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Gender and Organizational Change. Bridging the Gap between Policy and Practice / Mandy MacDonald, Ellen Sprenger, Ireen Dubel
No full textGender and Organizational Change. Bridging the Gap between Policy and Practice / Mandy MacDonald, Ellen Sprenger, Ireen Dube
Women Make Waves A Pendulum Swing between Dutch Transnational and Domestic Abortion Activism
Get PDFThe article explores how and why the activism of the Dutch initiative Women on Waves (WoW) represents a distinctive mode of feminist organizing for abortion and women’s reproductive rights. The analysis focuses on the organizational characteristics, strategies, action repertoire and dynamics of WoW, as a women’s movement-supporting organization founded by an entrepreneurial activist physician. By revisiting (feminist) social movement theories and concepts, including typologies of social movement organizations and their roles, NGO-ization, the boomerang effect of leveraging international political opportunities through and for domestic activism, shopping for receptive political venues and the cyclical pattern of contentious activism, I highlight several distinct features of WoW’s activism. Drawing on WoW, I propose three concepts relevant for analyzing the dynamics of (feminist) social movement organizations: the “ignition effect” of transnational activism that exposes the need for domestic activism and strategies that involve “level switching” and “geographic venue shopping” to leverage and effect changes in political opportunities and threats and anticipate chances of success
Substantive gender mainstreaming and the missing middle: a view from Dutch development agencies
No full textDutch development agencies were among the frontrunners and promoters of gender mainstreaming from the mid-1990s. In this article, we reflect on their experiences of mainstreaming gender, and argue that procedural approaches need to be complemented with more substantive approaches. We trace the resourcing of gender mainstreaming policies in Dutch development agencies, and reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of commonly used instruments, targets, and gender assessments. Our lessons are based on a collaborative learning programme involving practitioners, policy makers, and academic researchers.
This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website
A comparative discussion on the typology of two nations’ pension policies : In a quest for a flawless pension structure for our seniors
No full textThe pension systems of Sweden and Singapore are compared in this thesis paper using the most recent developments in welfare-regime analysis. The author examines how the two countries’ policy systems are responding in light of Esping- Anderson’s welfare regime theory because the researcher thinks it will be fascinating and challenging also to compare the pension systems of the aforementioned countries. This paper will be helpful to students and scholars looking for public policy recommendations in the area of pensions for senior citizens. Additionally, the author will provide professionals with references if they need a summary of public pension policy and finance in terms of comparative research studies. The author discovers that both nations’ pension policies are performing adequately though there is some error to solve; also finds there are significant differences between the two nations’ institutional infrastructures. As the Swedish system demonstrates a lower degree of independence and long-term public control over pension policy. Conversely, the Singaporean system has a higher degree of independence and is firmly committed to a free market system
A comparative discussion on the typology of two nations’ pension policies : In a quest for a flawless pension structure for our seniors
No full textThe pension systems of Sweden and Singapore are compared in this thesis paper using the most recent developments in welfare-regime analysis. The author examines how the two countries’ policy systems are responding in light of Esping- Anderson’s welfare regime theory because the researcher thinks it will be fascinating and challenging also to compare the pension systems of the aforementioned countries. This paper will be helpful to students and scholars looking for public policy recommendations in the area of pensions for senior citizens. Additionally, the author will provide professionals with references if they need a summary of public pension policy and finance in terms of comparative research studies. The author discovers that both nations’ pension policies are performing adequately though there is some error to solve; also finds there are significant differences between the two nations’ institutional infrastructures. As the Swedish system demonstrates a lower degree of independence and long-term public control over pension policy. Conversely, the Singaporean system has a higher degree of independence and is firmly committed to a free market system
Minimizing patient waiting time in emergency department of public hospital using simulation optimization approach
No full textDUBEL, Ireen & HIELKEMA, André (eds.). 2010. Urgency required: Gay and lesbian rights are human rights. The Hague: Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos).
Get PDFAssociations between mode of HIV testing and consent, confidentiality, and referral: a comparative analysis in four African countries
Get PDFBackground Recommendations about scaling up HIV testing and counseling highlight the need to provide key services and to protect clients' rights, but it is unclear to what extent different modes of testing differ in this respect. This paper examines whether practices regarding consent, confidentiality, and referral vary depending on whether testing is provided through voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) or provider-initiated testing. Methods and Findings The MATCH (Multi-Country African Testing and Counseling for HIV) study was carried out in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda. Surveys were conducted at selected facilities. We defined eight outcome measures related to pre- and post-test counseling, consent, confidentiality, satisfactory interactions with providers, and (for HIV-positive respondents) referral for care. These were compared across three types of facilities: integrated facilities, where testing is provided along with medical care; stand-alone VCT facilities; and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) facilities, where testing is part of PMTCT services. Tests of bivariate associations and modified Poisson regression were used to assess significance and estimate the unadjusted and adjusted associations between modes of testing and outcome measures. In total, 2,116 respondents tested in 2007 or later reported on their testing experience. High percentages of clients across countries and modes of testing reported receiving recommended services and being satisfied. In the unadjusted analyses, integrated testers were less likely to meet with a counselor before testing (83% compared with 95% of VCT testers; p<0.001), but those who had a pre-test meeting were more likely to have completed consent procedures (89% compared with 83% among VCT testers; p<0.001) and pre-test counseling (78% compared with 73% among VCT testers; p = 0.015). Both integrated and PMTCT testers were more likely to receive complete post-test counseling than were VCT testers (59% among both PMTCT and integrated testers compared with 36% among VCT testers; p<0.001). Adjusted analyses by country show few significant differences by mode of testing: only lower satisfaction among integrated testers in Burkina Faso and Uganda, and lower frequency of referral among PMTCT testers in Malawi. Adjusted analyses of pooled data across countries show a higher likelihood of pre-test meeting for those testing at VCT facilities (adjusted prevalence ratio: 1.22, 95% CI: 1.07-1.38) and higher satisfaction for stand-alone VCT facilities (adjusted prevalence ratio: 1.15; 95% CI: 1.06-1.25), compared to integrated testing, but no other associations were statistically significant. Conclusions Overall, in this study most respondents reported favorable outcomes for consent, confidentiality, and referral. Provider-initiated ways of delivering testing and counseling do not appear to be associated with less favorable outcomes for clients than traditional, client-initiated VCT, suggesting that testing can be scaled up through multiple modes without detriment to clients' rights
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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
EIGHT PACES.
PALO ALTO. CAL. MONDAY, JAXIWRY 8. 1917.
EIGHT PAGES.
NO. 6.
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TO WED III MARCH An*^e*?^Stri^iati,on
of New High School Buildings
Mr. and Mn. G. H. Hellmann of
Emeraon Street Announce
Engagement of Daughter
Palo Alto Girl WUl Be Bride or
Tacoma Mining Engineer—
Romance Begins in Chile
llr. and Mrs. George 11- Hellmann of 129 Emeraon atreet bave
announced the engagement ot their
daughter. MIaa Katharine Hlnes Hellmann. to Thorp Sawyer, young mining engineer of Tacoma. Tbe wedding la acbeduled for March.
The romance stsrted last year In
Chile, where Mlsa Hellmann was visiting her uncle. Frederick Hellmann.
consulting engineer of the tiuggen-
helm Interests. Sawyer was In
Chile In the Interest* or his profession, ftiorth after hts graduation
from Cornell The bride-to-be lived
to Kngland far eight yeara prior to
ItU. '
Mlaa Hellmann la better known ln
■■•■■.■•*■ rlrclea of San Franclaco than
berr Her father la a broker In that
rit. She la a ;>tett> girl of the
blonde type with merry blue eyes and
masse* of blonde hair. She Is a slater of Mr*. Frauds Ilrendt. the
MlsaeM Roberta. l_nnl«a. ._..•■ Nancy
Hellman and of Stewart Hellmann.
'The preliminary plana and elevation* for the hlgb school are on exhibition In tbe abow window ot the
Palo Allo Furniture Company. Cuts
or carb tea ture of the building will
be publiahed In aueeesaivo lasues or
Thr Times, and. about Friday. January 1. It le expected Ibat all these
various pictures and Illustrative material wlll be gathered together in n
• ii-ui hlgb achool edition.
The plans at thla stage are to be
understood aa preliminary studies
only. They ' represent lho genersl
Ideas of teachers, board membera
and architects, as far as possible.
.after the alx or eight weeks of study
j whlrh has been put upon them thus
I far. They represent n ronaervatlve
estimate of the needs of the high
i achool now and In ttie Immediate
rut ure:
First—The ground plnn ol the
buildings la designed:
1. To utilise tbe artistic poselblll-
llea of the alte.
2. To save all but six or seven of
the line oak trees.
OF "GUY GAME"
ro nrovple abundance cf light
land air for every room.
■ -I To provide patios and outdoor
study courts.
j 6. To secure equally fine frontage-*
'toward Mayfleld. Stanrord and Pato
! Alto.
* To provide- adequate athletic
fields ror girls as well aa boys, a
swimming pool, a girls' gymnasium.
tennis courts and other outdoor features for the upbuilding of the general health of pupils and not merely to develop star athletes.
7. To provide a building adaptable to change* In educational tdeota
and practices This highly Important object ban been particularly well
taken care of In the flexibility or the
| plan and the possibility of easily
making change* in or adding to the
buildings.
Second- The elevations ot the
buildings are designed:
1. To embody a simple, fine type
or Italian renaissance architecture
adapted to Ihe utllltsrlan ends of a
modern achool building.
3. To untillae the apace at command and lo avoid the Jallllke appearance of many .city school build-
ItiKa by avoiding culling the frontages- Into small sections by numerous windows
.1. To avoid monotony and to gain
architectural variety and charm by
Khlng to each frontage Ita distinct-
Ivo characteristics In harmony with
the whole.
i. TO .-.,■:■-— In beautiful arebi-
tii tinal symbol* the spirit and Ideals
of the community In educational affair*.
Third- The interior arrange-
menta of the buildings sre designed:
1. To care for 500 pupils Immediately.
3. To care ror 800 to 1.000 pupils
(Continued an page 4)
School Principal Is Author of COMPANY L TO GIVE
Play to Be Presented at
Armory Friday Night
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"The Gay Came' la ihe auspicious-
sounding title of the comedy lobe
presented by the high school Thespian Clnb at the Armory next Friday evening. The aeat sale at Weingartner* and the high achool Is verv
encouraging.
The suihor of the plsy Is Principal
Nichols of the high srhool. Carping
rrtllcs, who should he ahot al sunrise, hate already accused the author of cribbing Ihe Idea for the
play rrom the "Show Shop" nud similar concoctions Whereupon the author produce* his copyright certificate dated in October. 1912. long before ihe "Show Shop" was horn.
Mr Nichols fetatea that his comedy traveled forlornly Bll up and
down Broadway seeking a manager!
to produce tl, nnd he feels Ihnt Hj
must be extraordinarily good toj
have been so enthusiastically rejeri-j
ed of managers. He state* also
that on a former occasion, when thei
comnd) »a* about lo lie produced oni
another stage than that of the Armory, the leading Isdy waa stricken:
with chlrkennox. the leading man:
roi a Job, and tho local theater went,
into hankruptry ;,,1(| dosed Its iloorsj
permanently.
| Barring tittle things like earth-j
'quake*. Urea or Invasion from Japan.I
[the comedy will certainly be pro-}
dueed thla lime Manager FCddlej
nraunsehwelKer say* *o and Stage
Manager Charles (ireen *ay* amen.j
ir be ha* to paint lhe scenery blm-j
melt. Anybody having
olonlnl Interior of a i
Conrpany I, has not yet been mustered oui and It will continue to
live aa long as any of the California
guard companies- Jnst to show-
that li I* atlll on thc map and more
Ihan alive, it will he host nl an In-
roiuiul dance |o he given al Ihe Arm-
the twentieth of January.
Tho dame committee haa heen*
well choaen. being a bunch of good!
worker* who hsve had experlenie In!
Khlng such affairs. The committee
1« a* follow*: Itlchard Sherman, Herman I'anke. l,everett Taff and Her-!
mnn llrnun*. hwelger.
Oood mush- is the moat essential!
Item for a successful dance and no!
thing haa been left undone to get'
the beat mualc obtainable. A Stan-;
ford orchestra composed of fourj
Piece* has been selected.
EMINENT SPEAKERS
IN. LOCAL PULPIT
Doctor Gardner Has Secured List
of Prominent Minister* to
Preach at Sunford
The Itev. I) Charles Oardner.
chaplain of Memorial Church at the
university, who recently secured a
short wiles of pulpll addresses by
iho Fpiscopal bishop or tho Philippine Islands, has concluded arrange-
in.-nt- for a cosmopolitan lift of well-
known divines to follow in surceaslon. During February thn following wilt preach In the Stnnford Memorial Churrh on Sundaya:
Hlshop Adna W. | wonderfully acted, with an
ending Hull will pleaae all.
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