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Showing 1 to 20 of 217 for “"Women and Children"”.
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Vascular Function in Women and Children Following a Pregnancy Complicated by Preeclampsia
… of pregnancy that poses significant maternal and fetal risk. Evidence suggests that preeclampsia is linked to later-life cardiovascular disease development in both mother and offspring. However, the mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon have not been determined, nor how they can be …
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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced Women and Children in North-East, Nigeria
… From 2009 to the present day, millions of women and children are forced to seek refuge in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe state. The focus on women and children is because women and children account for the majority population in the displaced camps. IDP …
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Gender, Age and Visibility: The Archaeology of Women and Children in Ireland 700-1200 AD
This thesis comprises an engendered and age-aware examination of the existing corpus of Irish archaeological material in order to facilitate a more precise interpretation of the diversity of experiences of women and children in Ireland between 700 and 1200 AD. This thesis examines different …
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Modern Slavery: A Thorough Examination on Human Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Children in Mexico
… long-lasting implications on trafficked victims and 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 …
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The effect of mung bean on improving dietary diversity in women and children in Senegal
… a U.S. Agency for International Development and Virginia Tech Education and Research in Agriculture collaboration has introduced and tested mung bean as a potential crop to alleviate malnutrition and food insecurity in Senegal. This MS thesis describes a study conducted to assess the impact …
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Empowering women's self-care: a participatory approach to prevent HIV/AIDS for women and children in Northeast Thailand.
Across Thailand there has been a general reduction in the incidence rate of HIV infection in all but one special population group: married women and their offspring whilst the incidence rate is relatively low (1.2%) it has remained steady for a number of years. This participatory approach aims to …
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Gender identities and roles : the representation of women and children in South African films about HIV and AIDS
This dissertation examines representations of women and children in South African films about HIV and AIDS, paying particular attention to issues relating to the advancement and empowerment of the two groups. The dissertation focuses on two films: Yesterday (Darrell Roodt, 2004) and Life Above All …
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Food welfare for low-income women and children in the UK: a policy analysis of the Healthy Start scheme
Food welfare for low-income women and children in the UK is an unexplored area of food policy. The current food welfare scheme for low-income women and children in the UK is called Healthy Start, and this replaced the previous Welfare Food Scheme in 2006. The main changes were that Healthy Start …
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Agency and community evaluations of WHWF's 2019 "Changing our forecast" report on the status of women and children in Spokane County
… to a 21 October 2019 request from Spokane’s Women Helping Women Fund [WHWF] organization for feedback from those who had downloaded their 2019 report on the status of women and children in Spokane County, titled “Changing Our Forecast.” Feedback from relevant agencies and related individuals …
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Analysing costs of a facility-based lay health worker intervention focused on improving health outcomes for HIV positive women and children
… (LHW) into a clinic to improve patient uptake and retention of PMTCT services, in what was previously the Motheo district, Free State.
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Engendering the evaluation of anti-trafficking policy: The Vietnamese National Action Programme against trafficking in women and children 2004-2010 (THE VNAP)
… affecting some 27 million people worldwide and has social, developmental, and human rights implications. Although in its various forms trafficking affects men, women and children, it has long been conceptualised as a women’s issue because women have comprised the majority of trafficking …
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Assessment of Factors Affecting Employees’ Promotion in Zanzibar Government Organization: A Case of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children Development
… of putting into effect the government policies and directives related to employment and promotion. Therefore, this study aimed at assessing the factors affecting employees’ promotion in Zanzibar Government Organizations specifically on Appraisal system, Scheme of Service, Institutional Financial …
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A PROPOSED NEW INTERNAL STANDARD FOR FREE, GLYCOSYLATED AND TOTAL PYRIDINIUM CROSSLINKS QUANTIFICATION IN HEALTHY WOMEN AND CHILDREN URINE: VALIDATION OF AN HPLC-FLUORESCENCE METHOD
… tools for the monitoring of changes in bone and cartilage turnover in subjects affected by pathologies with destructive bone and joint diseases such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteosarcoma. Epidemiological studies demonstrated that the measurements of different …
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Improving the international and regional, legal and policy framework in the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and children by international and regional peacekeepers
… dissertation will examine how an international and regional, legal and policy framework can be used to prevent continuing sexual exploitation and abuse by international and regional peacekeepers. It will examine what the different laws and policies contained within the framework currently …
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Dealing with violence against women in South Africa: A case study of the changing responses at the Saartjie Baartman centre for women and children in Cape Town (1999-2018)
Against the backdrop of a pandemic of violence against women (VAW) particularly in the Cape Flats areas of Cape Town, this mini-thesis reviews the history and programmes of the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children (SBCWC) in the Western Cape. As a multidisciplinary service centre …
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Thresholds in the Urban Environment: Women and Children's Shelter
… exploration begins with the urban environment and how one transitions through spaces into private spaces. In particular, this thesis addresses battered women and children and how their transition in life relates to transitional spaces. The journey began with research of precedence. However, the …
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The relationship between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and the ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) with a focus on women
… the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and the ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) as well as investigate how women’s organisations in the Lao PDR can most benefit from the country’s membership of the ACWC and how the Lao PDR can …
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Statutory laws of intestate succession in south-east Nigeria: addressing the gaps of legal pluralism
… regulation of intestate succession in Anambra and Ebonyi states of South-East Nigeria. It highlights the difficulties suffered by women and children who are disinherited under customary law and unveils the inadequacy of constitutional provisions and intestate succession laws regulating the …
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Statutory laws of intestate succession in south-east nigeria: addressing the gaps of legal pluralism
… regulation of intestate succession in Anambra and Ebonyi states of South-East Nigeria. It highlights the difficulties suffered by women and children who are disinherited under customary law and unveils the inadequacy of constitutional provisions and intestate succession laws regulating the …
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