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Loving to Straighten Out Development: Sexuality and ‘Ethnodevelopment’ in the World Bank’s Ecuadorian Lending [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Gender staff in the World Bank -- the world's largest and most influential development institution -- have a policy problem. Having prioritised efforts to get women into paid employment as the "cure-all" for gender inequality they must deal with the work
Bedford, Kate   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sexualities, organizations and organization sexualities: Future scenarios and the impact of socio-technologies (a transnational perspective from the global 'north') [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The article opens by briefly reviewing studies of sexuality in and around organizations from the 1970s. These studies showed considerable theoretical, empirical and conceptual development, as in the concept of organization sexuality.
Hearn, Jeff,   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Reinventing Revolutionary Subjects in Venezuela

open access: yesLa Manzana de la Discordia, 2016
: This article challenges orthodox Marxist conceptualisations of the revolutionary subject by building on the autonomist Marxist feminist tradition now in its fourth decade.
Sara C. Motta
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cartas desde Buenos Aires: El movimiento homosexual argentino desde una perspectiva transnacional

open access: yesLatin American Research Review, 2019
Tensions among different subjectivities along the axes of socioeconomic class, gender performance, and urban homosociability informed Argentinean homosexuals’ cultural expressions and militant strategies between the 1950s and 1980s.
Javier Fernández Galeano
doaj   +1 more source

Who Is Structurally Able to Participate in the Sustainable Protein Transition and Through What Mechanisms?

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Participation in transitions toward more sustainable protein consumption is driven primarily by sustainability motivation, whereas behavioural capability determines whether intentions translate into action. Despite high awareness among Chinese consumers, gaps persist, indicating that policies must jointly address motivational and practical barriers to ...
Zhihan Li, Toritseju Begho
wiley   +1 more source

Morbidity Among the Aging Population in Northern Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Study

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases) is common among aging populations, yet evidence from Bangladesh remains limited. A cross‐sectional survey of 540 older adults in Northern Bangladesh (June–August 2022) assessed multimorbidity using interviews and logistic regression analysis. Multimorbidity prevalence was 75.74% (95% CI: 71.9%–79.3%).
Md. Abu Sayem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Predicting Mental Health Among Women in Low-Income Communities of a Changing Society: A Mixed-Methods Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Women's Health, 2023
Lisa R Roberts,1 Vathsala Sadan,2 Rajeswari Siva,2 Manoranjitham Sathiyaseelan,2 Sara Emma Rosalind,2 Prema Suresh,2 Susanne B Montgomery3 1Loma Linda University School of Nursing, Loma Linda, CA, USA; 2Christian Medical College-Vellore, College of ...
Roberts LR   +6 more
doaj  

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