This phenomenological case study describes how a Post-Correctional Education Intervention (PCEI) was developed for a local community-based organization that had recently constructed a transition house for formerly incarcerated adults who converted to Islam while incarcerated. Th…
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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a research approach that benefits from the expertise of community members being involved in the research along all stages of a project (Israel et al., 2003). CBPR is often utilized with marginalized populations in order to amplify…
My goal throughout this study is to highlight psychosocial integration problems disabled people face in developing countries like Senegal. The goal being to lay the foundation of an inclusive society where all the daughters and sons of the nation may "in the common will of commo…
The empowerment construct has been central in theories and practice interventions across many health and social science disciplines. However, research and evaluation studies measuring empowerment within international community development initiatives are rare due to a lack of va…
In recent years, there has been a strong push for worldwide improvements in primary education. Many of the corresponding goals and policies find their foundation in a vast literature that demonstrates the wide-ranging benefits of educating females, including widely-accepted evid…
This dissertation investigates the recent women's higher education movement in Pakistan, the sense of empowerment it inculcates in educated women and the cultural limitations many experience because restrictive ideologies of honor persistently hinder women's progress. My analysi…
Women's contributions to peace negotiations and post-conflict peacebuilding are too often overlooked, undocumented and anecdotal. Is international peace, security and democracy enhanced when women are active participants in all aspects of peace processes including post-conflict …
This thesis focuses on the design and the evaluation of the assistive technological solutions dedicated to the aging people. It is based on a framework which proposes a developmental approach of the aging subject. Our research is composed of three main objectives. The first obje…
In our more progressive society oftentimes it is difficult to understand the degree of impoverishment worldwide. As a result studies have been conducted with particular emphasis on countries mainly in Asia and Africa, subjugating other countries to mere secondary data that repre…
This exploratory qualitative study aimed to gain an understanding of the experiences of recovery from intimate partner abuse (IPA) of 17 women of Mexican heritage in a mid-size urban city in Michigan. IPA was defined as any type of physical, sexual, stalking, psychological harm …
The alternative health movement is a burgeoning phenomenon in contemporary American culture. Frequently overlooked by communication scholars in general and rhetorical critics in particular are a number of epistemological, economic and political forces at play in the agon, or com…
Youth today are mostly characterized by typical adolescent risk taking behaviors and are frequently considered problems, community liabilities, and recipients rather than resources. Youth are without adult-like influence; they are not empowered in adult society. Therefore, youth…
Women's share of the labor force has increased significantly in most regions of the developing world, including the Middle East and North Africa where women's participation levels have traditionally fallen behind those of other areas. But while the growth of female wage earners …
Research has provided evidence that child participation and agency can contribute to child protection. Child participation and agency in the context of war and conflicts are still under-researched. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the agency exp…
Bu tez çalışmasının temel amacı psikolojik güçlendirme ve lider üye etkileşiminin örgütsel vatandaşlık davranışı üzerindeki etkisinin incelenmesidir. Çalışma; teorik ve uygulama kısımlarından oluşmaktadır. Bu çalışmada öncelikle değişkenlerimiz psikolojik güçlendirme, lider üye …
Indonesia has experienced a shift from authoritarianism to democracy since the late 1990s. After the severe economic crisis of 1997, which ultimately forced Soeharto to relinquish power, Indonesia embarked on a more liberal and participatory form of democracy. To overcome the ec…
The Personal Empowerment Program© (PEP) is a 10-session weekly psycho-educational group designed to empower victims of domestic violence by increasing participants' knowledge about healthy relationships in order to recognize warning signs of abuse, access resources to improve sa…
Following extensive decentralization in developing countries, urban planning and development initiatives are now increasingly designed around community participation and multi-stakeholder partnerships. Community participation is supposed to make projects more efficient and also …
This case study assesses the educational needs of the teachers, students and women of a remote, isolated school community in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It also addresses the cultural, social and religious obstacles that girls, women and teachers face, while identifying appropriate …