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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

[News Clip: Slum house]

open access: yes, 1959
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Duncanville resident, A. E.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
core   +1 more source

‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Slum Planning: A Comparative Study of Slum Upgrading Projects

open access: yes, 2020
The stigma slums have of being an urban problem is influenced by theoretical and empirical knowledge. This article reports a comparative study on the failure and success of slum upgrading projects in the Gecekondu slum area in Ankara, Turkey and the ...
Sibyan, Istifada Alhidayatus
core   +1 more source

Muslim mothers’ intersecting tensions in combining breastfeeding and employment: A systematic review and research agenda

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of gender, time and marginalization in organizations is evident in the challenges faced by employed mothers, particularly those who are breastfeeding. These challenges are amplified for Muslim mothers, who must navigate intersecting social identities within these structures shaped by dominant masculine norms.
Feranaaz Farista, Ameeta Jaga
wiley   +1 more source

Memórias, histórias e representações sociais do bairro de Vila Isabel e de uma de suas favelas (RJ, Brasil) Memories, stories and social representations of the district of Vila Isabel and one of its slums (RJ, Brazil)

open access: yesEtnográfica: Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, 2009
A partir da etnografia realizada num Centro Comunitário do Morro dos Macacos, localizado no bairro de Vila Isabel, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), o presente artigo discute a história e a memória do morro e do bairro, explorando alguns eventos ...
Fernanda Delvalhas Piccolo
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Slum Upgrading Interdisciplinary Perspective and Intersectoral Action [PDF]

open access: yes
The slum question is not marginal to urban planning and social development – it is at its very heart. All the more so now that urban growth takes place primarily in developing countries in which populations move from rural to urban regions at a very fast
Bolay, Jean-Claude
core  

Widowed Mama-Grannies buffering HIV/AIDS-affected households in a city slum of Kampala, Uganda

open access: yes, 2009
This article explores the experiences, challenges and coping strategies of urban elderly residents in Kasubi-Kawaala, a slum on the margins of Kampala city, Uganda.
Nyanzi , Stella
core   +1 more source

Rethinking informal circularity through metanarratives: Tensions, insights and directions for management research

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the intersection of the informal and circular economies and its implications for business, management and organization (BMO) scholarship and practice. Informal circularity, practices of collecting, reusing, repairing, recycling and repurposing materials outside formal economic, legal and regulatory arrangements, constitutes
Tulin Dzhengiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health‐Related Quality of Life of Adults With Long COVID: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Primary Care

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To evaluate the health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) of adults with Long COVID 2 years and beyond after COVID‐19 illness. Design Cross‐sectional study. Methods Health status was assessed using the EQ‐5D‐5L instrument among 226 adults diagnosed in primary care with mild‐to‐moderate COVID‐19 during the 2021 pandemic.
Assel Muratovna Shigayeva Ferreira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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