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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Social position of women"”.
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An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work
This study attempts to explore the experiences of stress and coping amongst volunteer counsellors in a Rape Crisis organisation in the context of their counselling work. The literature on vicarious traumatization provides a basis for understanding that trauma counselling can be stressful for …
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Experiences of women who have completed a job skills training programme and their ability to access employment opportunities
Women make up more than half the population of South Africa. Despite the countries’ legislation and policies to promote the rights and social position of women, many remain unemployed and disempowered, face ongoing discrimination and are not able to access resources including educational …
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"Destructive but sweet": cigarette smoking among women 1890-1990
… there is little work looking at the question of smoking among women in a historical context. The work which has been done on women and smoking has largely looked at the issue from a sociological viewpoint. In addressing this gap, I have drawn from both disciplines to explore the history of …
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Woman is a Parable
… Testament hermeneutics. It is a reinterpretation of the Parable of the "Ten Maidens" from an African Womanist Perspective consonant with an Epideictic Rhetoric approach. Through this perspective the social position of women in parables based on an androcentric world is explored. However, this …
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The legal status of African women in Zimbabwe Rhodesia
This thesis arose out of a request by the Bishop of Mashonaland to investigate and report on the legal status of African women in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. Superficially, such a task appeared to demand no more than a statement of customary law but it soon became apparent that far more than this was …