Role of non-governmental organizations in the daily lives of the Afghan and Pathan children and youth working on the streets
Autor/in:
Khalid, Asma
Quelle: Pakistan Administrative Review, 1 (2017) 1, S 3-18
Inhalt: This article aims to investigate the role and effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the daily lives of the Afghan and Pathan children and youth working on the streets. In this ethnographic research, 30 girls and boys, aged 12 to 16, were involved in the data generation. Three NGOs were selected in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In this research, children and youth discussed that one of the NGOs is meeting the needs of education and other two NGOs are putting their efforts but to a limited extent. This investigation also revealed that none of the studied NGOs have focused on the work based learning and skills development, however contributing to a very limited scope. The studied group has valued the NGOs' consideration of respect and dignity aspects in their operations. It is concluded that NGOs need to plan comprehensively to play an effective role to improve the daily lives of their target groups such as children and youth working on the streets.
SSOAR Kategorie:Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie, Jugendsoziologie, Soziologie der Kindheit, Lehre und Studium, Professionalisierung und Ethik, Organisationen und Verbände der Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik, soziale Probleme
Quelle: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, (2017) 77, S 56-65
Inhalt: In this research, we have studied the population of street children in Khorram Abad in Iran, in 2015, with the emphasis on the role of economic and legal factors forcing children to work on the streets. The results of this research show that the issue of child labor is the consequence of both global and local matters. These children are the products of the urban society, poverty, and cultural, legal, and local factors. The research method is a survey, and the statistical population is the street children, aged between 7 to 18 living in Khorram Abad, in 2015. The sample population chosen randomly includes 242 people, and the required information was gathered using the questionnaire and interview technique. In Khorram Abad, Lorestan, economic crisis and parents' misdemeanor are the two main factors that force the children to fill their fathers' missing place by working in the streets. But, gender factors such as being a boy, and cultural factors such as belonging to a specific tribe are influential in the howness of this phenomenon. In this article, we have attempted to use native sources for a better understanding of the local situation of the phenomenon, and have proposed a few solutions to alter the current situation.
Inhalt: The following opinion piece concerns a reading of the work of Angela Davis and its application to the research on sport and social inclusion. It has the following aims: first, we use her work to argue that racism, as constituted via economics, helps to construct gender; second, we suggest that research on sport and social inclusion would do well to consider the work of Davis in forming a more complex reading of what it means to invite the participation -or inclusion- of women and girls in sport, both racialized and non-racialized.
An assessment of women's accessibility to poverty alleviation programmes in Kano State, Nigeria
Autor/in:
Bello, Aduke Olufunmilayo
Quelle: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, (2016) 73, S 54-61
Inhalt: This study examines the accessibility of women to Poverty Alleviation Programmes (PAP) in Kano State, Nigeria. The aim of the study was to identify the poverty alleviation programmes and assess the difference that exists btetween rural and urban women's access to them. The results revealed that there was no significant difference between the accessibility of rural and urban women to PAP in the study area (Chi-square value = 9.196 (df) 1, p = 0.002). Consequently, it is recommended that the government should ensure proper periodical assessment and review of the administration and implementation of PAP in the study area. This will make the accessibility of women to the programmes result oriented. This will enhance the achievement of proper awareness among women and increase their accessibility to Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Kano State, Nigeria.
Harassment Act Implementation in Higher Education Institutions
Autor/in:
Yousaf, Rizwana; Schmiede, Rudi
Quelle: Open Journal of Leadership, 5 (2016) , S 8-19
Inhalt: "Effective implementation of harassment Act might be inevitable to acquiring gender equality in higher education institutions and diminishing the influence of patriarchal and conservative mind
set. This study intended to explore implementation of the harassment Act (2010) in universities. Although Government of Pakistan has enforced harassment Act and Higher Education Commission
(HEC) made it mandatory to implement, none of the university in the sample has implemented it.
Various incidence of harassment has been reported by study participants and in certain cases, victims
are asked to resign the jobs as they refuse or fail to comply with the drives of male colleagues and heads. Lack of state and organizational control leads women to be silent and tolerant of harassment
and ultimately, it encourages perpetrator to continue the derogatory behaviour." (author's abstract)
Hazards of being a male breadwinner: deadbeat dads in the United States of the 1980s
Titelübersetzung:Väter zwischen Schuldenmoral, Gericht und Medien in den USA der 1980er Jahre
Autor/in:
Krämer, Felix
Quelle: Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 1, S 223-239
Inhalt: This article explores the "deadbeat dad" - fathers short on child support payments - as a contemporary figure originating in the Reagan era. It questions risks that were morally redirected in the 1980s, addressed towards particular groups of fathers and their relatives. After setting the question in relation to contemporary masculinity studies, the author brings "deadbeat dads" in line with the history of indebtedness and default. By scrutinizing how the claim to secure single mothers’ alimony was integrated into a neoconservative project and the state's retreat from welfare in the United States, the paper analyses TV newscasts displaying the prosecution of delinquent fathers publicly. Adopting a discourse-analytical perspective, the author sketches out how the figure of the male breadwinner resonated in claims for economic and biological responsibility that were revived in the Reagan years. Exemplified by the context of the current case of Walter Scott, the contemporary history of child support debtors demonstrates how black fathers do not only face a higher risk of becoming victims of police violence, but also how ascribing default to African American fathers tied irresponsibility to black masculinity.
Schlagwörter:Vaterschaft; fatherhood; Verschuldung; indebtedness; Strafverfolgung; prosecution; Delinquenz; delinquency; Unterhaltspflicht; support obligation; Geschlechterverhältnis; gender relations; Diskriminierung; discrimination; Rassismus; racism; Männlichkeit; masculinity; Massenmedien; mass media; Berichterstattung; reporting; Diskurs; discourse; Moral; morality; Sozialpolitik; social policy; USA; United States of America; Zeitgeschichte; contemporary history
SSOAR Kategorie:Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung, soziale Probleme, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Study of the perceptions of women of childbearing age about the effects of alcohol intake during pregnancy as a proposal for systematization of teaching practices by nursing for the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Titelübersetzung:Estudo das percepções de mulheres em idade fértil sobre os efeitos da ingestão de bebidas alcoólicas durante a gravidez como proposta para sistematização de práticas de ensino pela enfermagem para a prevenção dos transtornos do espectro alcoólico fetal
Quelle: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8 (2016) 1, S 3860-3872
Inhalt: Objectives: to identify the knowledge of women about the effects of alcohol intake during pregnancy; to propose educative actions involving this topic for guidance on women's health in the pre-conception and gestational period. Method: exploratory study of quantitative character. The scenario was the Estacio de Sa University (campus Niteroi-RJ). The subjects were 99 women. A structured interview was used for data collection and it was conducted after the research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University. Results: analysis of the data collected has allowed to identify women's ignorance on the subject and reduced participation of the nursing professional in the orientation of these women. Conclusion: it is necessary to increase the disclosure of these damages to health through educational campaigns promoted by health institutions and greater participation of nursing professionals in the education of this target audience.
Schlagwörter:woman; Schwangerschaft; pregnancy; Alkohol; alcohol; Alkoholismus; alcoholism; Gesundheitsschaden; damage to one's health; gesundheitliche Folgen; health consequences; Pflege; caregiving; Gesundheit; health; Krankenpfleger; male nurse; Ausbildung; training; Wissen; knowledge; Bildung; education; Brasilien; Brazil; Lateinamerika; Latin America; Südamerika; South America
SSOAR Kategorie:Medizinsoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, soziale Probleme
Abused women's understandings of intimate partner violence and the link to intimate femicide
Titelübersetzung:Femizid und das Verständnis missbrauchter Frauen von durch Intimpartner erfahrener Gewalt
Autor/in:
Dekel, Bianca; Andipatin, Michelle
Quelle: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 17 (2016) 1, 30 S
Inhalt: In diesem Beitrag beschäftigen wir uns im Rahmen einer qualitativen Studie und unter einer feministisch-poststrukturalistischen Perspektive mit Frauen, die Gewalt durch Intimpartner überlebt haben und damit, welche Bezüge diese Frauen zu möglichem Femizid herstellen. Hierzu wurden sieben südafrikanische Frauen zwischen 23 und 50 Jahren in Interviews, die diskursanalytisch ausgewertet wurden, zur Geschichte ihres Gewalterlebens in Intimpartnerschaften befragt. Es wurde deutlich, dass die Frauen Gender-Identitäten entwickelt haben, die widersprüchliche und herausfordernde subjektive Erfahrungen mit Gewalt reflektieren und abhängig sind von dem spezifischen sozialen Kontext des Gewalterlebens. Auch schien eine Befassung mit potenzieller Tötung zu bedrohlich, und es wurde vor allem auf Weiblichkeit und romantische Liebe rekurriert, um den Verbleib bei den gewalttätigen Partnern zu rechtfertigen. Dies legt nahe, die Frage der Tötung von Frauen durch Intimpartner offensiver zu thematisieren, weil Frauen in Missbrauchsbeziehungen meist nur peripher sichtbar werden. (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: In this article, we explore how women survivors of intimate partner violence understand the abuse they endured and the possible link to intimate femicide. This is a qualitative study based on a feminist poststructuralist perspective. Seven South African women, aged 23 to 50 years, with a history of different manifestations of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) participated in open-ended interviews. The data was analyzed by means of discourse analysis. In their explanations, the women constructed gendered identities, which reflected contradictory and ambiguous subjective experiences. The women's understandings were filtered through the particular social context in which their abusive experiences occurred. The findings highlighted that contemplating femicide was too threatening, and consequently participants drew on discourses of femininity, romantic love, and others to justify their remaining in their violence-ridden relationships. It emphasizes the need for additional engagement in women's understandings of intimate femicide, as women who live in abusive relationships have largely been consigned to the periphery. (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:häusliche Gewalt; domestic violence; Missbrauch; abuse; Republik Südafrika; Republic of South Africa; Diskursanalyse; discourse analysis; Interview; interview; Partnerschaft; partnership; woman; gender-specific factors; Femizid
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, soziale Probleme