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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Gender Inequality and Good Governance on Health Status: Evidence from Upper-middle-income Countries

تحقیقات سلامت در جامعه, 2022
Introduction and purpose: Gender equality and good governance are the most important social indicators affecting health status and well-being. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of gender inequality and good governance on health
Mahdi Shahraki, Mojtaba Abbasian, Mehdi Safdari   +2 more
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Global macroeconomic development: The implications for poverty [PDF]

Hunger, Inequality, Macroeconomic development, Poverty reduction, Developing countries, Gender inequality,
Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio
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Delineating gender/sex‐related studies through bibliometric analysis

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The multidisciplinary and socially grounded nature of Women's/Gender/Feminist Studies poses unique challenges for bibliometric analysis, as it extends beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. This paper makes three key contributions: (1) We propose a novel retrieval method for constructing a corpus of scholarly documents in research areas ...
Natsumi S. Shokida, Diego Kozlowski, Vincent Larivière   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of pro-poor growth: [PDF]

Poverty reduction, Hunger, Inequality, Pro-poor growth, Poverty, Measuring growth, Gender inequality,
Klasen, Stephan
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Gender Inequality and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and Arab Countries [PDF]

This paper uses panel data from African and Arab countries and Arellano-Bond estimations to empirically assess the impact on growth of two primary indicators that are associated with MDG 3; namely the ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary ...
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Does Increased Access Increase Equality? Gender and Child Health Investments in India [PDF]

Policymakers often argue that increasing access to health care is one crucial avenue for decreasing gender inequality in the developing world. Although this is generally true in the cross section, time series evidence does not always point to the same ...
Emily Oster
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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

Pro-Poor Growth and Gender Inequality [PDF]

This paper examines to what extent gender gaps in education, health, employment, productive assets and inputs can affect pro poor growth (in the sense of increasing monetary incomes of the poor).
Stephan Klasen
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