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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne, Adis Dzebo, Zoha Shawoo, Mario Cardenas, Pierrick Chalaye, Alexia Faus Onbargi, Cassilde Muhoza, Patricia Nicdao, Nokwethaba Makhanya, Navam Niles, Priyatma Singh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of divorcees in the Reformed Churches of South Africa within the Vhembe District: towards Afro-sensed approach to pastoral care and counselling [PDF]

, 2017
PHD (African Studies)Center for African StudiesThe challenges facing divorcees when it comes to pastoral care and counselling are among the toughest to face members of the Reformed Churches South Africa (RCSA) in the Vhembe District today.
Mulovhedzi, Takalani Peter
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Emergent Innovation in Systemic Programme Design: Retrospective Reflections on the Development of a Student‐Centred Masters in Systems Thinking

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
wiley   +1 more source

It's Not You, It's the System: Women Professors in TESOL and the Persistence of Gender Bias

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Although progress has been made with respect to the role and position of women in academia, overt and covert discrimination as well as structural and systemic bias persist. In this article, we report on research conducted with 14 women professors from 10 different countries to explore to what extent these issues affect women professors in ...
Sarah Mercer, Tammy Gregersen, Amy S. Thompson, Su Yon Yim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An African pastoral perspective on Prison Chaplaincy [PDF]

, 2016
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016.Prisons in Africa tend to focus on punitive measures rather than on the rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates into society.

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African publics and the role of Christianity in fostering human-hood : a public pastoral care proposition within African pluralistic contexts / Vhumani Magezi

, 2022
Quality life is an aspiration for all human beings. Hence, promoting and upholding quality human-hood or personhood (quality life) is the ultimate goal that international institutions, continental and regional bodies, as well as nations strive to ...
Magezi, Vhumani
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In my opinion: Increasing black engagement with wildlife: Historical context, educational gaps, and opportunities for inclusive conservation

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited engagement between Black Americans and wildlife is often treated as cultural disinterest rather than the outcome of historical exclusion, racialized trauma, or persistent structural barriers. This perspective obscures the long‐standing relationships Black communities have had with land, agriculture, and conservation, and constrains ...
Maya Walker, Sophie Phillips, Christopher K. Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ENHANCING PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELLING SERVICES IN AFRICA

This study explores the transformative impact of technology on pastoral care and counselling within the African context. Departing from traditional, in-person models, we investigate the integration of digital tools to enhance the delivery of spiritual and emotional support.
Chukwuma, Emmanuel Okonkwo, Folake, Grace Olubunmi   +1 more
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Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A re-reading of John 8:1–11 from a pastoral liberative perspective on South African women

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010
The inception of democracy in South Africa faced the oppression of women as one of the challenges. The duty to improve women’s position in society is not the responsibility of a few people alone, but of everyone.
Elijah M. Baloyi
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