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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Women in Public"”.
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Women in Public Relations: Our Past, Present, and Future
Since abolition, women have used the media to bring attention to causes and injustices in society. Issues faced by these women are some of the same issues faced by women in public relations today and possibly the future. This paper is the history of the women of pre-professional public relations in …
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Apparent lesbian performances, heteroflexibility and sexual identity: Fluid sexuality among young women in public places.
Semi-structured interviews were used to document the experiences of fifteen young women between the ages of 18--31 who have engaged in "apparent lesbian performances". Apparent Lesbian behaviours occur when women engage in intimate behaviour with other women in public places. This study finds that …
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The great problems are in the street : a phenomenology of men's stranger intrusions on women in public spaces
… body of empirical literature on men’s stranger intrusion in public space, commonly termed ‘street harassment’, through a transdisciplinary study bringing a philosophical framework to the study of violence against women and girls (VAWG). Analysis of 50 women’s accounts given during a three stage …
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Women in Public Middle School Administration in Georgia: A Feminist Analysis of the Perceptions of Women in Power
… of educational leadership is currently experiencing an era of educational change. Women who work in primarily male-dominated careers as principals of middle schools have experienced a variety of complex issues related to their leadership roles and their gender roles. There has been a notable …
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Racialization of Muslim-American Women in Public and Private Spaces: An Analysis of their Racialized Identity and Strategies of Resistance
The aim of this research project is to investigate how Muslim-American undergraduate women experience racialization in public and private spaces, examine whether those experiences give rise to a racialized identity, and highlight how they resist and cope with their racialization. The recent …
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Feminist and masculine values and their effects on female managerial positions in nonprofit and corporate public relations
This study examines the rise of executive women in public relations in both the nonprofit and corporate sectors. The focus of this study was on feminist and masculine values and their effects on female executives. A survey of 121 female executives from the corporate, nonprofit, and agency settings …
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How Do Male and Female Public Parks and Recreation Professionals' Perceptions of Equity Affect Their Workplace Attitudes
… perceptions of workplace equity felt by men and women in public parks and recreation. The impact these perceptions have on workplace issues was also examined. Issues that were studied included job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship, and career development …
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Pathways to public life for professional women in Afghanistan: Negotiating shifting patriarchal political regimes and gender regimes
This thesis examines how Afghan women from the professional social class have negotiated the patriarchy in that country and claimed their agency and public life during different political regimes. Resisting the Western representation of Afghan women as passive victims, it uses the life story …
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Pathways to public life for professional women in Afghanistan: Negotiating shifting patriarchal political regimes and gender regimes
This thesis examines how Afghan women from the professional social class have negotiated the patriarchy in that country and claimed their agency and public life during different political regimes. Resisting the Western representation of Afghan women as passive victims, it uses the life story …
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THE RIGHT TO NAVIGATE RISK IN MEXICO CITY: Possibilities for creating safer spaces for women experiencing fear of sexual harassment in their daily use of the city
… explores the effects of fear of harassment on women’s mobility choices in Mexico City by analyzing it through a Right to the City framework. Women’s fear of harassment constitutes a constant state of alert to the smaller and more subtle forms which exist in a spatial continuity as a woman …
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An Exploratory Study of Lived Experiences of Black African Highly Qualified, Highly Skilled Migrant Women’s Career Mobility in England’s Public Sector Organisations
… Highly Qualified Highly Skilled Migrant (HQHSM) women's lived experiences have influenced their identities and likelihood of attaining leadership roles in England’s public sector organisations. Social identity, self-categorisation, and personal identity theories, fused with intersectionality, …
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The place of women in the political sphere: a comparative study of Cameroon and South Africa
This thesis compared the status of women's political participation in Cameroon and South Africa through an assessment conducted against the backdrop key of international, regional and national human rights standards. The aim of this thesis was not only, to be conscious of women's absence in …
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Women Parliamentarians perceptions of political influence in the South African Parliament
In this study, I examine how women Parliamentarians understand their political influence within the South African Parliament and what environmental factors contribute to this understanding. Currently, South Africa is a global leader for the amount of women in Parliament and has been since the 1994 …
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Women in African Drama: Representation and role
The purpose of this study is to examine the representation and role of women in African theatre. The discussion is based on published and unpublished plays by African writers selected from a pan-African perspective. The thesis is divided into two major parts: Women in Society; The Portrayal of …
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The impact of culture on the right of women to participate in public affairs : a comparative analysis of Swazi and Buganda Kingdoms
… time patriarchial African societies have denied women their rightful place in public life. There are certain cultural practices within these patriarchal societies, which impede the realisation of the human rights of women. Such cultural practices have impacted on the division of power and …
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From the Restoration to the Pisanelli Code (1815-1865): A Cultural and Historical Assessment of the Legal Status of Women in the North of the Italian Peninsula
… and Historical Assessment of the Legal Status of Women in the North of the Italian Peninsula In the context of a changing political landscape, where shifts in state boundaries and socio-economic structures deeply affected the Italian peninsula and its people, this thesis analyses women and the law …
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An Enlarging Influence: Women of New Orleans, Julia Ward Howe, and the Woman's Department at the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884-1885
This study investigates the first Woman's Department at a World's Fair in the Deep South. It documents conflicts and reconciliations and the reassessments that post-bellum women made during the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, the region's foremost but atypical …