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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"women's organizations"”.
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Women's empowerment in informal settlements of the Peruvian Amazon frontier: A case study of 9 de Octubre, Pucallpa-Peru
Women's organizations in informal settlements located in peri-urban areas of Peruvian Amazon cities have been carrying out programs for solving nutrition, food, health, and income generation problems in their communities. This is a way of women's local action of self-help and self-reliance to …
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Cooperation over conflict : the women's movement and the state in contemporary Japan
Progress on women's equality in Japan is found to be constrained by state intervention in the women's movement. This intervention takes the form of regulations that limit the independence of women's group, as well as resources that aid and influence their activities. The result is a relationship …
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Nurturing transitions: Housewife organizations in (colonial) Indonesia, 1900-1972
<p>From 1900-1972, housewife organizations in the Netherlands Indies and Indonesia assisted the population of the archipelago in adapting to the political upheaval that attended Indonesia's national liberation from the Netherlands. Under the Ethical Policy (1900-1942), the Association of Housewives …
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"Quality" control in China's reform era : investigating the suzhi discourse in women's work
… are particularly targeted at rural migrant women who have been migrating to Chinese cities at an increasing rate. This investigation attempts to delineate to what extent this is a story of complete domination of the hearts and minds. To what extent do the women themselves internalize these …
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Cuando Las Mujeres Leen: Teorizando El Sujeto Y La Narrativa en La Novelistica Femenina Hispanoamericana De Los 80
Approximately twenty-seven major novels by women from Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are read as a form of political critique in order to reassess and reconsider cultural production through the specific social conscience developed by Spanish American women during the eighties. The political …
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Opportunity in Haiti : women as agents of resilience in post-disaster reconstruction
… in an effective and efficient manner, Haitian women, and their organizations, have served a central role in cultivating stability within affected communities. As institutions and communities seek to reconstruct the material and social foundations of Haiti, focusing on the contemporary actions …
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Organizational Democracy and Women's Empowerment: An Examination of Four Advocacy Organizations in Bangladesh
Women's empowerment is an important aim of the development activities of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) in Bangladesh. In a patriarchal society, women experience discrimination and their participation in decision making processes often is not allowed in domestic, political and economic …
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Sexual harassment in the ivory tower
… into sexual harassment, forty-seven college women from women's organizations were interviewed in five focus groups and asked about sexual harassment issues at Virginia Tech. Literature was used to develop the questions. The data were analyzed using categories formed based on students' …
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"For Country and For Home": Elite Richmond Women and Changing Southern Womanhood during the First World War
… of the First World War on elite white Richmond women's roles as southern women? This thesis argues that, while white southern women's roles had been changing since the Civil War, it was not until World War I that southern women's traditional roles were challenged by ideas of national patriotism …
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From Social Reform to Social Science: The Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, 1877-1912
<p>Founded in 1877, the Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston is still in existence today. Although a pioneer in the fields of social reform, industrial education, women's organizations, and social science, it has long been neglected by historians. The first thirty-five years of the …
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Crafting Culture: Scrapbooking and the Lives of Women
… examines the process of consumption and how women's relationships with business owners, with other women and with the products that they purchase, enhance commercial activity. Specifically I observe the scrapbooking industry (currently the fastest growing hobby and cottage industry in the …
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Non-formal education and grassroots development : a case study from rural Bangladesh
… and the grassroots organization of disadvantaged women, education for regenerative agriculture, functional literacy and women's health. The case study focuses mainly on two womens groups. During the field work part of the study, most men were away from the villages in pursuit of salaried jobs or …
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The Kenyan Woman: Her Historical Relationship with the State
… relationship between the Kenyan state and women provides lessons and insight as to how women in a colonized state relate to the government and the gains, or lack thereof, that exist. Kenyan women were critical in the nationalist movement that intensified in the 1950s, culminating in …
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Opening Our Eyes: How Activist Women in Ecuador Learn Critical Political and Self-Aware Consciousness
… learned and relearned by members of women's organizations in Ecuador?" and "How do women's critical political and self-aware consciousnesses impact their organizations and their ability to build relationships based on solidarity?" Critical political consciousness is defined as …
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Solidarity versus Sisterhood: Women's Issues, Feminism and Potential in Poland
Exploring the history and trajectory of women's issues and activism in Poland, this work begins discussing the early twentieth century, moving through to the time period of the Solidarity trade union movement, continuing through the political transitions during the 1990s and ending in the present …
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Ignoring the obvious : women's roles in environmental management in Papua New Guinea
… thesis examines relationships within and between women's issues and environmental management issues in Papua New Guinea. These relationships are social, environmental and economic in nature and are impacted by the dynamics of the development process. The analysis used in the research is based on …
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May Wright Sewall (1844-1920)
… early twentieth century reformer in education, women's rights and peace. May involved herself in many areas where she saw the need for change--specifically into areas where she felt women were being either omitted entirely or at least discriminated against. The work emphasizes May's efforts at …
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Women’s Rights And Public Confidence: The Connection Between International Human Rights Norms And Public Confidence In Women’s Organizations
… 1949, human rights has been a constant concern. Women, in particular, are particular objects of distress in that they still face the most inequality globally. Despite the need for better women’s rights, public confidence in women’s organizations is varied widely. This paper explains the …
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African women in religion and culture Chewa women in the Nkhoma synod of the church of central Africa, presbyterian: a critical study from women's perspective
… approach to the study of Chewa women in the Nkhoma synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. It is an interpretation, from a women's perspective within the Reformed tradition of their status, roles, and experiences. The introduction provides a detailed explanation of …
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