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Climate Justice, Gender, and Intersectionality [PDF]

, 2019
Women are generally more vulnerable than men to environmental disasters and extreme weather events due to four main factors, which are related to women’s gendered roles in society: women are economically disadvantaged in comparison to men and are more
Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Reproductive Violence in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats and Gaspar de Alba’s Desert Blood

European Journal of American Studies
This paper examines the intersection of environmental injustice and reproductive violence, extending its scope to include nonhuman animals, through the literary analysis of Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats (1998) and Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s Desert Blood ...
Denisa Krásná
doaj   +1 more source

Historical public health in central Europe with special reference to Hungary. Long-term environmental effects of a historical cataclysm

Journal of Public Health Research, 2012
Hungary, in the centre of Carpathian Basin grapples with numerous challenges in order to improve catastrophic indices of environmental conditions of the country, as well as the state of health of the population.
Csaba Varga, István Ember, Edit Murányi, István Kiss   +3 more
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Environmental injustice and the Mississippi hog industry.

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002
The recent growth and restructuring of the swine industry in the state of Mississippi has raised various environmental and socioeconomic concerns. We spatially examined the location and attributes of 67 industrial hog operations to determine if African American and low-income communities have a high prevalence of industrial hog operations located near ...
Sacoby M, Wilson, Frank, Howell, Steve, Wing, Mark, Sobsey   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Community building through play: Development and design of a board game for review in an undergraduate anatomy course

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Engaging students and fostering interactions can be a challenge in large enrollment, foundational‐level, undergraduate anatomy classes. Despite the active learning environment of the anatomy laboratory, students often struggle to find study partners or even speak to fellow learners in a large classroom.
Kristin Stover, Vanessa Kruk, Jenna Kuczek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reexistências na luta pelo lugar: Uma análise da hidrelétrica Candonga na Zona da Mata Mineira

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2013
This article presents an analysis of the contradictions that have emerged between the Novo Soberbo resettlement, planned by the electricity sector, and the reality of the resettlements affected by the Candonga hydro‑electric power station.
Marina de Oliveira Penido, Doralice Barros Pereira, Anabelle Lages   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Combating Food Waste: Dumpster Diving as a Form of Consumer Resistance [PDF]

, 2018
This paper explores North America’s food waste issue associated with our current industrial globalized food system. Through a sociocultural lens, this essay examines the new social movement of dumpster diving among food waste activists and ‘freegans’ in ...
Vaughan, Brock J.
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source