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Gendered endings: Narratives of male and female suicides in the South African Lowveld [PDF]

, 2012
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11013-012-9258-y. Copyright @ Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.Durkheim’s classical theory of suicide rates being a negative ...
Adam Kuper, Arnold Cooper, Brenda Farnell, Chris De Wet, Cluny MacPherson, D. Wassenaar, David Gilmore, David Riches, Dorothy Ayers Counts, Douglas Hollan, Edward Lipuma, Edwin Shneidman, Emanual Marx, Fatima Meer, Francis Hezel, Fraser McNeill, Henrietta Moore, Isak Niehaus, J. Van Winkle, Jack Douglas, James H. Chaplin, Kenneth Burke, Kristi Stølen, Liisa Malkki, M.D.W. Jeffreys, Margaret Gilmore, Marylin Strathern, Michael Kral, Michael Kral, Peter Carstens, Pierre Bourdieu, R. Matzopoulos, Raymond Firth, Ronald Littlewood, Roy F. Baumeister, South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR), W.D. Hammond-Tooke, Wendy James, Wim Van Binsbergen   +38 more
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Caste as a Social Kind

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

'Rumours' and clinical trials: a retrospective examination of a paediatric malnutrition study in Zambia, southern Africa

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Many public health researchers conducting studies in resource-constrained settings have experienced negative 'rumours' about their work; in some cases they have been reported to create serious challenges and derail studies.
Amadi Beatrice, Sikateyo Bornwell, Muchimba Maureen, Kingori Patricia, Kelly Paul   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban wild meat and pangolin consumption across southern forested Cameroon: The limited influence of COVID‐19

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo, Ghislain F. Difouo, Christian N. Tchana, Alain Christel Wandji, Alfiery Laurel Djomnang‐Nkwala, Marcelle Mbadjoun Nziké, Sévilor Kekeunou, Markéta Swiacká, Daniel J. Ingram   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
wiley   +1 more source

Additional file 3 of Child witchcraft confessions as an idiom of distress in Sierra Leone; results of a rapid qualitative inquiry and recommendations for mental health interventions

, 2021
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Yoder, Hélène N. C., De Jong, Joop T. V. M., Tol, Wietse A., Duncan, Joshua A., Amjata Bayoh, Reis, Ria   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

What do other men think? Understanding (mis)perceptions of peer gender role ideology among young Tanzanian men

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Abstract Peer influence in adolescence and early adulthood is critical to the formation of beliefs about appropriate behaviour for each gender. Complicating matters, recent studies suggest that men overestimate peer support for inequitable gender norms. Combined with social conformity, this susceptibility to ‘norm misperception’ may represent a barrier
Alexander M. Ishungisa, Joseph A. Kilgallen, Elisha Mabula, Charlotte O. Brand, Mark Urassa, David W. Lawson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additional file 1 of Child witchcraft confessions as an idiom of distress in Sierra Leone; results of a rapid qualitative inquiry and recommendations for mental health interventions

, 2021
Additional file 1.
Yoder, Hélène N. C., De Jong, Joop T. V. M., Tol, Wietse A., Duncan, Joshua A., Amjata Bayoh, Reis, Ria   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

‘Vitamins’, shortcuts, and athletic citizenship in Ethiopia and Cameroon: considering sporting ethics beyond biomedicine « Vitamines », courts‐circuits et citoyenneté sportive en Éthiopie et au Cameroun : l’éthique du sport, au‐delà de la biomédecine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
wiley   +1 more source

Additional file 2 of Child witchcraft confessions as an idiom of distress in Sierra Leone; results of a rapid qualitative inquiry and recommendations for mental health interventions

, 2021
Additional file 2.
Yoder, Hélène N. C., De Jong, Joop T. V. M., Tol, Wietse A., Duncan, Joshua A., Amjata Bayoh, Reis, Ria   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source