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Manifestations of 'capabilities poverty' with learners attending informal settlement schools

South African Journal of Education, 2009
In this study I use the notion of 'capabilities poverty', as theorised by Sen, to examine the experiences of learners attending informal settlement schools in North-West Province, South Africa.
Rouaan Maarman
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Educational philosophising in the Everyday: UK immigrant mothers navigating identity and praxis during COVID‐19

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Debates surrounding motherhood have long centred on women's roles as carers. Although motherhood is now more widely recognised within feminist scholarship, it often remains conceptually separate from identities associated with formal educational discourse.
Lavinia Kamphausen, Aliya Khalid, Nadia Uddin‐Talukder, Uzma Dayan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable development goal 11.1 in the Caribbean: assessing informal settlement upgrading in Trinidad and Tobago

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
The study had the purpose of holistically assessing informal settlement upgrading in the Caribbean, due to Trinidad and Tobago's high prevalence of housing informality.
Jabari Hollis Jacob, Julia R. Kotzebue
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Mobile GIS occupancy audit of Ulana informal settlement in Ekurhuleni municipality, South Africa

Geo-spatial Information Science, 2018
Relocating people in informal settlements and upgrading the lives of those people require consistent commitment, good strategies, and supporting systems. In South Africa, in order to allocate subsidized housing to beneficiaries of an informal settlement,
Baleseng Tlholohelo Mokoena, Walter Musakwa   +1 more
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Strategies for Greater Inclusion of Indigenous Students in College Science Programs

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The substantial underrepresentation of American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiʻian (AI/AN/NH) students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors at United States colleges and universities results from systemic barriers in higher education.
Jonathan D. Baker, Nievita Bueno Watts, Devon S. Isaacs, Matthew D. Johnson, DenYelle B. Kenyon, Racheal Killgore, Catherine Peltier, Jesse L. Peltier, Sasheen Shailee C. Raymond, Alan H. Savitzky, Hugh E. Smeltekop, Amy E. Sprowles, Melissa Tehee, Jennifer Yazzie, Mary Jo Ondrechen   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV-Prevalence in South Africa by settlement type: A repeat population-based cross-sectional analysis of men and women.

PLoS ONE, 2020
To assess i) whether there is an independent association between HIV-prevalence and settlement types (urban formal, urban informal, rural formal, rural informal), and, ii) whether this changes over time, in South Africa. We draw on four (2002; 2005; 2008;
Andrew Gibbs, Tarylee Reddy, Kristin Dunkle, Rachel Jewkes   +3 more
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Sustainable Informal Settlements?

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
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openaire   +1 more source

Digital Technologies for Transparent and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Resource Orchestration‐Based View in the Textile Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Implementing digital technologies is touted as the next big step for the firms aiming to improve sustainability in their supply chains. These technologies are often credited with the potential to improve transparency and achieve sustainability.
Amna Farrukh, Aqeel Ahmed, Sadaat Yawar
wiley   +1 more source

Using COVID-19 as a lens to examine assumptions about urban informality

Global Social Challenges Journal
This article examines some key concepts that dominated academic discussion of the likely impact of COVID-19 on informal settlements. The literature identified various factors including, inter alia density, crowding, overcrowding and connectivity, used ...
David Everatt
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Re/Claiming Agency: Learning, Liminality and Immigrant Service Organizations

Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2008
To facilitate the settlement of new immigrants, immigrant service organizations provide a range of services and opportunities for both formal and informal learning.
Tara Gibb, Evelyn Hamdon, Zenobia Jamal
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