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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"right to work"”.
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The right to work in Argentina : job policy and economic rights in a worker cooperative
… of an empresa recuperada por sus trabajadores (worker recovered enterprise, ERT) case study in Argentina in an effort to understand their impact to employment retention during economic crisis. Part of the larger social upheaval resulting from failed economic liberalization during the 1990s, ERTs …
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Women with disabilities and the right to work in Nigeria: recommendations for an inclusive public service and labour market
… and are more impacted by these barriers. Due to the intersection between gender and disabilities, women with disabilities are often victims of double discrimination and encounter a greater degree of stigmatization in accessing open employment than men with disabilities. Although Nigeria …
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The right to work and rights in the workplace: securing the socio-economic rights of foreign migrant workers in the construction sector in Cape Town
Human rights claims are primarily directed at the state, which is seen as holding the perfect obligation to ensure the realisation of rights, however, other actors who hold imperfect obligations may be more directly responsible for helping rights claimants realise their rights entitlements. This is …
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Self-reliance and the rights to work for refugees: lessons from the case studies of South Africa and Germany for the implementation of the Global Compact on refugees by the European Union
The right to work is a fundamental human right and regarded essential for a life in dignity. It is explicitly granted to refugees in international and regional law, as well as in numerous national constitutions. In practice, however, refugees have to overcome many obstacles in order to participate …
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The intractable refugee gap in the Nordics: can human rights make a difference?
… the Nordics for example, collaborate with UNHCR, to permanently resettle a few refugees on a quota basis, as a ground to provide a durable solution to one of the most intractable refugee situations. Although, the decision is discretionary and benevolent, it is nonetheless grounded in international …
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The European Revolutions of 1848 and the Danubian Principality of Wallachia
… Revolution of 1848 as a window through which to see and study questions about time, revolution, national and European identity, personal and popular sovereignty, and the relationship between central and local interests in mid- nineteenth-century Europe. It argues that liberal intellectuals in …
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Working women in Cape Town: reconciling religious beliefs and modernity
… verse 4:34 implies the subordination of wives to their husband within their families. The fundamental duty of the husband to support his wife materially has led to the entrenched notion of male protection of women. In exchange for such protection, the wife has the reciprocal duty of obedience …
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Legislating Morality: Codes of Ethics and Sanctions Related to Teacher Misconduct
… places students in harm’s way. This study sought to fill that gap and provide a set of evidence-based recommendations for policymakers, teacher credentialing agencies, and school district personnel to manage teacher misconduct. The study analyzed teacher credential sanction data in 12 states over …
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The refugee rate: evidence from a field experiment of discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers
With the number of displaced continuing to rise, there is more urgency than ever to create sustainable solutions for the economic inclusion of refugees. One path that offers benefits to all stakeholders is self-reliance though providing refugees the right to work. Yet little work has been done to …
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The politics of urbanity : form and knowledge
… years, the inhabitants formed a unique network of actions that attempts to recapture the city as a place where people have the right to work and live. One must look at the Brussels experience in light of the theories that led to the ideological development of the inhabitants' struggle. …
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Unjust Profit: Moral Economies of Recycling and Migration in Urban Turkey
… examines how the arrival of foreign migrants into Istanbul’s recycling workforce has changed how citizens consider who or what should profit from the city’s waste. Based on twelve months of fieldwork in a peripheral Istanbul district, it proposes that labour encounters between foreign migrants …
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On The Shoulders of Giants
… addresses, http://<a href="http://www.womenofhistorv.com">www.womenofhistorv.com</a> and/or <a href="http://www.historvofwomen.com">http://www.historvofwomen.com</a>.</p> <p>The web site focuses on the historical period between 1770 and 1870 in the countries of England, France and the United …
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Factors inhibiting unionization of the Virginia Governmental Employees Association
The study was an investigation into the motives, policies and practices of the Virginia Governmental Employees Association and the motivations, needs and desires of its membership. This was undertaken to determine the major forces which have prevented change in the operating practices or structure …
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Employment, discrimination and seeking redress : an analytical study
… hinders the enjoyment of other essential rights which are inherent to the person’s survival in society, such as the right to work. However, awareness on what entails discrimination is not enough. Knowledge on ways how one can address discrimination or how one can access redress once damage …
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Women working for their freedom : FCWU and AFCWU and the women question
… Firstly, it is an investigation of the extent to which a trade union can successfully participate in the struggle for working women's rights at work and concerning motherhood and childcare, and in the struggle for the realisation of the political aspirations of women workers within a capitalist …
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The specter of Black labor: African American workers in Illinois before the Great Migration, 1847 to 1910
… and early twentieth centuries in relation to their own position as laborers. While previous studies on Black workers in Illinois focus heavily on African Americans and their relationship to the larger labor movement of this period, the goal in this project is to view these workers primarily …
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Crash landing in Cape Town : testing the port-of-entry conceptualisation and examining Cape Town's spatial policy for cognisance of migrant's diverse spatial and livelihood strategies
… dissertation) although granted comprehensive rights by the South African Constitution, are unable to access or 'realise' these rights. Migrants throughout the country have been encouraged to integrate into South African society and become active agents of their own integration. This has …
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Determinants of total bargaining outcomes in the open-shop environment
Today, labor union membership has dropped to its lowest level in over 40 years. Attempts to boost aggregate union membership through large scale organizing drives have largely failed. This has placed a great deal of pressure on unions to provide services to existing union members. This would seem …
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