Single Woman Research Articles

An Analysis of Yam Flour Marketing in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria

Yam flour marketing is one of the Agribusiness ventures undertaken mainly by women (100%) in the study area. The business was profitable in that the Gross Margin (GM) of N 199,312.84 and the Marketing Margin of (MM) of N 19,575 were high and appreciable per caput. The marketers were in one or the other in a married state and no single woman was involved. They had a relatively large family size (6-10 members) and had at least one form of education. They were of mixed religion and funded their business mainly through cooperatives and daily contributions. They were all retailers and they mostly sold white yam flour (90%). It was revealed that Loan, Cost of Yam flour, Cost of Transportation and The total amount sold were the factors influencing profitability of Yam flour marketing in the study area. While Loan and Total amount sold had positive coefficients and were statistically significant at 10% and 1% respectively, Cost of Yam flour and Cost of Transportation impacted negatively on profitability and they were statistically significant at 5% and 1% respectively.

Oocyte cryopreservation for non-medical reasons: Ethical and regulatory concerns in China.

Assisted reproductive technology is a complex medical intervention with many potential social sensitivities. Within this domain, oocyte cryopreservation has emerged as an important research area for preserving female fertility. Against the backdrop of the hotly debated first legal case in China of a single woman wishing to freeze her eggs, and the implementation of the 'three-child policy' in China, there is an urgent need to evaluate policies and address ethical considerations surrounding oocyte cryopreservation for non-medical reasons. This review examines current policies, explores China's practices and research, and examines the latest ethical challenges surrounding non-medical oocyte cryopreservation. It develops strategies and recommendations that will be relevant in China and other developing countries seeking to navigate this complex landscape.

A Case Report of Female Genital Schistosomiasis in a 29-Year-Old Patient From a Teaching Hospital in North-Eastern Nigeria

Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic infection that affects more than 220 million people worldwide, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). One of the complications of urogenital Schistosomiasis is female genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) which is associated with the presence of S. haematobium eggs and related pathologies in the genitals of women living in or visiting schistosomiasis-endemic areas. FGS is a neglected and misdiagnosed gynaecological disease with un-specific clinical symptoms and signs. It adversely affects the quality of sexual and reproductive health of women and is a risk factor for HIV and HPV infections in affected women. Diagnosis of upper genital tracts FGS is mostly accidental from histological examination of excised tissues. This is a case description of a rare incidence of female genital Schistosomiasis of the upper genital tract in a 29-year-old, single woman from a Schistosomiasis-endemic area of Adamawa State, Nigeria who presented with a history of lower abdominal pain of a month duration and abdominal swelling. Physical examination revealed a pelvic mass of 16 weeks' gestation size and histological examination confirmed the presence of Schistosome ova in the excised ovarian cyst. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion of female genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) in women and girls in Schistosomiasis-endemic areas. Deliberate programs for healthcare workers and outreach programs for the communities must be designed and implemented to raise awareness about genital Schistosomiasis.

Ruling by Wife

Abstract Research on the powers or roles of first ladies in authoritarian Arab states suffers from two gaps. First, there are always attempts to homogenize women under which the president’s spouse is simply subsumed within categories such as “Arab women,” “Muslim women,” or “Egyptian women.” Second, literature explaining the dynamics of authoritarian durability has mainly focused on what is institutional, for instance, the army, legislature, and political parties. This article focuses on a single woman as part of the toolbox authoritarian leaders use to maintain power and as part of their political expediency. It uses quantitative and qualitative methods to track the progression of the roles of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s wife, Suzanne Mubarak, and the manifestations of these roles in the state media throughout Mubarak’s rule (1981–2011). The frame analysis of 1,339 articles found this progression to be linear; that is, Suzanne Mubarak moved from traditional ceremonial roles in the 1980s to policy-oriented ones in the 1990s to political roles, even acting as “copresident” in the 2000s. Through interviews, the data-based findings are contextualized within historically conditioned challenges facing the regime, such as relations with Islamists, the adoption of neoliberal economic policies, and Hosni Mubarak’s frail health in the final years of his rule.

Can a Single Glomerulus Morphology Implicate Successful Therapy?

Recurrent gross hematuria of glomerular origin is frequently encountered in clinical practice, and in absence of specific serological marker, renal biopsy is mandatory to address the definitive diagnosis, and set out an appropriate therapeutic protocol. Technical deficiencies associated with practice of renal biopsy are frequently encountered, as inadequate number of glomeruli or poor immunofluorescence staining of kidney biopsy specimen; however, these deficiencies can be offset by detailed electron microscopy analysis of a single abnormal glom.We present a single middle-aged Libyan woman, with a rare glomerular disease, related to abnormal activation of alternative complement pathway, where renal biopsy report was initially not adequate and lacking immunohistochemistry workup. However, electron microscopy reports a characteristic abnormal glomerular deposit, coupled with clinical and biochemical data that guided our therapeutic protocol.In a middle-aged female who presented with recurrent gross hematuria and nephrotic range proteinuria, we should suspect a glomerular pathology. Further to immunoglobulin A nephropathy or lupus nephritis, particularly in presence of complement abnormalities and negative serology for glomerulopathy-related autoantibodies, dense deposit disease and C3 glomerulonephritis that are rare complement mediated glomerulopathy should be considered as a seronegative lupus nephritis-equivalent, in terms of their membranoproliferative features on light microscopy, and when setting out appropriate therapeutic protocol. Patient and family counseling for C3 glomerulopathy is essential because this type of glomerulopathy has a recurrence rate after kidney transplant.

Women Soaring High with Literary Flight

Women constitute around half of the world’s population. The path to their glory is no bed of roses but literacy has made the pain bearable. This paper is a testament that when women are given the opportunity to learn to gain knowledge, they never miss the mark. They can be anyone they want to be, and achieve anything they want to do. The only thing they need is a guiding light to show them the right way. Literacy is the key that opens the door that has been locked for them for eons. Teaching a woman does not mean empowering a single person. Its impact can be seen far and wide. It is so because women are nurturers by nature. What they absorb is what they radiate and feed to people around them. So, teaching a single woman in a community is like teaching the whole community itself. Women fill various roles in different strata of society from a mother to a partner to an employee to a boss. Being literate is the master card that enables them to play these roles to the greatest of their potential. Taking examples from all walks of life with this paper I am giving tribute to women and making a claim that women and knowledge walk hand in hand miracles are ordinary.

Feminist Approaches In Islamic Studies

The purpose of this writing is to understand 3 things: first, the concrete form of the feminist approach. Second, the factors that influence the existence of a feminist approach in Islamic studies. Third, the implications of academic feminist approaches to the dynamics of Islamic studies. The author uses the literature method by using a feminist approach in studying Islam. The results of this study show that first, feminist etymology comes from the word femme (single woman) who fought to fight for the rights of women as a social class. In terminology a women's movement that demands full equality. Second, internal factors include low knowledge and understanding of the community about religious values related to the role and function of women, the reality of Muslim society that still experiences gender bias, as well as the essence of women's bodies.external factors include the number of religious interpreters who harm the position and role of women as well as patriarchal culture that has long dominated in society (political, economic, and biased interpretation of religious texts gender). Third, positive impact: The existence of the term career woman makes women become more independent women, women are not oppressed by the capitalist system, and are productive in doing things outside the domstic. Negative impact: Negative impact (the birth of various lesbian feminism movements or the practice of free sex between women and women), and There are several ideologies of the feminism movement that are not in accordance with Islamic corridors

Attitudes toward Reproductive Tourism and Cross border reproductive care (CBRC): Legal, Economic, Ethical issues and dilemmas, possibilities and limitations

The goal of the present study is to discuss the issue of Cross-Border Reproductive Care known as CBRC and Reproductive Tourism. The subject is of great interest as this type of tourism has been flourishing in recent years, without, however, being thoroughly researched, regarding the very important, health, quality of medical care, financial, ethics, legality and transparency or illegality, aspects concerning the processes that are carried out for the desired result of human reproduction. In addition, one of the sharpest-increasing types of Cross-Border Reproductive Care is international surrogacy. Thousands of interested people travel abroad for IVF and ICSI treatment, or with the aim to employ the paid services of foreign surrogates. The search for solutions has made CBRC a global industry. It is a multibillion-euro international industry introducing unique legal, financial, ethical, and risk-management challenges and disputes.
 The current study addressed this gap by examining Greek citizens’ attitudes toward Reproductive Tourism and Cross border reproductive and their legal, financial, ethical, consequences. To test the research hypotheses, a survey was conducted on 652 Greek citizens, who answered a questionnaire, which was distributed electronically in the format of a Google form. For the data analysis the study used the multiple correspondence analysis – MCA of sphere of multivariate data analysis.
 The results discuss, as far as the legal dimensions are concerned, the restriction on specific reproductive treatments in the country of residence. IVF and ICSI are allowed in almost all countries but there are legal restrictions regarding the age of the woman or the couple, unmarried couples, single woman, gay, transgender and same-sex couples. As far as the financial dimension of the CBRC is concerned, the study discusses the lack of financial data that is a natural consequence of the lack of both national and global registers. The cost of infertility treatment seems to be one of the most basic reasons for those interested to seek assisted reproductive services outside the borders of their country of origin and residence, and the commercialization of health is an ethical issue that deserves further study in relation to the country of destination. In addition, the study discusses main ethical issues regarding donors and surrogate mothers, among others, which have to do with their exploitation, their moral and physical harm, possible child abuse, parental rights and the sale of babies which are considered of a major importance. Donor or surrogate mothers may suffer from serious and even life-threatening complications. Donor or surrogate mothers from low and economic backgrounds do not have the possibility of legal support and coverage and cannot claim parental rights. Additionally, the study debates the high cost of treatments, health and care benefits, the economic exploitation of women from countries with weak economies, the instrumentalization of women, the legal issues and rights of descendants born in destination countries and in terms of their repatriation, the correct information and informed consent for the medical procedures to be performed, as well as many others because the list is long.
 According to the study the need that is obvious, due to the great impact of the CBRC, concerns the creation of a universal protocol through the European Council and the College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) as well as the American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ACOG) to remove all the above mentioned issues , issues and moral dilemmas that above all will guarantee the good of health, justice, non-harm, the good of justice, autonomy and self-determination and finally, human rights.

‘예기치 않은 전환’을 겪은 한부모여성의 일 경험과 진로적응에 대한 내러티브 탐구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to study the work experience and career adjustment experience of single-parent women who experienced an unanticipated transition through narrative exploration, and to provide implications for career counseling for single-parent women.
 Methods Three single parent women who underwent an unexpected transition were selected as research participants and in-depth interviews were conducted using a narrative inquiry method. The data collection period was from July 2022 to December 2022, and preliminary interviews were conducted with two research participants, followed by three interviews and additional interviews with each research participant. According to Connelly's (2000) narrative inquiry procedure, the research participants' transition experience, work experience, and career adjustment were categorized into key themes and analyzed to reconstruct the narrative.
 Results As a single parent woman who underwent an unexpected turn, the narrative about work experience and career adjustment was a turning point through the story of overcoming ‘like a salmon going upside down in a river’, and the time of struggling ‘in search of lost time’ that had not yet been given meaning. It was a journey through which he became the main character and walked the ‘rugged road I made’.
 Conclusions The personal justification of the narrative about the work experience and career adaptation of single parent women who underwent an unanticipated transition is that they form a new identity and newly recognize the meaning of life through work, and the practical justification is that giving meaning to work and career adaptation are important, and through this to achieve inner or personal growth. The social justification is that it is necessary to raise awareness and take an institutional approach to improve the working and child-rearing environment of single-parent women.

An Iranian Woman’s Exploration of Her Sexuality Through Art Therapy

Sexuality is negotiated through intimate and familial relationships within larger systems of culture and society. In contemporary Iran, religion and cultural upbringing exert a large influence on women’s sexual development. This article presents a case study of a young adult, single woman in Iran who participated in online, client-centered art therapy to explore her sexual identity in a safe space. Social role and sexual double standards emerged in the case, along with relief from sexual repression and the provision of a safe space that empowered her to discuss a taboo subject within the norms of her culture and religious family structure. Through her artmaking process and related discussions, she was able to gain understanding of healthy sexuality and identity, and lifestyle choices and constraints within a culturally sensitive relationship.

Utah's Women Homesteaders

Utah's Women Homesteaders

The False King Olaf and His Necklace of Letters

The False King Olaf and His Necklace of Letters

Exclusion by Design: Locating Power in Mansbridge’s Account of Descriptive Representation

A much-circulated image during the Donald Trump administration showed Vice President Mike Pence and members of the Republican House Freedom Caucus discussing the removal of maternity coverage from the Affordable Care Act—with not a single woman or person of color among them. In another image, white men watched approvingly as Trump signed an executive order reinstating the global gag rule, which bans foreign nongovernmental organizations that receive American aid from supporting abortion access. These images contrast with one from early in Joe Biden’s presidency. In his first address to Congress, Biden was backed by two women occupying the second- and third-most-powerful positions in the country, Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, respectively. After acknowledging “Madame Speaker, Madame Vice President,” Biden said, “No president ever said those words and it is about time.”

Design of employee pension benefits model and China's pension gender gap

The pension gender gap is a universal concern, and policymakers worldwide strive to address the factors leading to gender inequality. This study examines the pension gender gap problem and its causes and effects in China, conducting micro-empirical simulations on China's employee pension benefits model. We propose solutions to this gender inequality and suggest an intra-family pension benefits transfer for women in a family framework. For family units headed by a single woman, we recommend enhanced tax-deductible contributions by prior employers to strengthen the equality of pensions between genders throughout retirement. This additional support and enhancement of female pensions can effectively narrow the pension gap between male and female beneficiaries while maintaining the system's long-term sustainability. More importantly, these proposed enhancements minimize acute poverty while improving the living standards of female pensioners.

Demographic behaviour and earnings inequality across OECD countries

Many studies have focused on how demographic dynamics, such as changes in marriage patterns and the increasing share of households headed by a single adult, may contribute to rising earnings inequality. Here we instead ask how demographic differences between countries may underpin differences in household earnings inequality between them, concentrating on economic homogamy and the proportion of households headed by a single woman and by a single man. We use data on 28 OECD countries from the 2016 wave of the Luxembourg Income Study, and develop a new inequality decomposition approach based on half the squared coefficient of variation (HSCV). We find that variation between countries in the specified demographic factors can account for just over 40% of the variation between countries in inequality in household labour earnings, with the proportion of households headed by a single woman playing the largest role. The associations between labour earnings inequality and these demographic components are consistent across countries, with little variation in how each is related to overall inequality. Although by far the largest driver of cross-national inequality relates to the earnings of partnered men, counterfactual analysis suggests that relatively small changes in these demographic variables can indeed affect inequality.

Postcolonialism Goes Queer: Concealments and Disclosures in Dinaw Mengestu’s All Our Names

Abstract: This article discusses All Our Names , the 2014 novel by Dinaw Mengestu, an Ethiopian-born, American immigrant writer. The narrative focuses on two figures: a young Ethiopian dreamer caught in the postcolonial military struggle in Uganda who later seeks safe haven in the US, and a single white American woman in her early thirties named Helen, a social worker at Lutheran Relief Services. Such a configuration certainly suggests the relevance of the postcolonial perspective, but in the novel, issues of race and postcolonialism are intertwined with the identity crisis aggravated by the ethnically polarized world of small-town America. Yet the identity that is destabilized is not merely racial but also sexual, through the convoluted and illicit erotic relationships in which the characters are enmeshed. This article analyzes the concealments of sexual identities and the struggles of the characters, who are reluctant to disclose their selves and the true nature of their relations with each other, first in the context of cultural dislocation engendered by involuntary migration to the United States, and then in the postcolonial setting of war-torn Uganda

The Feminist Philosophy in Medieval Literature--- The Case Study of Christines the Book of the City of the Ladies

This research is designed to make womens voice heard and achieve gender equality. Studying medieval women writings is worthy investigating because it can not only show how medieval men view about the other sex but also appeal for womens rights as much as possible. Besides, gender equality is an important problem that affects every single woman in the world. Therefore, gender studies also need researching. As far as feminist philosophy itself is concerned, the theories of Greek and medieval philosophers, such as Aristotle, Plato, and St. Thomas Aquinas, will be used for analysing. Finally, there will be a conclusion that concludes all the discussions in this essay.

Review: A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community, by Natalia Molina

A Place at the Nayarit is an intimate exploration into the meaning that food spaces have in Latinx immigrant communities. The Nayarit was what Molina describes as a foundational “place making” space that fostered rich fictive kin ties within Los Angeles and Mexico. The restaurant was first established as a business around 1943, and this book focuses primarily on the Nayarit location in Echo Park on Los Angeles’s Sunset Street which opened in 1951. This restaurant was meticulously run by Molina’s grandmother, Natalia Barraza, who operated as a well-connected figure in the neighborhood’s Latinx community. In fact, the Nayarit was quite unique because it was created and maintained by a single Mexican woman in a time where immigration and city policies targeted and scrutinized single Mexican women in the United States.This restaurant, named after Barraza’s hometown Nayarit, was a Mexican establishment that proudly cooked Nayarit Mexican food—an important distinction when considering that many Mexican restaurants of this time made a profit off catering to a primarily white clientele who expected a homogenized and Americanized version of Mexican food. The pride taken in making specifically Nayarit Mexican food quickly established the tone and direction of Barraza’s Nayarit. Molina also stresses that the pride in making familiar hometown food was deeply intertwined with the restaurant’s status as a “place making” space. It was, as Molina puts it, a place where people went to be seen and to see others—both Mexican and other Latinx community members—to establish that this was their neighborhood and that they belonged there. Molina conveys that community identity and personal identity were both shaped by and shaped the restaurant itself and the resources that the restaurant provided its staff and the local clientele.Now as deeply rooted as the Nayarit was in Echo Park, it however, like many other ethnic enclaves, still existed on the margins of the traditional archive. Thus, much of this narrative was stitched together through interviews with former employees and residents. From a reader’s perspective, this approach does not at all detract, because Molina was able to conduct a fair number of interviews to flesh out this narrative. Indeed, Barraza was noted for having facilitated numerous immigration journeys to California by providing people with employment in the United States as well as a reference for other employment and future life ventures. Many individuals and families that relied on Barraza for resources fondly recalled not just the delicious food but also the safe environment and community that was fostered by the restaurant.While this book is centered on the memories of the Nayarit, Molina also weaves these narratives alongside the better-known historical events of the early twentieth century. Coverage of key events such as the Mexican Revolution, World War II, and ensuing civil rights lawsuits all add depth to the interviews. The bibliography should be helpful for those looking to expand their knowledge on the more minute aspects of the Nayarit’s place in history; in particular, those interested in the intersection of urban centers, food, race, and identity will find Molina’s bibliography to be quite rich.Overall, this book is an enthralling microhistory seeking to collect the memories of a long past community space. It is a boon for those looking to better understand the connection between food spaces and identity and also a means to remember a non-archival based history that might otherwise be erased by current-day gentrification of Echo Park.

Life of Women Adversely Affected by Communal Frenzy in Felanee by Arupa Pathangia Kalita

The adverse consequences of war and violence are always more on women and children. Men are always the active participants in violence, and women are invariably observed as the passive receiver of the same. Women have to face the harmful effects of war and violence in the form of lost husbands and loss of self-respect. This paper explores the life and struggle of a single woman who lost her husband during the ethnic conflicts. Arupa Patangia Kalita is a famous Assamese novelist who lives in Darrang, Assam. Her novel Felanee was originally written in Assamese in 2003 and translated by Deepika Pukan in 2011. The story of Felanee reveals the awful experiences of a woman, Felanee in the midst of ethnic riots and frenzy atmosphere in Assam. The events mentioned in the novel relate to the real lives of the people living there. Through her protagonist, the writer describes some of the adverse experiences of people during ethnic conflicts, especially the women living in such places. At the time of Felanee’s birth, she was thrown into damp to die but somehow, she survives and starts her battle against all odds. The paper reveals how women sustain their families, especially children, while facing many troubles due to ethnic violence and bloodshed. It also explores how they are marginalized in society and how they support each other in difficult times. Felanee has to face all the brutal consequences of the communal frenzy. She lost almost everything she had, including her loving husband. She was once a queen, but after the riots, she was forced to live like a laborer.

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY IN ANITA NAIR'S LADIES COUPE

Anita Nair was a realistic writer who depicted people's real-life situations in her novels, and she was a unique writer with enormous proficiency in creating more fascinating novels. Anita Nair vividly conveyed the sorrows and frustrations of women in society. In a patriarchal society, the difficult challenge for a woman was to discover her identity and equip herself with the necessary skills and qualities. Anita Nair's work Ladies Coupe depicted six female characters and their life stories. Akhila, the protagonist of this story, travelled by train to attain independence and to discover her individuality. This novel not only dealt with subjects such as Women's Empowerment, Quest for Identity, Women's Sufferings, and so on, but it also expressed the characters' inner thoughts and mental psyche. Akhila began her journey in this story by pondering whether a woman needed a man to be happy or if she could be happy as a single woman. She took a train to Kanyakumari and had the opportunity to travel with five other women in the compartment, and she was able to come to a conclusion after hearing their stories. This Research paper examines the good characteristics of women who have overcome adversity in their lives. It also shows how women empower themselves as capable people in society and begin to find themselves and establish a strong identity in society.