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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"socio-economic inequalities"”.
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Explaining the socio-economic inequalities in child immunisation coverage in Zimbabwe
Socioeconomic inequalities in health have received significant attention globally because of the well-known association between wealth and health. A lot of studies show that poor people are more prone to sickness than their counterparts. Immunisation has been a key antidote to avert deaths for …
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Assessing socio-economic inequalities in the use of antenatal care in the Southern African Development community
… this goal (UNDP, 2016). This paper focuses on socioeconomic inequalities in the use of ANC services as an important aspect of MHC in SADC countries. Methods The data used in this study are obtained from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Three mutually exclusive variables were created to …
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The unequal multispecies entangled human-rat relation: How rodent control reveals colonial legacies in the lives of people of Lwandle/Nomzamo in Strand, Cape Town, South Africa
… the complex issue of rodent management and the inequalities faced by people living in Strand. Thinking about the ‘animal turn' in anthropology, this thesis considers the multifaceted issues around human-rat relations, poverty and race inequality in South Africa. The lack of service delivery and …
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Mortality: modelling, socio-economic differences and basis risk
… the population, resulting in a widening of socio-economic inequalities in mortality. The uncertainty and socio-economic variability of life expectancy pose a challenge for the design of pension systems and the management of longevity risk in pension funds and annuity portfolios. This thesis …
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Climate governance in South Africa: challenges, risks and opportunities
… the risks of climate-induced disasters, socio-economic inequalities, and infrastructural vulnerabilities. The results show that climate governance in the city municipalities of Cape Town and eThekwini has been improving but is not adequate yet, especially in rural and low-resourced …
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An approach to urban restructuring and intensification in Cape Town: the case of Wingfield
… in South African cities reflect high levels of socio-economic inequalities, which are exacerbated by rapid population growth and urbanization. These conditions are experienced by many of South Africa's major cities, including Cape Town. The focus is on the inequitable and inefficient urban …
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Political violence as a form of communication: understanding marginalised voices in South Africa through content analysis
… a form of communication within the South African socio-political landscape. Grounded in an interpretivist framework, this research investigates how marginalized communities employ violence to express grievances, assert political demands, and navigate systemic exclusions. By employing qualitative …
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"NEET" or left out?, disadvantaged young people, everyday experiences of marginalisation and "accelerated" transitions in urban Scotland
While social, economic and political transformations inscribed in current neoliberal capitalism have significantly changed contemporary young adulthood, social divisions continue to shape young people's lives and transitions. A considerable body of research has linked socio-economic inequalities …
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Feminist Interventions in Curatorial Practice at Appalachian University Art Institutions
… approaches to address a broader scope of socio-economic inequalities as well as power dynamics within museums It is intended to serve as an entry point for further critique of self-described curatorial feminist methods and their practical implementations, in order to analyze what these …
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Game, Set, Watched: Governance, Social Control and Surveillance in Professional Tennis
… accounts of “modes of governing” perpetuate sociological predicaments of professional tennis players within late capitalism. These modes of surveillance are founded on a meritocracy based on the ATP and WTA rankings systems. A player’s ranking affects how he or she is governed, surveilled, …
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Decentralising the South African Police Service: Does South Africa's current public safety crisis and the de facto decentralising of policing necessitate a critical evaluation of its present policing model?
… about it as a matter of urgency. While the huge socio-economic inequalities in South Africa remain the main cause of crime in South Africa, the focus of this dissertation is on the inefficient, ineffective and unaccountable South African Police Service (SAPS), and how its failings have …
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Impacts of outdoor and indoor air pollution on COVID-19 health outcomes and interventions in the Southern African development community region: a scoping review
… Summary: The interplay of air pollution, socio-economic inequalities, and constrained healthcare capacity intensifies COVID-19 outcomes in the SADC region. To address these intertwined challenges, urgent cleaner energy transitions, enhanced air quality monitoring, and strategies to reduce …
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Toward a multi-scale participatory urban policymaking platform : co-designing Mass Transit using LEGO bricks, open data, and interactive pixels
… chronic congestion, environmental pollution and socio-economic inequalities. With the rising adoption of and sophistication of social media and personal electronic devices, citizens are increasingly voicing their expectations and hearing those of others from near and afar on what they expect of …
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Public participation at local government level in South Africa : a critical analysis of integrated development planning and ward committees
… organs with significant responsibility for the socio-economic well-being of all communities. Municipalities are mandated to promote developmental local govel11ment which focuses on development in an integrated and sustainable manner, and address socio-economic inequalities. The objective of this …
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Socio-economic inequality and ethno-political conflict : evidence from Kenya
This study examines the influence of socio-economic inequalities on the probability of conflict in Kenya and aims to synthesise various causal hypotheses in the literature. This research extends to a regional analysis of a cross-national sample to understand the extent to which structural cleavages …
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Storying disillusionment : a decolonial reading of selected plays by Cheela Chilala, Blessing Hungwe, and Dunduzu Chisiza Jr
… political betrayal, cultural alienation, and socio-economic inequalities. The study demonstrates that, despite not intentionally writing with decoloniality in mind, the play texts, arguably shaped by comparable historical, cultural, and socio-political conditions in their respective countries, …
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The role of Section 12 A (3) of the Competition Act to bring into effect the objectives of the act of addressing social and economic problems and past inequalities through the public interest assessment in merger proceedings
… could only be achieved by a total revamp of our economic policy and framework, which was designed to benefit the white minority. The government quickly realized the fact that our competition jurisprudence had a significant role to play in bringing about economic and social reform. The challenge …
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Challenges faced by NPOs providing services to refugees and asylum seekers in the Cape Town Metropolitan area
… that the legacy of the past and perpetuating socio-economic inequalities hinder the integration of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Xenophobia remains a major concern and the approach of government toward migration appears contradictory. Documentation, administration and corruption …
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Muslim childhoods in South Africa: gendering the madrasah space
… context of environmental precarity, socio-economic inequalities and spatial disparities in South Africa.
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Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Contemporary India: Examining the Link between Cross-region Marriages, Neoliberal Capitalism, and New Forms of Gender Subordination
… process in India has accentuated the socio-economic inequalities of historically marginalized groups like the Dalits and the Muslims, with the women from these groups being dispossessed differentially due to their gender. This makes them vulnerable to cross-region marriage proposals. …
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