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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"South African women"”.
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The relationship between financial inclusion and entrepreneurship among South African women
In South Africa, women have historically faced multifaceted challenges in accessing financial resources, starting and growing businesses, and achieving economic independence. These challenges have contributed to persisting gender disparities in their economic participation. Given the potential for …
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Experiences of South African women in agile projects: an intersectional perspective
… Technology (IT) industry, particularly in South Africa, where the workforce composition does not reflect the nation's demographic diversity. This disparity results in the underrepresentation of women despite policies aimed at fostering inclusion. Existing research highlights a decline in …
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Trauma and substance abuse in South African women : a qualitative study
… study into the life-stories of addicted women with a special focus on the place they accord to trauma in their lives. This hopes to shed Light on the underlying dynamics that connect trauma and addiction, to give voice to these women's stories, and empower them by providing a better …
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Wozanazo : a bio-bibliographical survey of twentieth-century Black South African women writers
The canon of South African literature, as shaped by publishers, academics and past government education policies, reflects dominant race, class, language and gender biases. Knowledge of large areas of South African literature is still limited by such biases. This research focuses on and seeks to …
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Negotiating truth, freedom and self : the prison narratives of some South African women
The autobiographical prison writings of four South African women - Ruth First, Caesarina Kana Makhoere, Emma Mashinini and Maggie Resha - form the focus of this study. South African autobiography is burdened with the task of producing history in the light of the silences enforced by apartheid …
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The association between the oral and vaginal microbiome of young South African women
… risks associated with pregnancies in young women is critical for developing new preventative interventions and for informing guidelines. Current knowledge of what constitutes a healthy microbiome is largely based on North American studies and may not be applicable to the South African …
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Antiretroviral therapy use during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in South African women
… outcomes is critical. With the number of women on ART initiated before conception rapidly increasing, understanding how current recommended regimens and timing of ART initiation may influence pregnancy outcomes is critically important. Methods This mini-dissertation presents a research …
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Development of a jeans sizing system for young Black pear-shaped South African women
… Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017.
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The construction of identity through race and ethnicity : coloured South African women in Western Australia
… group, through an exploration of how coloured South African women living in Western Australia construct their identities focusing on the dimensions of race and ethnicity. There is a dearth of research in Australia with migrants of mixed racial backgrounds. This work was seen as an important …
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Childhood sexual abuse and HIV positive status among South African women : the role of revictimization
South Africa has a very high rate of HIV infection, particularly among women. This exploratory study investigated the role of revictimization in the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adult HIV positive status among women being treated at district clinics in Cape Town The present study …
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An in depth study of human papillomavirus diversity in South African women infected with HIV
… is the second most common cancer affecting women and in most developing countries it remains the leading cause of cancer deaths. In South Africa, more than 3 400 women succumb to the disease every year and 1 in 31 women develop cervical cancer. The causative agent for cervical cancer is the …
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Investigating determinants of access to formal credit - South African women entrepreneurs in the informal sector
… inclusion remains vital for the empowerment of women. Women, particularly in the informal sector, face the challenge of access to formal credit. The aim of the study is to investigate the determinants of access to formal credit by women in the informal sector. A logit regression model is …
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Chlamydia trachomatis diversity and pathogenesis in young South African women, related to HPV prevalence and risk
… infections (STIs) pose a significant threat to women's reproductive health and significantly increase the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are particularly prevalent among younger demographics, with young …
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Making it work : aspects of marriage, motherhood and money-earning among white South African women 1960-1990
… perspective on aspects of change in white women's lives in South Africa between 1960 and 1990. Changing patterns of women's work, where work encompasses unpaid domestic labour as well as paid employment outside the home, are traced. The different ways in which women have combined their …
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Social skin : initiation through the bodily transformation of four South African women : an exploration using documentary photography
… to explore some sub-cultures of female youth in South Africa, and to unfold how these women position themselves in post-Apartheid South Africa. An important component of the work is the relationship of the subject to the documentary process. I hope both to raise questions and also provide some …
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An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women
This study explored the perceptions of black South African women residing in Khayelitsha, Site B, about thinness, HIV/AIDS and body image. Obesity is a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been escalating in Sub-Saharan Africa and has …
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Women in twentieth century South African politics : the Federation of South African Women, its roots, growth and decline
… of opposition to white supremacist rule in South Africa, the 1950's stand out as a period of intensive legal resistance by black political bodies on an unprecedented mass scale. Undoubtedly, for all its weaknesses and difficulties, the Congress Alliance, with the African National Congress …
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A study of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types in young South African women and HPV variants in South African couples
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