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Gender Equity in Combating HIV

open access: yesNurse Educator, 2011
Almost 3 million people are newly diagnosed with HIV annually with only 1 in 8 receiving antiretroviral therapy.1 A new focus on this ongoing epidemic is needed. Healthcare personnel should examine what drives the spread of HIV in various populations to develop multifaceted prevention strategies.
openaire   +3 more sources

Gender and Equity in e-Learning

open access: yesAustralasian Journal of Information Systems, 2007
Literature to date suggests contrary indicators of acceptance of the use of technology to support learning by females. With the increasing adoption of information technology to support teaching and learning, it is imperative that factors which may impede student learning are identified.
Jo Coldwell   +3 more
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Equity and Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This year’s Word Development Report (WDR), the twenty-eighth, looks at the role of equity in the development process. It defines equity in terms of two basic principles.
World Bank
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Enhancing gender equity in health programmes: monitoring and evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This article argues for the need to conduct monitoring and evaluation in health programmes and advocacy in a gender-sensitive way, to ensure that interventions fulfil their goal of improving public health, have a beneficial impact on women and on gender ...
Kamal-Yanni, Mohga
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Exploring barriers, facilitators, and preferences for the uptake of contraceptive methods among adolescents aged 15-19 years in Neno district, Malawi: a qualitative study

open access: yesSexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Adolescent contraception is important in reducing sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies. However its uptake remains low at 10% in Neno district, despite various interventions promoting free access.
Abraham Ngwira   +5 more
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Gender equity policies in higher education in Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In a similar fashion to many western countries, the political context of Japan has been transformed since the 1975 UN World Conference on Women, which eventually led to the establishment of the Basic Law for a Gender-equal Society in Japan in 1999.
Kawana, Sanae
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Regulatory Options for Gender Equity in Health Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
It is clear that where a disease affects men and women differently, research on potential therapies or cures should include both men and women and should examine whether the therapy is effective and safe for both sexes.
Karpin, Isabel   +5 more
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Gender equity and fertility intentions in Italy and the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes
Fertility levels have fallen drastically in most industrialized countries. Diverse theoretical and empirical frameworks have had difficulty in explaining these unprecedented low levels of fertility.
Melinda Mills   +3 more
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Communicating gender equity in the public sector workplace in Hokkaido, Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Very few qualitative studies based on first-hand research have been conducted regarding gender equity, especially in the public sector in Japan. The qualitative research in this\ud thesis is therefore unique because it focuses on the public sector ...
Kawana, Sanae
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Collaboration and Gender Equity among Academic Scientists [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Universities were established as hierarchical bureaucracies that reward individual attainment in evaluating success. Yet collaboration is crucial both to 21st century science and, we argue, to advancing equity for women academic scientists.
Weaver, Gabriela   +9 more
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