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Gendering Diplomatic Careers. Distance and Time in International Assignment Practices Among 600 French Diplomats

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, diplomatic organizations have recruited increasing numbers of women as career diplomats. However, research in the fields of both expatriation and diplomacy emphasizes that transnational careers have been historically monopolized by men, that most “trailing spouses” are still women, and that men's transnational ...
Romain Lecler, Yann Goltrant
wiley   +1 more source

Lactosuero, estabilizantes comerciales y fécula de maíz en la producción de helados artesanales

open access: yesLa Calera
El lactosuero es un subproducto de la elaboración de queso y otros productos lácteos, puede generar contaminación ambiental cuando es vertido de manera inapropiada, por lo que su uso en la producción de productos de consumo cotidiano como los helados, es
María Nelly Salazar Cerda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence and future scenarios of a low-carbon energy transition in Central America: a case study in Nicaragua

open access: yes, 2015
The global carbon emissions budget over the next decades depends critically on the choices made by fast-growing emerging economies. Few studies exist, however, that develop country-specific energy system integration insights that can inform emerging ...
Diego Ponce de Leon Barido   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Making danger a calling: anthropology, violence and the dilemmas of participant observation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This paper contains reflections on the experience of fieldwork carried out in Nicaragua into urban gangs in Managua. It examines the dilemmas encountered by an anthropologist employing participant observation, in which he became accepted as a member of a
Rodgers, Dennis
core  

Virtual Mobility: Mitigating the Adverse Effect of Violence Against Women on the Development of Employment Capabilities

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Violence against women (VAW) is an endemic phenomenon that adversely affects the entire female population, even those who might not have directly experienced violence. This paper examines VAW's adverse effects on all women's employment capabilities by imposing restrictions on mobility in public spaces, a fundamental resource required for ...
Ramesh Dangol   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supermarkets, Farm Assets, and Technology Choices: a Duration Analysis of Horticultural Growers in Nicaragua [PDF]

open access: yes
Supermarkets, Nicaragua, Horticulture, Small Farmers, Agribusiness, Community/Rural/Urban Development, International Development,
Hernandez, Ricardo   +3 more
core   +1 more source

BLS Spotlight on Statistics: National Hispanic Heritage Month [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
[Excerpt] National Hispanic Heritage Month began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week. The celebration expanded in 1988 to span a month-long period beginning on September 15 and ending on October 15.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
core   +1 more source

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