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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN DALAM PEMBANGUNAN BERBASIS PARTISIPASI

Muwazah, 2010
The process of empowerment of women involves several components but the most responsible and the key is the women themselves. Instruments or other dimensions that are beyond the individual merely as a facilitator and motivator of the process of ...
Khumaidi Sajuri
doaj   +1 more source

Women Empowerment Through Microfinance: Empirical Evidence from Ghana

, 2017
Microfinance programmes are currently promoted as a key strategy for simultaneously addressing both women empowerment and poverty alleviation in Ghana. However, there has been a hot debate on the potency of microfinance in empowering the Ghanaian women ...
B. Addai
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women’s sexual empowerment and utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Ghana: evidence from the 2014 demographic and health survey

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Background Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) contribute significantly to a decline in unintended pregnancies globally. However, not much is known about women’s sexual empowerment and their utilization of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives ...
Kenneth Setorwu Adde, Emmanuel Ayetey Appiah, Franklin N. Glozah, Philip T-N. Tabong   +3 more
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Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management Activity of Farm Women in Imbulpe DS Division in Sri Lanka: A Household Level Analysis

Икономика и управление на селското стопанство, 2020
Women empowerment and gender equity are two important aspects of the sustainable development of a country. As Sri Lanka is on the way towards sustainable development, this study was conducted to assess the situation of women farmers’ empowerment in ...
S. D. D. Rathnachandra, S. H. P. Malkanthi   +1 more
doaj  

Compositional Characterization, Quality Parameters, and Physicochemical and Bioactive Properties of Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) Oils From Xingu and Cerrado in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
Cerrado oil is richer in MUFA and antioxidant compounds, while Xingu oil shows higher SFA and enhanced oxidative stability, reinforcing the potential of pequi oil as a sustainable bioactive ingredient. ABSTRACT Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) is a native fruit widely distributed in Brazilian biomes, specially in Cerrado, known for its high oil yield and ...
Dhayna O. Sobral, Patrícia T. Souza, Gabriel S. L. Pereira, Sara Fraga, Maria E. O. Carvalho, Antonio J. A. Meirelles, Eduardo A. C. Batista, Klicia A. Sampaio, Guilherme J. Maximo   +8 more
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Empowerment of Women through Microfinance in Chikmagalur District of Karnataka

Journal of Extension Education
The present study was carried out to analyse the indicators of women empowerment and evaluate the effectiveness of microfinance on women empowerment. Empowerment indicators were identified and analysed based on the responses of 60 SHG (Self-Help Group)
Shobha S, Sumathi Dhandapani, Meenakshi S   +2 more
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