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Making the COVID-19 Pandemic Visible: The Power of Grassroots Mapping Initiatives

International Journal of Communication, 2022
Since March 2020, digital maps have been used around the world to spatially display COVID-19 cases and deaths. Some of these maps aggregate official government data, and others are built with user-generated content.
Adriana de Souza e Silva
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A case for Fiji’s grassroots citizenry and media to be better informed, engaged for democracy

Pacific Journalism Review, 2010
Democracy in Fiji has been top-down where primarily the middle class and the wealthy elite have understood its true merits and values. Politicians, professionals, academics and civil society organisations, rather than the grassroots population, have been
Mosmi Bhim
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Towards understanding theological positions informing migrant ministries

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020
Christian practical ministry should be driven by a thorough theological framework. Theological theory informs ministerial practices. To understand some theology driven (theologies driving) actions, it is imperative to conduct empirical studies to discern
Vhumani Magezi, Christopher Magezi
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Community leaders' perspectives on linking formal and informal health providers in Nigerian urban slums: a qualitative study

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Introduction Poor living conditions and poverty in urban slums mean that informal health providers (IHPs) often dominate health service provision in such settings.
Benard Okechi, Charles T. Orjiakor, Chukwudi Nwokolo, Chukwuedozie Ajaero, Mahua Das, Obinna Onwujekwe   +5 more
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Connections Network: Harnessing the Collective Influence of Grassroots Leaders to Address Health-Related Problems in Hawkins and Hancock County, TN. [PDF]

J Appalach Health, 2023
Southerland JL, Buttry T, Johnson C, Livesay S, Nichols L, Rogers P.   +5 more
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'History obligates us to do it': political capabilities of Indigenous grassroots leaders of health accountability initiatives in rural Guatemala. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health, 2022
Hernandez A, Hurtig AK, San Sebastian M, Jerez F, Flores W.   +4 more
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Climate Action and the UNCRC: A ‘Postpaternalist’ World Where Children Claim Their Own Rights

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In this paper, it is argued that we are in a ‘postpaternalist’ era for children’s rights, involving grassroots action from children (for the first time, on a global scale) rather than well-meaning adults ‘giving’ children their rights.
Aoife Daly, Nabin Maharjan, Esther Montesinos Calvo-Fernández, Liesl Heila Muller, Emily Margaret Murray, Alicia O’Sullivan, Florencia Paz Landeira, Katie Reid   +7 more
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‘Lower types of cranks, crooks and racial bigots’? The Universal Negro Improvement Association and black political violence in the United States, 1918–1930

Radical Americas, 2020
This article examines the involvement of the black nationalist Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in black political violence in the early-interwar period in the United States.
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Muslim Resistance: Review of Health Policies for Pandemic Mitigation

Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan
This research examines the resistance of Muslims to the policy of handling the co-19 pandemic implemented by the Jambi city government in limiting and prohibiting congregational prayer activities, wedding celebrations, and Lebaran homecoming.
Tri Endah Karya Lestiyani, Yudi Armansyah, Muhammad Fahmi Fajar   +2 more
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