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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
wiley   +1 more source

Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Equity Health
Ocloo EK   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A cross-sectional assessment of cervical cancer vaccination and screening among women of reproductive age living with HIV in North Central States, Nigeria. [PDF]

open access: yesPan Afr Med J
Atibioke OP   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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