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Social Accountability for Safe and Sustainable Domestic Water Provision in Dar es Salaam and Morogoro [PDF]

, 2018
This paper reports the full results of a baseline survey on access to water for domestic use and social accountability in four districts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city, and Morogoro, a provincial town around 200 kilometres west of Dar.
Kweka, Opportuna, Munro, Neil
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The Global Epilepsy Needs Study (GENS): A mixed‐methods, multi‐country exploration of the unmet psychosocial and everyday needs of people with epilepsy

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective While epilepsy research has largely focused on medical management and clinical outcomes, less attention has been given to the unmet psychosocial and everyday needs of people with epilepsy (PWE), particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Gus A. Baker, Sandeep Kumar Bagga, Donna Walsh, Claire Nolan, Shivani Sharma, Charlotte Hooker, Pepa Gonzalez Parrao, Francesca Sofia, J. Helen Cross, Ma. Marta Bertone, Ivana García, Adam Jallow Janneh, Alison Kukla, Elvira Vacas Montero, Ding Ding, Latica Friedrich, Lecio Figueira Pinto, Gagandeep Singh, Chahnez Charfi Triki, Leya Raj, Allan Reese, on behalf of GENS Collaborators, Naziya Anzari, Alicia Bogacz, Martin Brodie, Heather Brooks, Nicole Coulthard, Laura Dickson, Laura Maria de Figueiredo Ferreira Guilhoto, Anchor Hung, John Nute Jabang, Boram Lee, Kheng‐Seang Lim, Rebecca Lisle, Anita Mago, Sharon Mbugua, Bindu Menon, Sarah Nekesa, Youssouf Noormamode, Per Olesen, Kris Pierce, Dzenana Rustempasic, Jitendra K. Sahu, Ana Sruk, Christa Studzinski, Nirmal Surya, Maria Alice Susemihl, Laura Weidner, Samuel Wiebe, Andrea Wilkinson, Leonie Wollscheid, Ian Wong, Bernadette Zappa   +52 more
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Interplay between civic engagement, political trust, and support for democracy: Insights from a study on youth students at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
Research on youth engagement in civic activities and its influence on political trust and support for democracy in developing countries, particularly Ethiopia, is limited.
Zenaw Alem Abebe, Kassahun Asres Admassu, Taye Negussie Belayneh   +2 more
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Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

Stand Up, Speak Out: Stimulating Dissent in Social Justice Teacher Education

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher education should not only prepare student teachers for their role in the existing educational system but also equip them to critically question and reform that system when confronted with injustice. We advocate for dissent in the future of teacher education.
Koen Hoondert, Milou Munsters, Karen van der Eng‐Özcan, Bjorn Wansink, Larike Bronkhorst   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

American cities increased their use of civic engagement tools during the Great Recession, but did not fully embrace citizen involvement in decision-making [PDF]

, 2015
As the Great Recession hit, American cities professional organizations and foundations increased efforts to promote civic engagement activities. Through analysis of 2006, 2009, and 2012 survey results, Marcia Godwin finds that cities increased their use ...
Godwin, Marcia
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Unlocking the Future of Insurance: The Power of Open Data, Digital Transformation, and Human Talent

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rapid technological advancement in insurance, there remains a critical gap in understanding how open data initiatives affect employee digital competencies and organizational transformation. This research investigates this relationship through a systematic review of 51 scholarly articles published between 2018 and 2024, using structured
Narongsak Sukma, Siriporn Yamnill
wiley   +1 more source

The Civic and Community Engagement of Religiously Active Americans [PDF]

, 2011
Presents survey findings about attitudes of those who are active in religious or spiritual groups toward people, their communities, their ability to make an impact on their communities, and the Internet, as well as their involvement with other ...
Jim Jansen
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Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout? [PDF]

Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment. While the integration of media markets will raise the private welfare of many consumers,
Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Joel Waldfogel
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