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Women\u27s Entrepreneurship Development In Ethiopia A Case Study Of Women in Self Employment (WISE)
Get PDFThe objective of the study is to assess the level of effectiveness and impact of a civil society organization in addressing challenges of women’s entrepreneurs in the informal sector in Ethiopia, particularly in the city of Addis Ababa in their efforts to grow their businesses.
A qualitative case study of a civil society organization named Women in Self Employment Organization (WISE) was used. Desk reviews of the organization’s strategic plans and reports including evaluation reports are made. Questionnaire was administered to the organization’s executive director as a context builder. This is critically examined against theories on gender and development particularly Moser’s theoretical framework, a study made by ILO on Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Development Interventions for Women Entrepreneurs and lastly a study commissioned by International Center on Research for Women on Business Development Services for Women’s Business Growth to compare practices and assess its effectiveness. Finally, organizational effectiveness is examined.
The result of the study found that WISE’s integrated intervention approach mainly through economic empowerment was highly effective, has changed the socio economic status of its targets both at the household level and the community. The principles and its approaches are in conformity with studies on effectiveness of interventions on entrepreneurship development and gender and development theories
La Presencia de la Memoria Histórica y Derechos Humanos en el Sistema Educativo: Una Comparación de Chile y Argentina
No full textEste estudio indaga la presencia y inclusión de memoria histórica y derechos humanos acerca de las últimas dictaduras dentro de los sistemas educativos en Argentina y Chile. Se discuten los sistemas educativos de cada país en sus contextos históricos, políticos, sociales y económicos. Luego, se une aquellos contextos con la incorporación y el valor de memoria y derechos humanos en la educación secundaria hoy en día. Se basa en fuentes académicas, las organizaciones derechos humanos, los sitios de memoria, los currículos de los Ministerios de Educación, y la contribución de opiniones profesionales tal como profesores, directores del colegios y trabajadores de derechos humanos. La investigación propuso la hipótesis que existen diferencias en cómo Argentina y Chile valoran los derechos humanos y la memoria histórica de la dictadura en la educación y éstas se explican por el entorno político y económico actual, así como sus transiciones a la democracia. El trabajo de campo establece la afirmación de la hipótesis y aunque el modelo argentino no es perfecto, las conclusiones muestran que hay una mayor falta de estos temas en el sistema educativo chileno, manteniendo por lo tanto, la fragmentación de la sociedad y la incapacidad para sanar y seguir adelante
“Doce Pasos” en la Dirección Correcta: la adaptación cultural de prácticas terapéuticas en un centro de rehabilitación para hombres ecuatorianos
No full textEste proyecto se trata de cómo un centro de rehabilitación ha adaptado sus prácticas terapéuticas para hombres de la cultura ecuatoriana. El programa de tratamiento está basado en el programa norteamericano de los Doce Pasos, asociado con Alcohólicos o Narcóticos Anónimos. Según el marco de la psicología cultural, las prácticas terapéuticas no pueden generalizarse interculturalmente; entonces, hay que corresponder las terapias para la sociedad misma. La cultura ecuatoriana está marcada por tres rasgos sobresalientes: la religión católica y la espiritualidad, el machismo y la intimidad de la familia nuclear. A través de observaciones de terapias, entrevistas con terapistas y usuarios y unos talleres de escritura que dirigí, analicé cómo se manifiestan estos rasgos culturales en la adicción y el proceso del tratamiento. Al final, doy algunas sugerencias para continuar el proceso de adaptación
Cross-Cultural Facilitation Skills in a Curriculum Design Project: Collaborative Learning for Social Change in the Republic of Macedonia
No full textWith growing technology, job outsourcing, and international volunteerism, the world is becoming increasingly globalized. As a result, one of the questions becomes: what cross-cultural facilitation skills can guide individuals and organizations to successfully create and implement community need projects abroad? The purpose of this Training for Social Action Course Linked Capstone is to examine my learnings and skill development as a cross-cultural facilitator trainer in the context of successfully developing a children’s curriculum design process in the Republic of Macedonia. Curriculum for the Children’s Story Hour (CSH) for the Ohrid Red Cross was designed in a collaborative process using Participatory Action Research (PAR), Bernice McCarthy’s model of learning styles, and Jeff Brooks-Harris’ and Susan Stock-Ward’s workshop facilitation skills. The process and results of efforts to create an effective learning environment in this curriculum design process are explained, using these conceptual frameworks, field notes from the curriculum design focus group sessions, observations, participants’ responses to questions about their own learning needs, participants’ evaluation of my facilitation skills, my evaluation of my own facilitation skills, and an examination of the cultural difference between the United States and the Republic of Macedonia. Using the TDEL Trainer Self-Assessment survey (of knowledge, attitude, and skills), I describe my development as a cross-cultural facilitator. This paper aims at making a contribution to individuals and organizations using a participatory approach and facilitation skills to achieve social change in cultures other than their own
The Hidden Epidemic: Mental Health Epidemiology in Post-Conflict Populations and Implications for Conflict Transformation Practices
Get PDFThis capstone explores the ramifications of unmitigated mental health illness in conflict populations, paying special attention to refugees and migrants. The intersection between conflict and mental health is explored and analyzed in order to highlight the implications of the findings and to make recommendations to both metal health and conflict transformation practitioners. This capstone depends predominately on secondary resources and personal interviews and is informed by my own practicum experience at a refugee health center. The need to improve mental health outcomes in order to pursue conflict transformation and peace building is a key focus and is supported by the research pursued by this capstone. This capstone closes with a call to action, elucidating the importance of practicing in a multidisciplinary fashion, marrying conflict transformation practice and mental health practice, to cater to the refugee crisis in Syria
No Write Way : Plagiarism Policy, Implementation, and Intercultural Competence at NYU Shanghai
No full textThis capstone examines the development and implementation of NYU Shanghai’s academic integrity policy with a specific focus on plagiarism. Plagiarism is difficult to define within individual classrooms, departments, and higher educational institutions. What constitutes plagiarism and how to address academic integrity violations differs based on the university context. At NYU Shanghai, students, staff, and faculty come from a variety of social, cultural, linguistic, and educational experiences. With such a diverse academic community, NYU Shanghai is well positioned to design a situation-specific plagiarism policy responsive to student learning goals and intercultural competencies.
The majority of students at NYU Shanghai are from China and the United States. Scholars may purport that U.S. and Chinese approaches to academic integrity are fundamentally at odds, yet NYU Shanghai’s policy attempts to avoid culturally deterministic assumptions by focusing on education and norming community attitudes. The capstone includes a limited needs assessment to better understand student, staff, and faculty perceptions of plagiarism and academic integrity. Limited responses are supplemented with current literature in the fields of composition and rhetoric, teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), and integrity in higher education.
NYU Shanghai employs a developmental approach to learning where there is a balance of punitive measures and educational remediation for suspected cases of plagiarism. While the current policy may define plagiarism with intercultural sensitivity, it is difficult to implement similarly responsive training programs and academic interventions for students. Empowering stakeholders to participate in the formation of university norms and policy will align how plagiarism is framed with implementation strategies and encourage policy compliance
Understanding how Culture Impacts the Potential for Urban Gardens to Increase Access to Healthy Food A Qualitative Study of Food Access in North Milwaukee
No full textWisconsin has picturesque landscapes of classic farms built during the expansion of farming in the United States during the 1910’s, with big red barns and silos next to a white farm house (Ulrich, 1989). Milwaukee has a lot of history in industry, known as “Brew City” a plethora of beer companies have called it home, as well as Harley Davidson. Yet following national patterns of social exclusion including business disinvestment, discriminatory lending practices, grocery store redlining, public transportation redevelopment and market consolidation, the cumulative processes of social and political dynamics have made these visions of plenty a utopian dream of the last century.
In fact these processes have created a phenomena of low accessibility to healthy food and resources called food deserts. The process of getting to the store, if healthy food is available, and paying for the food are the overarching themes with layers of complexity changing with each particular location and its inhabitants. Food deserts are important because they affect health. Inner city food deserts disproportionately affect People of Color.
This paper focuses on a neighborhood surrounding a 1.5 acre urban garden in north Milwaukee and what challenges and opportunities arise in trying to create easier access for people to have fruits and vegetables. Utilizing art-based research, this project delves into the lived experience of 6 women in the midst of this inner city neighborhood. The findings include their hopes and dreams for themselves, their children, and the larger community in the thick of concerns of health and doctor prescribed diets.
While historic national socio-political patterns have created these areas with little to no access to healthy food, the way out is through community level collaboration, education, and growth with culturally relevant processes to reverse the disproportionate effects of food deserts. The answers must be born from the community affected itself and in partnership with advocates at all levels. The data has shown there is more of an emphasis on the ‘we’ than the ‘I’ within the neighborhood and ‘family’ extends to the whole community, therefore the methods of social change must arise from those connections. Each city, and neighborhood, has its own circumstance and context for that occurrence, and hence its own path out of the ‘desert’ must be found with its own characteristics in mind. Ideas and innovation can be learned from other places, but a plan for each community must be made by the community itself
Jordanian Special Needs Children’s Access to Services: Parental Perspective
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the point of view of parents of special needs children in regards to their access to financial, medical, and educational services in Jordan. The researcher was interested in the question: Do parents of special needs children believe that the government offers adequate educational, financial, and medical services for their special needs children? This study is significant because special needs children are an important part of Jordanian society and must receive proper services in order to develop their abilities as much as possible and become active members of society. Also, it is important to recognize where Jordan needs to improve in its special education and support for families with special needs children. The researcher wants to know about the parents’ opinions because they play an important role in the development of their children as well as in finding services for them. In order to study this, the researcher interviewed five families with children that had different special needs as well as distributed questionnaires at the Time of Learning Academy. Results showed that opinions toward educational services were the least satisfactory compared to financial and medical services as well as that many families who could not find proper educational services chose to keep their children at home. This study plays a role in encouraging improvement within education services for special needs children
Impact of Invasive Species Datura arborea on Plant Species Richness In the West Usambara Mountains
Get PDFInvasive species have the potential to alter the evolutionary trajectory of ecosystems and native species; however, our understanding of the community level effects of invasive plants remains poor. The Eastern Arc Mountain Chain is listed as one of the top 25 biodiversity “hotspots” of the world, yet also as one of the 17 most threatened tropical forest ecosystems worldwide. The primary threat to biodiversity in the EAM is accredited to human encroachment; however, the impact of invasive species in the EAM, and across Tanzania, remains poorly understood. National biodiversity and resource management policy do not directly address invasive species, and many institutions lack clearly defined long term strategies to address the issue. This study investigated the impact of an invasive species, Datura arborea, on plant species richness in the West Usambara Mountains in the Eastern Arc Mountain Chain. The species richness’ of plots of varying levels of D. arborea invasion were compared. A tight negative correlation was found between species richness and the extent of invasion (Fig 2. y= -15.563x + 76, R2 = 0.8599). Tukey’s range test, in conjunction with ANOVA, showed mean species richness was reduced by 51.15% from uninvaded plots to highly-invaded plots; by 27.72% from uninvaded plots to low-invasion plots; and by 32.38% from low-invasion plots to highly-invaded plots (p=0.0310 Table 1, q1,2,3\u3e26.98 Table 2). Suppression of native species may be accredited to the quick growth strategy, as well as the ability to form homogenous stands, of D. arborea. In consideration of the exceptionally high endemism, biodiversity, and fragility of the West Usambara Mountains, this study calls for the monitoring of D. arborea, as well as decisive action on how national policy will directly address the issue of invasive species as a threat to the biodiversity of the biota in Tanzania
Intercountry Adoption and Child Sponsorship in Vietnam: A Practicum-Based Exploration of a Complex Relationship
Get PDFFor over a decade, Vietnam ranked in the top ten countries providing the most children for intercountry adoption (ICA), sending almost 11,000 children abroad since 2003 (U.S. State Department, 2015). It is likely that many of these children, however, were not orphans; evidence reveals that a lucrative baby-buying industry falsified information and trafficked children for years in order to meet the high international demand for healthy infants.
In this paper, I relate this history of ICA fraud to contemporary child sponsorship in Vietnam. I find that ICA and child sponsorship are intertwined in two contradictory ways. First, child sponsorship programs justly work to reduce the systematic need for ICA; through a combination of community development programs and individualized support, these programs combat the root causes that lead to child abandonment. At the same time, however, child sponsorship also mirrors ICA’s most fundamental problems, such as the prioritization of foreign needs over effective outcomes. Child sponsorship is thus simultaneously working to reduce the past problems of ICA while also inadvertently carrying on its most problematic legacies.
I investigated models and applications of child sponsorship in Vietnam through a practicum at the Center for Community Health and Development (COHED) in Hanoi, Vietnam. I worked with COHED for a total of 90 hours in three weeks. My practicum focus project was to create a child sponsorship program implementation strategy; upon completion, I presented my research and preliminary recommendations to COHED’s directors. For my research, I also interviewed the country director of Holt International