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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Indigenous women"”.
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Colonial legacies and the trafficking of Indigenous women in Canada
… continues to shape the vulnerability of Indigenous women and girls to human trafficking in Canada. It offers a decolonial critique of Canada’s National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking, while drawing on Critical Race Theory and Indigenous feminist thought. This analysis finds that …
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Weaving in public spaces: Peruvian indigenous women in social entrepreneurship ventures
… and describe the experiences of two groups of indigenous women weavers that participate in two craft-related social entrepreneurship projects in the Southern Peruvian highlands. In particular, the perceptions of the participants with regards to the impact the ventures have had in their lives …
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Fictions of American domesticity: indigenous women, white women, and the nation, 1850-1950
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INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN THE RESISTANCE: A DECOLONIAL, COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS
… in Mexico-with a particular focus on the role of Indigenous women in the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in comparison with the Mexican Revolution eighty years prior. To do so, I employ comparative-historical analysis and decolonial methodology. I find that in both the EZLN and the …
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Modern Slavery: A Thorough Examination on Human Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Children in Mexico
… society, particularly vulnerable members such as indigenous women and children. This study examines human trafficking and forced labor in Mexico with a focus on indigenous women and children. It uses a mixed methodology composed of both qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data is used …
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Indigenous women park rangers in the United States: belonging, resistance, and rematriation in colonial park system workplaces
… systems that limit the full inclusion of Indigenous women and their knowledge. This dissertation explores how Indigenous women park rangers in the United States (U.S.) experience, navigate, and resist these colonial workplace structures. Using a Two-Eyed Seeing methodological approach, …
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Indigenous women and the professions: Some Maori women's experiences in the accountancy profession of Aotearoa/New Zealand
… about and resistance to the marginalisation of indigenous peoples has been growing globally. A focus upon indigenous women's experiences of accountancy is thus timely given the increasing concern to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples. This thesis aims to explore the experiences of Maori …
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'They Call it a Healing Lodge, but Where is the Healing?': Indigenous Women, Identity, and Incarceration Programming
This thesis examines the impacts of state-run Indigenous programming on Indigenous women’s cultural identities post-incarceration. Despite attempts to alleviate Indigenous incarceration numbers since 1999, Indigenous women in Canada continue to be one of the fastest growing federally incarcerated …
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Role of food street vending in empowering indigenous women in South Africa: Case study of uMhlathuze Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal
… role of Food Street vending in empowering black women in South Africa, using the case study of women street vendors in uMhlathuze Local Municipality in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Food street vending was a very popular phenomenon among black people in South Africa. Though popular, there was …
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Compounding Prejudice? Investigating Canadian Mock Juror Perceptions of Victim Race and Work in the Sex Trade
Indigenous women and sex workers experience high rates of violence in Canada and are often blamed for their victimization. This jury simulation examined how victim race (Indigenous, White) and work in the sex trade (sex worker, non-sex worker) affected mock juror verdicts in a first-degree murder …
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A Mana Wahine inquiry into indigenous governance
This thesis investigates the question “How can indigenous women reinvigorate their role in tribal governance structures when many such structures continue to reinforce gendered colonial constructs within which women are marginalised?” It is noted that contemporary tribal governance structures are …
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Indigenous women's experiences and responses to climate change: insights from Sri Lanka
… thesis aims to advance the understanding of how Indigenous women experience and respond to climate change impacts using Sri Lanka as a case study. Indigenous communities face unique challenges in the face of climate change impacts due to geographic location, historical, and other local factors …
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A comparative study of economic power between Zambian women of Asian origin and indigenous Zambian women of Lusaka
This comparative study between indigenous Zambian women and Zambian women of Asian origin tried to ascertain the extent to which women gained economic power/independence by either gaining access to credit or just being wage earners. For this purpose the researcher examined the extent of influence …
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Nurturing Indigenous Maternal-Child Wellness: Urban Indigenous Midwifery, Birth Workers, and Families’ Experiences in Calgary, Alberta
… sexism, and discrimination continue to affect Indigenous maternal-child health outcomes, leading to higher rates of adverse health outcomes and experiences, violence against women, socioeconomic barriers, and anti-Indigenous bias. Existing maternal health gaps between Indigenous and …
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Plants, animals, land : more-than-human relations and gendered survivance in early indigenous women’s writing
… Legends: Pīkoi, Pele and Others (1949) using Indigenous knowledges, this thesis reads more-than-human beings as central to feminine expressions of what Gerald Vizenor refers to as ‘survivance’ (1999; 2008; 2009). Survivance is ‘the union of active survival and resistance to cultural dominance’ …
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The Impact Of The Indian Act On Indigenous Women's Voices: Rereading Sex-Based Discrimination Case Law Against Indigenous Feminist Theatre Movement Literature
… landmark cases of Lovelace and McIvor within the Indigenous Feminist Theatre Movement. A “law as literature” method is built on to note how legal pluralist law reform of the Indian Act’s Indian Status rules is necessary. The two plays of Strength Of Indian Women and Women Of The Fur Trade are read …
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The Relevance of the Biopic Krotoa (2017): A Mis-Representation of History?
… evidence of victimisation and sexual assault of indigenous women by colonial authorities – as Pamela Scully (2005) has noted. Yvette Abrahams (1996) also wrote that Krotoa's alcoholism indicated some form of trauma. Simultaneously, indigenous people were also stereotyped based on race. They were …
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Books and Broomsticks: Prairie Indigenous Female Domestic Workers and the Canadian Outing System, 1888-1901
… the lower ranks of Euro-Canadian society young Indigenous girls in a hierarchical system of labour. By examining the roles and education of Indigenous female youth in the industrial school system in the Canadian prairies, this study illuminates how, in the name of assimilation, the DIA …
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Crossing Myriad Borders: A Dimensional Analysis of the Migration and Health Experiences of Indigenous Oaxacan Women
… growing feminization of the migration of ethnic indigenous women, such as Mixtecs, Zapotecs and Triquis from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, are altering the dynamics and configuration of traditional Mexican migration, making it especially significant for the health professions. Informed by …
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