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Women's education and health inequalities in under-five mortality in selected sub-Saharan African countries, 1990–2015
(PLOS, 2016)The aim of the study was to analyse trends in the relationship between mother’s educational level and mortality of children under the year of five in Sub-Saharan Africa, from 1990 to 2015.Data used in this study came ... -
Women's eligibility for the qadiship (judicial office)
(AWRAQ, 1998)There is no express Qur'anic text or tradition (Sunna) of Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H) for against the idea of women occupying the office of judge (qadi) which implies that God never intended to discriminate in this area. ... -
Women's land rights and social change in rural South Africa: the case of Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal
(Juta Law, 2013)Changing marriage practices and a continuing decline in marriage rates are generating tensions in rural South Africa and prompting innovations in the character of women's rights to land. Empirical evidence of changing ... -
Women's land rights in Africa: Scorecard 2019
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)This Scorecard is for: MEASURING how committed governments are to women’s land rights in each country. COMPARING how women are confronting their governments about land rights. LEARNING how women are tackling their ... -
Women, gender and child marriage: Sub-Saharan Africa, overview
(Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, 2006)This entry provides an overview of early marriage of girls under the age of 18 from a human rights and gender perspective. It examines international conventions relating to child marriage and critiques the application of ... -
Women, priests and patriarchal ecclesial spaces in the Anglican church of Southern Africa: On ‘interruption’ asa transformative rhetorical strategy
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)In spite of the presence of women in previously male-dominated ecclesial spaces, patriarchal normativity continues to be re-inscribed through the reproduction of knowledge, which sustains skewed gender power relations ... -
Women, priests and the Anglican Church in Southern Africa: reformation of holy hierarchies
(Scholars Commons @ Laurier, 2017)The Anglican Church in Southern Africa (ACSA) is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in 2017. The quotation above is a statement made by the South African Council of ... -
Women’s engagement in and outcomes from small-scale fisheries value chains in Malawi: Effects of social relations
(Spinger, 2019)Women play an important role within small-scale fishing communities in sub-Saharan Africa through engaging in fish value chain activities and contributing to household food security and income. There is, however, little ... -
Women’s Lived Realities Under Customary Tenure in Rural South Africa and Policy Implications
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Women’s participation in fish value chains and value chain governance in Malawi: A case of Msaka (Lake Malawi) and Kachulu (Lake Chilwa)
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2017-05)This paper helps to fill an important gap that exists in gender responsive fish value chains by analysing the factors that influence women’s participation in fish value chains and value chain governance in Malawi. The study ... -
Women’s perceptions and reflections of male partners and couple dynamics in family planning adoption in selected urban slums in Nigeria: A qualitative exploration
(BMC, 2014)Nigeria is one of the countries where significant progress has not been recorded in contraceptive uptake despite decades of family planning programs while there are indications that slum dwellers may differ significantly ... -
Women’s use of non-conventional herbal uterotonic in pregnancy and labour: Evidence from birth attendants
(BMC, 2022)Over the years, governments and stakeholders have implemented various policies/programmes to improve maternal health outcomes in low-middle-income countries. In Ghana, Community Health Ofcers were trained as midwives to ... -
Wood-derived, monolithic chainmail electrocatalyst for biomass-assisted hydrogen production
(Wiley, 2023)The chainmail catalyst by encapsulating an active species within the carbon support is a well-established concept to endorse extraordinary stability for catalytic reactions under harsh conditions. Conventional chainmail ... -
The work and lives of street waste pickers in Pretoria - a case study of recycling in South Africa's urban informal economy
(Springer, 2011)High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception in this regard. Poverty and hardship caused by unemployment force many participants in the ... -
Work participation and disabilities in India
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2009)United Nations General Assembly in 1976 proclaimed 1981 as the International Year of the Disable Persons. Persons with disabilities are enthusiastic to overcome the social and economic barriers. In the present paper an ... -
Worker education in South Africa: Lessons and contradictions
(All Rights Reserved © Faculty of Education, McGill University, 2013, 2013)Worker education played a crucial role in the development of the trade union movement in South Africa and in the broader struggle for social transformation. This article reviews key moments and dynamics in the trajectory ... -
Worker roles in the open labor market: The challenges faced by people with intellectual disabilities in the Western Cape, South Africa
(IOS Press, 2021)BACKGROUND: Work holds great meaning and benefits beyond just monetary gain for people with intellectual disabilities. It gives these individuals the opportunity to engage in meaningful occupation. OBJECTIVE: The purpose ... -
Workers in small business: the forgotten people
(Juta Law, 1994)Introduction:The present-day concentration by government, private sector organizations and academics on the small and informal business sectors is undoubtedly a sign of the times. Until some 20 years ago small business ... -
Workers, platforms and the state: the struggle over digital labour platform regulation
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)This chapter discusses the arguments made by digital labour platforms - and their supporters - in favour of self-regulation. Against their claims that platform self-regulation is a preferable alternative to state intervention, ... -
Working conditions of social workers in rural areas in South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2004)This article presents the results of one of the aspects of an exploratory study that was conducted by the author with rural social workers. The working conditions of 45 social workers are described.