Social Inclusion Of Women Research Articles

Health Information and Social Inclusion of Women During COVID-19: Exploring Botswana Television’s Functionalist Communication Strategy

This paper explored the role of Botswana television in harnessing the right to health information and social inclusion of women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researcher sampled 36 episodes (n=36) between March and June 2020 from the Botswana television Facebook page and employed content analysis to examine comments, reactions, viewership patterns, and gender disparities during programming. The program recorded over one million views from its audience, attracting many reactions and comments. However, there was a ratio of 74.5% for males against 25.5% for female representation, which was lower than the half margin of all the guests in the program. Furthermore, the study found that indeed Facebook boosted television viewership and audience engagement, although women’s issues were not satisfactorily addressed by the program, both dedicated to gender equality during the pandemic and crafting topics that discussed the vulnerability of women.

Tourism development, entrepreneurship and women's empowerment – Focus on Serbian countryside

PurposeThe starting premise of this study is that women's empowerment is the goal for self-realization and that the support that comes from local tourism stakeholders represents an adequate base. In many rural areas, women have established self-help groups (SHGs), which facilitate the interaction with a wide range of stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of SHGs on female entrepreneurship and self-employment in tourism.Design/methodology/approachTo examine the research question, this study adopted a quantitative research that included a sample of 513 women in a less-advanced rural area in Serbia. For the data analysis, the generalized linear regression model (GLM) was used.FindingsAccording to the results, self-employment is the leading goal of women's empowerment.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation in the research and the authors’ suggestion for future research is to increase the sample size of female respondents, so examination of their attitudes and role in the travel business in their local settings might reach higher significance. The second issue that the authors would like to point out is a highly local character of our study, so the future research should involve other rural areas in the country and from abroad (e.g. similar undeveloped countryside with noticeable, active women's role in local entrepreneurship).Practical implicationsThe most important practical implications of this paper are twofold: (1) the results of the research have shown that the tourist potential of rural areas can be enhanced through local tourism stakeholders' support; (2) women without professional interest or jobs in rural areas, especially in the areas where the population is traditionally dominated by men (husband/brother/father), have a chance to earn and to be economically more independent. This research can affect future studies to investigate other aspects of empowerment depending on the difference of regions, from one side, and also alternative opportunities for tourism and local development in less-advanced rural areas, from another side.Originality/valueThe study analyzes the tourism potential of the rural areas (which are less advanced and mostly very poor in developing countries, such as Serbia). In this case, there are opportunities to increase employment, social inclusion of women, development of new tourism strategies, implementation of destination marketing, etc. Moreover, it contributes to future research in the field of stakeholders in tourism strategies.

Inclusión social de mujeres rurales a través de programas de alfabetización digital para el empleo

Introducción. Este artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio sobre la inclusión social de mujeres del ámbito rural a través de la adquisición de la competencia digital básica. Su objetivo fundamental es conocer el nivel de habilidad adquirido en las diferentes competencias asociadas al nivel básico según dicho modelo, analizar en qué medida estos aprendizajes han mejorado su nivel de competencia digital, considerando también si existen diferencias a nivel sociodemográfico según variables de edad, nivel académico, situación familiar y laboral. Método. Para ello, se ha aplicado un cuestionario sobre competencia digital básica e inclusión sociolaboral a 240 mujeres de entornos rurales participantes en programas de alfabetización digital para el empleo, con edades comprendidas entre 18 y 65 años. Resultados. Los resultados muestran un nivel de competencia digital adquirida que permite el uso intermedio de manejo de algunas herramientas de procesamiento de texto y el uso de portales de internet y redes sociales como Facebook, encontrando diferencias significativas en las mujeres en función de su edad y situación familiar y laboral. En el caso de recursos de un nivel más avanzado relacionados con la inclusión sociolaboral como las aplicaciones LinkedIn y herramientas en la nube, existe un mayor desconocimiento y una mayor dificultad en su manejo y aplicación práctica. En este sentido, se encuentran similitudes con otras investigaciones realizadas con mujeres del ámbito rural, en cuanto a la brecha digital de género existente y su relación con las dificultades en la inserción de estas personas en el mercado laboral. Discusión. La discusión de resultados presenta algunas implicaciones para la formación de una ciudadanía digital según el modelo DigComp2.1 y la necesidad de programas formativos en esta materia, específicamente orientados a mujeres del ámbito rural.

A Comparative Analysis on the Required Commercial Competences for Women Entrepreneurship Development in Selected Countries

The scientific report is based on a desk research and an on-line survey done within an Erasmus + project, under Key Action 2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, High Education Sector, named European Partnership for Social Inclusion and Creation of Skills for Women Entrepreneurship E-learning. The project is realized by three partner countries and it is focused on the social inclusion of women wishing to develop their own business in the area of trade and logistics through integration into entrepreneurship, acquiring practical skills and competences in order to generate financial, cultural and social value. A comparative analysis of the trade competences required for the development of women's entrepreneurship in the three partner countries is done. In the analysis, a study of the necessary literature in order to establish the theoretical and methodological framework of the study was initially carried out. Via a study of the existing competency models in the field of trade, the key necessary competencies for the realization of a trader have been identified. They serve to develop a questionnaire and they are the basis for the comparative analysis between the three partner countries.

Empowerment journeys of women with disabilities: A case-study

Social inclusion of women with disabilities is currently an extremely complex challenge, an educational emergency, which mainly involves Special Education. The development of the international normative framework did not help the majority of women with disabilities, who are still socially underprivileged and are often victims of multi-discrimination, which is part of an extensive process of feminization of poverty.  Starting from the above mentioned daunting overview, the article aims at contributing to the debate on the need to reinforce a theoretical and methodological framework of interpretation. Such framework should be able to link the conditions of gender and disability together, thus pursuing an emancipating perspective. The article aspires to reflect on potential perspectives of social development, combining and balancing social protection elements with educational and employment opportunities through empowerment processes designed for women with disabilities. Such reflection will move its steps from the case-study on a journey of social and employment inclusion embraced by women with disabilities living in the difficult context of Gaza Strip

Social Inclusion of Women Through Microfinance: With Special Reference to Plantation Region of Karnataka State

The Self Help Group bank linkage programme in the last 22 years is becoming a well-known tool for banker’s developmental agencies and even for corporate houses. For the poverty alleviation, SHG bank linkage programmes are becoming popular and powerful means of providing financial assistance to needy and deserved. India is a land of villages and 60% of the population is depending upon agriculture. Agriculture is an unorganized and unrecognized industry in India. For the last 6 decades, the hopes of millions of people who depended on agriculture are not changed. All the government-sponsored programmes are a failure on account of many issues like favoritism, weak linkage, duplication, and bribery. The rural people are weak and lack of resource to solve their problem. This tendency gave the way for searching alternative ways to serve the rural people who are untouched by formal financial institutions, mainly rural women in particular and rural poor in general. The concept of an SHG is a new hope for the development of the rural area and empowerment of women. SHGs are becoming highly popular and recognized as useful tools to help the poor and as an alternative mechanism to meet the immediate requirement of the poor through savings creation, and thereby the harassment by the money lenders, traders have been reduced though not eliminated. Against this background, an attempt is made to understand the empowering of women. The study is an explorative study and statistical analysis are used in order to process the data and present in a meaningful manner. This study is carried out in plantation region of Chikkamgaluru District.

Programa mulheres mil: as aulas de informática básica em um curso ofertado no Instituto Federal em Porto Nacional - Tocantins

<p>O presente artigo foi uma reflexão de um programa intitulado Mulheres Mil, onde buscou-se analisar a contribuição das aulas de informática básica em um curso ofertado por ele no <em>campus</em> Porto Nacional do Instituto Federal do Tocantins para as mulheres assistidas pelo mesmo. Estruturado na inclusão digital e social do grupo de mulheres, por meio da educação, teve por objetivo promover a inclusão social e econômica de mulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade, a fim de permitir a melhoria do seu potencial de mão de obra, bem como as suas vidas e de suas famílias. A pesquisa contou com abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa numa perspectiva de usar fontes bibliográficas, análise documental, pesquisa de campo, com visita <em>in loco</em>, em que foram desenvolvidos e aplicados questionários, para melhor avaliação da realidade das usuárias do projeto. Colocando a avaliação do facilitador do curso de informática que revela a experiência como gratificante, quando este percebe a desenvoltura das alunas no aprendizado bem como a sua contribuição para sociedade, na tecnologia, comunicação, informação e qualificação para o mercado de trabalho. Entretanto, o público alvo do programa, não conheceram somente instruções e práticas de aula de informática, mas com a educação, encontrou meios para ajudar a transformar a cultura, que mulher é somente para procriação de filhos e trabalho doméstico. Além de viabilizar a construção de novos conhecimentos que poderão ser utilizados em situação futura.</p>

Social Inclusion and Self Help Groups: Myth or Reality?

Studies reveal that a major weakness in the Indian economy is that the growth is not perceived as being sufficiently inclusive for many groups, especially SCs and STs. Hence, exclusion of women in general and dalit women in particular has become the issue of concern recent years and complementary to this microfinance through self help groups proving good in including the excluded section of the society in to the broad platform of social inclusion. However, there is another group of studies questions this argument and opine that self help groups succeeded in financial inclusion but not succeeded fully in accelerating social inclusion of women. With this background the paper is prepared with objectives of examining the impact of Self Help Groups on social inclusion of women; To analyse the problem faced by the dalit women and suggest policy prescriptions. The study was conducted in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district of Karnataka State. The social inclusion of SHG members is observed in terms of involvement of dalit women in decision making process both in family and SHG matters, type of entrepreneurial activity undertaken, positions held in SHGs etc,. The study suggests that dalit women also supported to take important positions in the SHG’s Special attention should be given to SC, ST members to undertake IGA. Dalit women should be motivated to join women organization, and directions should be given to animators of all the promoters to involve dalit women members before taking to the important decisions of SHG’s operation.

SOCIAL INCLUSIONS AND GOVERNANCE – A STUDY OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN ASSAM

Social exclusion happens when people or places suffer from a series of problems such as unemployment, discrimination, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime, ill health and family breakdown. In Assam, women section of the society suffers from different types of social exclusion for which women are not able to achieve empowerment to its fullest. Inclusion demands goals and polices that avoid separating people. Inclusion occurs when everyone lives with purpose, dignity, and satisfaction. Economic empowerment of women is a process by which women become independent and self-confident and thereby they can enlarge their choices. Social inclusion of women is a powerful instrument for gender mainstreaming and integrating women into the development process. Social inclusion through various social sectors and social development provides women the necessary space and support for promoting economic self-reliance, developing self-confidence, overcoming exploitation and taking effective steps towards achieving greater control over their lives. The present paper makes an attempt to study the role of cooperatives, NREGA, NGOs, SHGs, Micro-credit programmes etc. as economic agents that provides women economic participation, developing leadership qualities, promoting financial and social inclusion, and ultimately leading to women’s empowerment by giving them the ability to make strategic choices in their lives.

Лечебные эффекты и профиль безопасности диеногест-содержащих комбинированных оральных контрацептивов (обзор литературы)

This review discusses the significant problems associated with the violation of women's reproductive health, as well as the features of pathogenesis, clinical course and treatment of endometriosis - the disease has a negative impact on the health, quality of life and social inclusion of women; especially the use of combined hormonal contraceptives, including those containing dienogest.

WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVES IN GREECE: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND SWOT ANALYSIS

Very few women's co-operatives exist in Europe today; of those that do, the vast majority are involved in non-agricultural sectors. For the past thirty years in Greece, numerous women's agricultural co-operatives have been established in rural areas and scholars have articulated several aspects of their role in both women's life and the local development. A cursory glance at the history of the women's agricultural co-operatives in Greece and a review of the literature highlights the uniqueness of this type of entrepreneurship (a rarity in Europe) and their significant role for rural society cohesion, mainly in geographically and economically isolated rural areas. In this paper we employ a SWOT analysis to elaborate on strengths and weaknesses, which vary from co-operative to co-operative. Either bottom-up or top-down created women's co-operatives are currently a social innovation. Their strengths mainly concern economic independence and social inclusion of women in rural areas, while their weaknesses are mainly associated with funding, organization, administration, know how, culture, product promotion and marketing problems. Nevertheless, they are called upon to survive in a competitive environment; although difficult, it is one that provides opportunities that most likely can outweigh threats.

De “Rentier State” a “Global Emirates”: Uma Breve Análise Política e Socioeconômica dos Emirados Árabes Unidos até o Momento do Golfo (1971-2011)

A região do Oriente Médio é, per si, símbolo de pluralidade política, econômica e cultural. O mesmo se diz do Golfo Pérsico, território amplamente conhecido por abrigar monarquias e o Conselho de Cooperação do Golfo (CCG). Dentre os membros da organização, um vem se destacando por expressar seus anseios e vontades nas relações internacionais na última década: os Emirados Árabes Unidos (EAU). Com aproximadamente quarenta anos de autonomia, o país tornou-se marco de internacionalização econômica e símbolo de progresso, estabilidade e identidade nacional durante o período denominado “Momento do Golfo”. O presente artigo objetiva analisar os principais aspectos históricos, políticos, econômicos e sociais recentes motivadores do sucesso de inserção internacional promovido pelos emirados nos últimos anos. Na conclusão há a confirmação da hipótese inicial, a qual se sustenta na afirmação de que a configuração política (federalismo), a estabilidade doméstica, o processo de nation-building, as imensas reservas de petróleo, a inclusão social das mulheres e as estratégias diplomáticas foram variáveis cruciais, e essenciais no caso da construção nacional, para a consolidação do momentum emirati.