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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Women's Participation"”.
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How Did COVID-19 Influence Women's Participation in the Labor Force?
Did women’s relationship with the paid labor force fundamentally change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? Women, specifically women with children, were disproportionately affected by increased caregiver needs, experienced the largest margin of employment disruption, and faced difficult choices …
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Women's Participation in Agricultural and Home Economics Education in the Third World
Purpose. The study documents women's 1978 to 1980 participation in Third World formal agricultural and home economics education and examines factors affecting their participation.
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Women's participation in community development projects: the case of Khmu women in Laos
This thesis explores Khmu women‟s participation in community development projects in Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. Although the Khmu is the second largest ethnic group in Laos, they are also the poorest. Throughout the history of Laos, the Khmu have lacked political power, education and a role …
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Factors associated with pregnant women's participation in a mHealth intervention in Timor-Leste
… utilization factors that are associated with women’s participation or non-participation in the project to explore what barriers might prevent women from enrolling in such programs. We also analyze the extent to which women’s enrollment is associated with utilization of maternal health …
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Factors Influencing Middle-Aged and Older Latin American Women's Participation in Physical Activity
… influence middle-aged and older Latin American women's participation in physical activity. Semi-structured interviews and field observations were used to elicit information from the twenty five Latin American women in this study sample. Perceptions of health, the health activities in which the …
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Obstacles to women's participation in post-colonial education in Tanzania : what is to be done?
The issue of insufficient schooling for women in Tanzania is major and complex. Its magnitude has largely been disguised by an ideological rhetoric on social equality through which women's differing experiences across geographical, ethnic, class, gender, and religious boundaries are falsely …
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Nurturing Women's Participation in STEM: An Analysis of Australian, Indian and Singaporean Government Policies and Programs
… and initiatives designed to increase the participation of girls and women in STEM education and occupations. Examined governments include the Australian federal government under Scott Morrison, the Indian government under Narendra Modi and the Singaporean government under Lee Hsien Loong. …
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Rethinking the STEM Fields: The Importance of Definitions in Examining Women's Participation and Success in the Sciences
… of majors, with particular attention given to women's participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Specifically, the study examines patterns of behavior of women and minorities in relation to initial choice of college major and major field persistence, as …
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Rethinking the STEM fields: the importance of definitions in examining women's participation and success in the sciences
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Warriors of choice : the (Re)articulation of militarized masculinities in private and public special forces
… to highlight how militarized masculinity impedes women's participation from Special Forces and private security firms. Feminist scholarship by Cynthia Enloe, Ann Tickner, Sandra Whitworth, and Charlotte Hooper has examined how militarized masculinity is associated within a particular …
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Determinants of Volunteer Work Participation by Married Women
… study: (1) to investigate the determinants of participation in volunteer work by married women and (2) to investigate the determinants of the extent of participation of those women who do volunteer. Specific objectives were: (1) to determine the factors influencing married women's participation …
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Turn-Taking Behaviors in the Physics Classroom
… persisting gender gap in STEM by examining the participation trends of women and men undergraduate students in the physics classroom. Specifically, this study builds on the existing literature of proportions in group interaction originally theorized by Kanter (1977) and investigates the …
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Women in Wargasm: The Politics of Womenís Liberation in the Weather Underground Organization
In this thesis I examine women's participation in the violent revolutionary organization, Weatherman/Weather Underground. My attempt is to uncover Weatherman's view of women's liberation, their differences to the women's liberation movement and examine the practices implemented. I discuss …
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Gender, Sport & Nationalism: The Cases Of Canada And India
… challenged and perhaps transformed through the participation of women in sport at the national level. Nationalism is part of the public sphere, while women have historically been relegated to the private sphere. However, many scholars argue that women do in fact taken part in nation building …
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Unexpected Unexpected Utilities: A Comparative Case-Study Analysis of Women and Revolutions
Women have been part of modern revolutions since the American Revolution against Great Britain. Most descriptions and analyses of revolution relegate women to a supporting role, or make no mention of women's involvement at all. This work differs from prior efforts in that it will explore one …
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Women's employment in garment factories in Bangladesh : emancipation or exploitation?
Women's participation in export-oriented industries has been one of the most dominant features in many developing countries since the 1970s. Employment in waged jobs has often been viewed as a means of women's integration into development processes. Research showed that development efforts in Third …
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Factors influencing female food-for-work participation in the Southern Shoa region of Ethiopia
… factors influencing female food-for-work (FFW) participation in the Southern Shoa region of Ethiopia. The objectives are to determine the significant factors that affect women's participation in FFW projects and to explain this behavior with socio-economic and other factors. Using data from a …
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"Feminizing the voice of literary authority: Sarah J. Hale's editorship of the ""Ladies' Magazine"" and ""Godey's Lady's Book"""
… Contesting the perception of these popular women's magazines as anti-literary and as anti-feminist, I identify the importance of these magazines in the development of American literature and their relationship with American feminism. I argue that Hale redefined literary culture so as to …
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Moterų vadovaujami protestai: socialinių judėjimų Mianmare (2021 m.) bei Irane (2022–2023 m.) grėsmės režimui analizė /
This thesis explores the influential role of women in the protests in Myanmar (2021) and Iran (2022-2023), emphasizing how their participation has enhanced the effectiveness and resilience of the social movements against authoritarian regimes. It begins by examining the origins and evolution of the …
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Women’s Empowerment and Community-Driven Development: Evidence from the Solomon Islands
… a community-driven development (CDD) program on women’s empowerment in the Solomon Islands. Originally launched in 2008, the CDD program is known as the Rural Development Program (RDP). The RDP aims to foster employment and income growth by focusing on participatory development, demand-responsive …
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