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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"women’s groups"”.
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Peacebuilding in the Context of Displacement: Women’s Groups in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Settlements in Kenya
… in Kenya, 650,000 people, comprising men, women, youth, and children, fled their communities, and found refuge in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps. Although the Kenyan Government resettled some of the IDPs later in eco-villages and inner city settlements, seven years later there …
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Measuring what works: a mixed-methods evaluation of women’s groups on maternal health uptake in rural Nepal.
… one such intervention in Nepal targeting rural women to promote maternal health. Methods: A mixed-methods approach was used where, first, a Difference-in- Difference (DiD) estimation assessed the effects of the intervention on selected outcome variables while controlling for: 1) a constructed …
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A Space of their Own? A feminist exploration of gendered spatial relations in Professional Women’s Organizations in Alberta's Resource Sector
… in Alberta is the formation of professional women’s groups. Drawing on feminist geography, the objective of this research was to explore the social relations and power structures involved within the work environment that categorized where women’s groups are created, why they are created, and …
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Exploring the relationship between women’s empowerment and the internet in China: potentials and constraints
… of the relationship between the Internet and women’s empowerment in China. The theoretical framework of the study combines feminist theorisations of power – the core concept of empowerment – with insights from sociological perspectives on power and gender, as well as collective action theory. …
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Women Organizations for Peace: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of the Cyprus Problem
Abstract This research examines enduring women’s organizations working towards women’s rights and a peaceful solution to the Cyprus Problem which has taken precedence over gender equality on the island. This study was based on a 13-year period from 2001 to 2014 examining Hands Across the Divide …
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Mamas of Invention: Popular Education, Gender and Development among Womens Organizations in Kenya
… and leadership development among grassroots women’s organizations in Kenya. This study was based on ethnographic research among women’s organizations in the Nairobi, Taita and Lamu Districts of Kenya from 2007 to 2008. Data were collected through participant observation, focus groups, …
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Examining the problem of power in divorce mediation: A naturalistic inquiry
… in criticisms levelled at mediation from women’s groups, lawyers and others. Using six in-depth interviews with Ontario divorce mediators, this study examined power imbalance and its management. Three main themes emerged from the findings related to power: (1) the ‘emotional readiness’ of …
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Building Bridges: An Anthology of the War on Prostitution and the Greater Women’s Movement in Kansas City
… War on Prostitution in 1977 and the larger women’s movement of second-wave feminism throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The War on Prostitution makes the women’s movement in Kansas City unique because it brought together non-like-minded feminists despite their differences in ideology. A product …
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Peacebuilding and Gender Inclusivity: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh
<p>The work of women’s groups and civil society organizations led by women in conflict zones is underestimated and under resourced, yet these groups continue to be a voice of the marginalized. By examining the case of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, focusing on the …
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"Not just supporting but leading": the involvement of the women of the South Wales coalfield in the 1984-85 Miners' Strike
… Valleys. This dissertation will show that the women’s groups that played such a crucial supportive role in it were not the homogenous entity that has often been portrayed. They shared some comparable features with similar groups in English pit villages but there were also qualitative …
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‘Cyprus is the Country of Heroes, Not of Homosexuals’: Sexuality, Gender and Nationhood in Cyprus
… elites, military officials, representatives of women’s groups, as well as Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer individuals and activists. Through the utilization of a research design that draws on Foucaultian analysis, queer theory, law and national identity …
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"it's Only Fellow Refugees Who Assist:" Social Capital, Social Institutions, And Self-Reliance In Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
… humanitarian organizations to refugee-led groups, such as churches and women’s groups, which structured social networks. Yet, sources of support could become sources of instability, as refugees’ faced barriers in accessing assistance. First, although employment and income are important …
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Moving, waiting, searching across borders: Gendered geographies of violence, disappearance and contestation in southern Mexico
Women displaced by violence from Central America are the protagonists of this dissertation. Their intimate stories and acts of survival and care are foregrounded as they move, wait and search in social spaces in southern Mexico. They are mobilized to reconceptualize mainstream academic, political …
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Feminism Under and After Franco: Success and Failure in the Democratic Transition
… identity have influenced domestic debates about women’s rights and, eventually, gender equality policy. In this way debates about women’s rights have been central to Spaniards’ post-Franco political and cultural identity. I have also argued for a broader understanding of both the Sección Femenina …
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Saying it right, doing it wrong : an analysis of the failure of the African Union’s mediation in Darfur (2004-2006)
… needs to be more inclusive. Civil society, women’s groups, religious leaders, NGOs, and politicians outside of the Darfurian government (the opposition) should be included in the mediation process as their participation would not only increase the legitimacy of the mediation process but …
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Women’s empowerment and community development in Cameroon. A case study of NGOs and women’s organisations in the Northwest Province
… organisations in Cameroon are empowering women and promoting their role in the community development (CD) process. It investigates and analyses the causes of gaps between policy implementation at the grassroots level which prevents women benefiting fully from the programmes initiated by …