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Fatima Aladwan – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
This research aims to explore the extent of psychological empowerment among female kindergarten teachers in Jordan. It explored the ability of psychological immunity to predict the psychological empowerment level of those teachers. By knowing the levels of psychological immunity and psychological empowerment among kindergarten teachers in Jordan,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Females, Psychological Characteristics
Gloria Essilfie; Joshua Sebu; Josephine Baako-Amponsah – SAGE Open, 2024
The study seeks to analyze the effect of women's empowerment on household food security in northern Ghana. Employing Random Effect and Generalized Estimating Equations on the two rounds of Feed the Future dataset, 2012 and 2015, the study measured women empowerment as the comparative years of schooling and decision making by women. Multivariate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Empowerment, Females, Food
Bianca Rochelle Parry – International Review of Education, 2024
The empowering effect of higher education in a carceral environment is recognised globally as the most effective rehabilitative tool for reducing reoffence and promoting the reintegration of incarcerated individuals into society. While many researchers from the Global North have studied carceral education and accessibility, few of those studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education
Choudhary, Heena; Jain, Himanshi – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2023
The development of financial literacy (FL) is significantly influenced by financial literacy training programs (FLTPs), which aid in creating an ecosystem that is more inclusive and participative. This study reviewed 22 studies on FLTPs for marginalised women in developed and developing countries. It seeks to comprehend (a) the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Financial Literacy, Financial Education, Training, Females
Abdulrahman M. Al-Zahrani – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2023
This study explores the potential of social learning platforms (SLPs) to enhance female students' learning experiences in Saudi higher education and address socio-cultural constraints. It examines the advantages and disadvantages of SLPs from the perspective female students and analyses the impact of personal beliefs on their perceptions of SLPs.…
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Socialization, Empowerment
Lauren Mims; Marketa Burnett; Raquel Martin; Seanna Leath; Brooke Harris-Thomas – Theory Into Practice, 2024
The concept of #BlackGirlMagic has resonated with Black women and Black girls across the world. Black Girl Magic is as unique as a fingerprint and serves as an invitation for Black girls to be present as their true, most powerful selves. In reflecting on the power of Black Girl Magic for Black girls as 5 Black women in psychological science and…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Gender Discrimination, Age Discrimination
Ohito, Esther O. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Theory provokes and stimulates. This theoretical essay blurs the boundaries between academic and creative non-fiction writing to illustrate Black women artists mining self-serving economies of embodied, affective pleasure by crafting womanist erotica, that is, Black woman/girl-centred, eros-charged art, music, and literature. I play with words to…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Feminism, African Americans
Angelopoulos, Tasos – Research in Drama Education, 2023
The paper presents the Asseblywomen Project, conducted by Papalangki Theatre Company during 2020-2021 at the Women's Prison in Eleonas (Greece). Using as rehearsal material the comedy play "The Assemblywomen" by Aristophanes, the project aimed to encourage the participation of ex-drug addicted inmate women at the rehabilitation process,…
Descriptors: Females, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Drama
Madison K. Firkey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Background: Alcohol-related sexual assault is a pressing health concern on U.S. college campuses. The unrelenting prevalence of campus sexual assault has led to a greater focus on how to empower college women to resist unwanted sexual advances within alcohol-infused contexts. Alcohol-aggression expectancies have emerged as one potential barrier to…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Aggression, Drinking
Cathy Mae Dabi Toquero – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2023
Women are underrepresented and denied equal opportunities in the scientific community as a result of a rigid research culture and a lack of genuine academic support. Higher Education should go beyond the superficial treatment of women's empowerment. This article reflects on the heightened gender-based inequality during pandemic and calls for the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Females, Empowerment, COVID-19
Foster, Leah Jacquelin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the organizational cultures of collegiate and professional athletics and the influence they have on Black women's leadership opportunities. It also explored inclusive leadership and the impact this has on the experiences of Black women in athletics. Despite how long Black women have existed in this country…
Descriptors: Athletics, Leadership, Blacks, Females
Ademola Olumuyiwa Omotosho; Kimanzi Mathew; Alfred Modise; Ayansola Ayandibu – Cogent Education, 2024
South Africa's public sector has launched a variety of gender-focused schemes aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs over the years. However, emerging literature suggests that the efficacy of these programmes is constrained. Consequently, alternative approaches might be needed to address women entrepreneurs' concerns. Previous studies have not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education
Alecia R. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Adolescent girls face increased pressure to conform to societal standards. As social beings, adolescent girls gravitate to social media as an outlet for peer interaction, community, and validation. Research has found that at the critical age of adolescence, 12-18, girls experience appearance comparison on social media, which can lead to…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Adolescents, Females, Self Esteem
Sheshadri, Srividya; Coley, Christopher; Devanathan, Sriram; Rao, R. Bhavani – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
In this paper, a novel education framework for a gender-inclusive, development oriented approach is investigated within the context of a non-formal vocational education and training programme implemented in rural India. Analysis of the two-year intervention that delivered vocational and life skills education to women in rural India has led to a…
Descriptors: Females, Empowerment, Womens Education, Nonformal Education
Lou, Nigel Mantou; Li, Liman Man Wai – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background/Aims: Recent research on mindsets has shifted from understanding its homogenous role on performance to understanding how classroom environments explain its heterogeneous effects (i.e., Mindsets x Context hypothesis). Does the macro context (e.g., societal level of student mindsets) also help explain its heterogeneous effects? And does…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Empowerment, Intervention