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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"gender power relations"”.
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The embody-ment of power? : women and physical activity
… between being physically active and becoming empowered. It centres on the experiences of women and investigates their involvement in physical activity and how this relates to the rest of their lives and their subjectivities. In so doing the research explores the relation between physicality and …
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Women and power in the vulnerability to HIV infection: the case of Malawi
… at particular risk of infection. Although the gendered dimensions of HIV/AIDS have been recognised, this is not fully understood and the tendency is to respond at a surface level only. This research provides a critique of the current response to HIV/AIDS in Malawi and a theoretically informed …
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Sexual behaviour among Ugandan university students: A gender perspective
… among Ugandan university students, focusing on a gender perspective. This knowledge can contribute to effective policy formulation and implementation of programs. In 2010, 1,954 students participated in a cross-sectional study and the data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. …
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The gendering of sports news: An investigation into the production, content and reception of sports photographs of athletes in New Zealand newspapers.
… Zealand newspapers, in order to establish the relationship between media representations and cultural understandings of sportswomen and women’s sport. The study adopts a feminist cultural studies perspective and questions how photographs of sportswomen are constructed and perceived through …
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Refugee women’s agency through everyday space appropriation: An investigation into Rohingya women’s “invisibility” in the camps of Bangladesh
… at the very bottom level of the humanitarian power relations to contribute to the daily “visible” process of the camp’s socio-spatial existence. The study, drawing upon feminist critiques of human agency, recognizes the traditional West-formulated notions of agency that emphasize direct …
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An Analysis of the Political Dynamics that Influenced the Process of Adopting the 2016 National Land Laws in Malawi: A Gender Perspective
… 2016 land legislation in Malawi influenced the gendered outcomes. It highlights the complexity of the policymaking process that was shaped by divergent interests and power dynamics of the stakeholders. It argues that although the interests and agenda complicated the process, their discourses …