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Narushima, Miya – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2004
This article explores a particular expression of social activism by older Canadian women to consider its implications for later life learning. 'Older women', despite their heterogeneity, have tended to be pathologized as a part of the 'problem' of ageing and languishing welfare societies--i.e. stereotyped as passive recipients of welfare and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Activism, Older Adults, Adult Development
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Tapper, Helena – E-Learning, 2006
Micro and small enterprises comprise approximately 60-70% of enterprises in South and Central America. Most of these enterprises, particularly micro enterprises, are managed and owned by women. These women for the most part lack both skills and training in the use of computers and the Internet, and access to the use of information and…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Internet
Rostosky, Sharon Scales; Galliher, Renee Vickerman; Welsh, Deborah Perlman – 1998
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have a disproportionate and more devastating impact on women than men; adolescent women are at the greatest risk for acquiring STDs. However, promoting consistent condom use among female adolescents involves dealing with complex socio-cultural factors, including deep ambivalence regarding sexuality in general,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Condoms, Dating (Social), Disease Control
Blohm, Judee, Ed. – 2000
The close relationship that Peace Corps volunteers develop with their communities and schools places them in a unique position to influence the behaviors and attitudes of the young women with whom they work. Workshops, camps, clubs, special events, and conversations all have the potential to promote decision-making skills, encourage goal setting,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Developing Nations
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Nelson, Mary Lee – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1997
Presents a theoretical framework for conceptualizing how supervisors may use their interactional power to assist women-in-training to assume power. Claims that empowering women requires attending to women's need for connection in interactions. Describes an interactional model for encouraging connected power in supervision. (RJM)
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Females
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Te Momo, Fiona; Prihantinah, Tri Lisiani; Marinova, Dora; Stocker, Laura; Muchira, Lydiah Mumbi – Community Development Journal, 2002
Three practice-based articles highlight common experiences and challenges in dealing with the impact of globalization: "Maori Volunteers: Finding a Voice for the Voiceless" (Te Momo); "Empowering Women through Income-generating Projects: Evidence from Indonesia" (Prihantinah, Marinova, Stocker); and "Empowering Kenyan…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Development, Cultural Education, Empowerment
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Powell, Mary Clare – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1994
A creative writing program for disadvantaged women in Chicopee, Massachusetts, is described. The program's effects in empowering the women resulted in the women making a number of specific changes in their lives. Reasons for the workshop's success are discussed, as is the power of the arts to effect social change. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Creative Writing, Disadvantaged Environment, Empowerment
Humberstone, Barbara – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1996
Without recognizing "other voices," outdoor adventure is impoverished through its domination by a white male ethos. Quality research is needed that examines the praxis of outdoor adventure as well as philosophies and ideologies that underpin its practices. By going beyond ethnocentric and androcentric notions of power and empowerment, outdoor…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Empowerment, Equal Education, Females
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Autry, Cari E. – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 2001
Explored the feelings, attitudes, and perceptions of at- risk adolescent girls from a psychiatric rehabilitation facility following their participation in adventure therapy that involved outdoor experiential activities. Interview data indicated that participants found positive meaning within various activities. The resulting themes were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, At Risk Persons, Empowerment
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Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl C. – Professional School Counseling, 2005
Although the author wanted to read Bemak, Chung, and Siroskey-Sabdo's article in an objective sense, her response to their article is most likely influenced by her own experiences as an African American female and mother of an African American daughter. To her, the paramount issue facing African American females is the double and sometimes triple…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Racial Bias, Stereotypes, Afrocentrism
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Schilt, Kristen – Youth & Society, 2003
Based on written interviews and textual analysis of zines produced by girls involved in the feminist subculture of Riot Grrrl, this article maintains that zine making is one way for girls to form support networks and create a safe space to examine and resist the cultural devaluation of women. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Feminism, Resistance (Psychology)
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Schoenberg, Judy – Prevention Researcher, 2005
Today there are 14 million girls ages 11-17 in the United States. The growing population of girls clearly represents a new opportunity for youth development organizations to reach out and engage them. In its continuing commitment to develop program options to meet the needs of girls today, in 2001 the Girl Scout Research Institute conducted one of…
Descriptors: Females, Youth Programs, Adolescents, Early Adolescents
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Khemka, Ishita; Hickson, Linda; Reynolds, Gillian – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2005
The effectiveness of an abuse-prevention curriculum, designed to empower women with mental retardation to become effective decision-makers able to protect themselves against abuse was examined. Thirty-six women with mental retardation were randomly assigned to either an intervention or a control group. Results indicate that the performance of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Stress Management, Mental Retardation
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Clarke, Lane W. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2006
This qualitative study uses an analysis of literature circle discussions to illuminate larger issues of gender and social class for a group of fifth-grade students. By examining how four students were positioned and positioned themselves within these literature conversations, I demonstrate that the roles reproduced certain gender- and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Females, Males, Gender Issues
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Romero, Lisa; Wallerstein, Nina; Lucero, Julie; Fredine, Heidi Grace; Keefe, Joanna; O'Connell, JoAnne – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
HIV risk is the product of social, cultural, economic, and interpersonal forces that create sex-role definitions and expectations that can lead to gender inequalities in health. Woman to Woman: Coming Together for Positive Change is an HIV/AIDS prevention intervention that takes into account that choices and actions may be constrained by poverty,…
Descriptors: Popular Education, Females, Prevention, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
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