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(Re)considering Discourses of Risk and Responsibility Through the Lens of Healthism: Interpreting the International Response to a Global Health Strategy for Noncommunicable Diseases

open access: yesSociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Public health crises such as the global epidemic of so‐called ‘lifestyle diseases’ are often framed as the failure of individuals to make the right health‐related choices or to take responsibility for managing their bodies in ways that promote the health of present and future selves. Through his early writings on healthism, Robert Crawford was
Tim Brown
wiley   +1 more source

The Neocolonial Tightening of CITES: How Northern Narratives Marginalize Southern Conservation

open access: yesConservation Letters, Volume 19, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT CITES has demonstrated a persistent trend of regulatory tightening over five decades, raising critical questions about both equity and effectiveness in global conservation governance. This study examines how structural power imbalances and dominant Northern narratives within the Convention have systematically marginalized pluralistic ...
Youmin Lian, Md. Ziaul Islam
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of SADC Social Protection Instruments on the Setting Up of a Minimum Social Protection Floor in Southern African Countries

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2012
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was formed to promote the political, economic and social wellbeing of the region. Some of the social objectives of the SADC are the promotion of social development and the alleviation of poverty, the ...
M Nyenti, LG Mpedi
doaj  

A Force‐Based Beam‐Column Element With Selective Gradient‐Inelasticity for Softening Materials in 3‐Dimensional Nonlinear Analysis

open access: yesEarthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 26-45, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Fiber‐based beam‐column elements featuring an effective material constitutive law with softening can capture the degrading response of structural members under extreme loading. However, these elements exhibit strain localization and mesh divergence, which impedes their accuracy.
Diego Isidoro Heredia Rosa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Viewpoint: Responding to Destructive Interpersonal Interactions: A way forward for School-Based Environmental Educators

open access: yesSouthern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
This viewpoint paper focusses on the interpersonal problems that result in an unhealthy/unsafe school environment. Within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, the prevalence of domestic violence, child abuse, sexism, cultural ...
Alistair Chadwick
doaj  

The determinants of trade between China and selected SADC countries: a panel data approach (2000-2019)

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Contabilidade e Gestão
Purpose: In the context of the rising trade volume between China and countries in the SADC region, this paper examines the determinants of China-SADC trade.
Bravo Muchuu
doaj   +1 more source

Quality Infrastructure for Resilient Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Ethiopia: A Comparative Archival Review

open access: yesJournal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT The National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) in a given country provides the essential framework for quality assurance integrating standardization, metrology, accreditation, and conformity assessment to create the technical backbone for industry and trade. Hence, building a resilient NQI is fundamental to securing medicine quality, enabling local
Addisu Afrassa Tegegne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epistemic Decolonization in the 21st Century: Deconstructing AI, Big Data, And Global Knowledge Systems [PDF]

open access: yesOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
Despite promises of technological neutrality, the digital revolution often reproduces—and sometimes intensifies—historical patterns of inequality and exclusion.
Gideon Simon Ghajiga   +2 more
doaj  

The Free Movement of People in SADC

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Political Science
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states committed under Article 5(2) (d) of the SADC Treaty to develop policies aimed at the progressive elimination of the obstacles to the free movement of capital, labour, goods and services ...
Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gender Mainstreaming in SADC and SADC–EU Trade Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Contains fulltext : 130414.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Vleuten, J.M. van der, Hulse, M.E.
openaire   +1 more source

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