 2002 and 2004. It combined qualitative and quantitative methods using mainly participatory research techniques. Nigeria has acceded to …
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Critical Narrative of Multiracial Women's Personal Journey: Negotiating the Intersectionallity of Race and Gender Issues in a Monoracial Paradigm
… mothers of Multiracial children, experience gender and racial identity issues in the context of United States; explore their choice of racial indicator for their children and the impact that raising multiracial children would have on their own racial identity. This study was informed by …
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A Theoretical Construction of Gender Issues in Marital Therapy (Qualitative Research, Critical Socialization Theory, Object Relations, Theory Generation, Intimacy)
… generate the beginning outlines of a theory of gender issues in couple relationships and therapy. This "theory" is presented in the form of an interpretive story about a particular couple constructed using respondents' audiotaped or written assessments of a videotaped live therapy session, …
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Gender equality in building a democratic society for a sustainable future in Tajikistan
<p>This paper analyzes gender issues starting from the early twentieth century to the present day and their connection to other social issues in Tajikistan. Presenting extensive research on gender issues within this time frame, it argues that to build a holistically sustainable society with a …
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Gender, Identity, and Influence: Hong Kong Martial Arts Films
… The influence of classical Chinese culture on gender representation in martial arts films is examined in order to formulate an understanding of how these films use gender issues to negotiate a sense of cultural identity in the face of unprecedented political change. In particular, the films of …
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Subversión femenina en una época pre feminista: análisis de la serie de televisión “Anne with an e”
… “Anne with an E” revealing the wide range of gender issues it tackles. The methodology employed here examines the narrative and female characters through a sample of episodes, classifying the results within a set of criteria based on gender theory. It was found that female characters became …
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Orientations to Feminism: A Multifaceted Alternative to Feminist Consciousness
… the way one relates to the world with regard to gender issues across a variety of life domains. A sample of 235 Midwestern women was surveyed with regard to their opinions and behavior on gender issues. An analytic strategy with the capacity to explore diversity was needed, and cluster analysis …
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Cupid's Victimization of the Renaissance Male
… paying close attention to social, political, and gender issues of the period.</p>
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'One of the boys?' : an ethnographic study of gender relations, co-education, and initial teacher education in physical education
… institutions constructed, confirmed or contested gender identities in secondary Physical Education (PE). The study centred on an indepth ethnographic study of two case study institutions, chosen to reflect the male and female history of PE initial teacher education (ITE) in Britain. Data was …
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A gender perspective of the risky sexual behaaviour among out of school adolescents: A case study of selected communities in Lusaka districts
The UN conference dealing with issues to do with gender equality in all areas and at all levels were heighten during the fourth UN conference in Beijing in 1995 (Commonwealth Youth Programme, 1997). Several commitments were made by member states and key areas of particular importance to young …
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