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Progress and problems of gender equality in Japanese academics and geosciences [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Geosciences, 2020
In its gender equality status, Japan lags behind the European Union (EU) and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Only 16.7 % of academic staff in national universities are women. Although there has been a
R. S. Hori, R. S. Hori, R. S. Hori
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Harnessing the sustainable competitive advantage of social motivation in the informal market: A West African society insight

open access: yesHeliyon, 2021
The existence of informal entrepreneurship is alleged to curb hardships related to unemployment. This has been the case of Nigerian youths at getting needs met but a dire exists when related to the African cultural heritage of value and goals.
Adebanji William Ayeni   +3 more
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“I don’t know if we’ll ever live in harmony”: a mixed-methods exploration of the unmet needs of Syrian adolescent girls in protracted displacement in Lebanon

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2021
Background The current crisis in Syria has led to unprecedented displacement, with neighbouring Lebanon now hosting more than 1.5 million conflict-affected migrants from Syria.
Colleen M. Davison   +3 more
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Gender Equality in Context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Gender Equality has not yet been achieved in many western countries. Switzerland in particular has failed as a forerunner in integrating women in politics and economy. Taking Switzerland as a case study, the authors critically reflect the state of gender

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Measuring citizen frames and their integration in the international policy process: a hybrid BERTopic modelling approach

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
Governments and international organizations are exploring new ways of engaging citizens in the policy design process, however scalable ways to test whether citizen frames appear in resulting policies documents remain limited. We present a hybrid BERTopic
Victoria Ustenko   +5 more
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The role of the Global Observatory in addressing Gender Based Violence in Sport+

open access: yesCurrent Issues in Sport Science
Introduction: Gender-based violence, including violence against women and girls, in all their diversity, is a pervasive human rights abuse and a public health crisis of epidemic proportions that has garnered considerable attention in political dialogues
Hayley Truskewycz, Lombe Mwambwa
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Gender equality in marine sciences in Kiel, Germany: how project-funded measures can urge institutions to act [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Geosciences, 2020
In Kiel, in the north of Germany, marine research is rooted in a lively research community hosted mainly at Kiel University and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre. While the ratio of women and men is more or less balanced on all qualification levels with mainly
R. Kamm, C. K. Schelten, G. Braker
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Quantification of Gender Bias and Sentiment Toward Political Leaders Over 20 Years of Kenyan News Using Natural Language Processing

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Background: Despite a 2010 Kenyan constitutional amendment limiting members of elected public bodies to < two-thirds of the same gender, only 22 percent of the 12th Parliament members inaugurated in 2017 were women.
Emma Pair   +6 more
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Gender Barriers to Immunization: A Synthesis of UNICEF’s Analyses to Advance Equity and Coverage

open access: yesVaccines
Background/objectives: Despite global efforts to improve childhood immunization rates, gender-related barriers continue to hinder equitable access to vaccines worldwide.
Cristián Mansilla   +2 more
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Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023
Although data on livestock ownership are often collected at the household level, not all household members have the same rights over the livestock. In this paper, we investigate the gendered patterns of livestock ownership in smallholder households in ...
Marya Hillesland   +3 more
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