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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Marginalised groups"”.
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Equity planning and community economic development : the case of Côte des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grâce
… of locally based community organisations, marginalised communities remain unable to access many mainstream social and economic resources. This thesis links the Equity Planning Model with Community Economic Development (CED) as a way for urban planners and CED practitioners to better meet …
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainability of community radio stations: the case of Vhembe FM and Makhado FM
… addressing inequalities by providing a voice for marginalised groups and filling the information gaps often overlooked by mainstream media, which is vital for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 10, aimed at reducing inequalities both within countries and globally. A qualitative case study …
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Gender, caring and learning disability
… disability; and qualitative research with marginalised groups.
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Deciphering spaces of and for participation: The subversion of community participation and rights in the urban land restitution process of District Six
… led spaces of participation offers historically marginalised groups an opportunity to realise their rights. Recommendations are aimed at how planners can intervene to improve these spaces and contribute to making more inclusionary spaces.
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The impact of cultural and social factors on the success of e-governance systems in Kuwait.
… hinder engagement, disproportionately affecting marginalised groups such as older adults, people with disabilities, and less-educated individuals like the immigrant workers. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated use of government platforms like Sahel and Q8 Seha, yet reliance on informal networks and …
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The representation of the concept of personal growth by counselling psychologists: a longitudinal Foucauldian discourse analytic study
… being implicated in the oppression of already marginalised groups in society. The implications for the training and practice of Counselling Psychologists in terms of the 'personal growth' element are considered.
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Corporate sustainability and responsibility in the Cape Winelands
… on the training and upskilling of previously marginalised groups, and took collective responsibility for solving social problems. There were examples of business creativity in establishing share schemes, although the success of these in remedying deep structural inequalities remains unclear. …
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Conspicuous by their absence: Bearing witness to the silenced voices of black women in the criminal justice system
… most effective tools for collecting data from marginalised groups. Additionally, Black feminist epistemologies namely, Critical Race Feminism (CRF) and Black Feminist Thought (BFT) are the theoretical frameworks that assist in providing powerful counter narratives to deconstruct negative …
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Outside gaymers: queerness, and race in online gaming culture in South Africa
… "safe" and where cyberviolence against marginalised groups is nonetheless present. As the virtual worlds are typically navigated through avatars, this research looks at how identities are rooted in users ’embodied experiences as well as in their offline practices. It explores the roles …
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Rethinking health care financing models: the case of Zimbabwe's health sector
… RBF implementation, access to health care by marginalised groups has increased, with incentives and community participation liberalising health systems to greater efficiency as shown by slight increases in post-natal care visits in rural health care centres. A trade-off between achieving …
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Between/beyond the binaries: transgender youth in cape town re-present their experiences through photo-narratives
Current literature about marginalised youth centres adult knowledges and perpetuates narratives of risk. Additionally, very little is known about young transgender persons within the South African context. Therefore, by making use of Photovoice elements, this narrative project sought to explore the …
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The Effects of the Government's Covid-19 Related Response on Migrant Women Living in Cape Town: Assessing the Coloniality of Citizenship in Post-Apartheid South African and the Potential for a New Citizenship Paradigm
… the vulnerabilities experienced by the most marginalised people in society, both highlighting and reinforcing discrimination according to race, gender, class and nationality. This has been seen in governments' pandemic responses around the world, which have prioritised exclusion over …
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Is that what you’re wearing? Gender diversity in contemporary fiction, a novel and exegesis
… of issues of representation when writing about marginalised groups, such as gender diverse individuals, to avoid perpetuating problematic and commonly used representations that otherwise sustain their marginalisation in society. The novel, which features three gender diverse characters, is the …
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Voicing desistance: Female perspective on giving up crime
… is the further marginalisation of already marginalised groups within the vast majority of desistance literature. The bulk of research in this area can be noted for the salience of the white, male perspective of offending trajectories. By revisiting maturational, social bonds and subjective …
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‘Beyond the Binary’: Funerary Archaeology, Gendered Identity, and its Impact on Contemporary Society
… a sense of history and heritage and providing marginalised groups a voice in constructing their pasts.
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Pietermaritzburg as an Afrikan City: Re-establishing the Identity of the Central Business District
… which continues to exclude and restrict marginalised groups from accessing resources, infrastructure and opportunities that cities provide. Since colonisation, architecture discourse has been strongly in favour of Eurocentric narratives and ideologies. As a result, cities around South …
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Swaraj and sweepers : the JP Movement and the future of transformational politics
… so that it becomes more inclusive of currently marginalised groups and can thus meet their needs more fully. It focuses on India, drawing on interviews and visits to organisations, as well as on secondary sources, but it also utilises empirical and theoretical material from outside India, and it …
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Social Innovation in the field of Education Disadvantage reduction: A study of the mechanisms leading to social change and social impact measurement
… in providing quality education, especially in marginalised groups of children. There remains room for the involvement of other sectors in the delivery of educational transformation, under the guise of social innovation. However, the prior research focused on the change mechanisms delivered by …
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Developing Citizen Competence: Indigenous Peoples and Multiculturalism Policies in Cordillera, Northern Philippines
… to political representation especially among marginalised groups, however, limits competence. This study examines the development of citizen competence among Indigenous peoples in Cordillera, Northern Philippines. By focusing on the local instead of the national milieu, this study closely …
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Considering the steps that could be taken by formal financial service providers to ensure increased access, by low-income individuals, to bank accounts, and to extended financial services, products and initiatives.
… women and young individuals, among other marginalised groups, by; creating accounts for them at a young age, via educational literacy initiatives, and supported by various internal capability support measures, and further reinforced by government and financial institutional inclusion …
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