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1	The Survival Strategies of Immigrant, Asylee and Refugee Women in Times of Economic Crisis: A Social Enterprise Environment in the United States January 2015 (has links) abstract: This research examines the experiences and perceptions of immigrant and refugee women social entrepreneurs located within a context of economic instability, as well as the strategies that they develop to cope with such crises and volatility. To conduct this research I used a mixed-method, qualitative approach to data collection, including semi-structured, open-ended interviews and a focus group. I used feminist theory and a grounded theory approach to inform the design of my study; as such I acknowledge the participants as knowledge producers and allow for them to add in questions to the interviews and focus group and to comment on drafts of the written portion of the dissertation. The findings have indicated that these women are surviving the economic crisis by combining different income streams, including social entrepreneurship, traditional jobs and state and non-profit-aid. Moreover, the participants have found that besides monetary value, social entrepreneurship also provides alternative benefits such as personal sovereignty in their work environment, work-life balance and well-being. Also, personal history, and family and community embeddedness contribute to women's decisions to pursue social entrepreneurship. This research contributes to the growing body of research on gender and work and fills the gaps in literature currently existing in social entrepreneurship. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Justice Studies 2015 Women's studies Community Research Intersectionality Marginalized Women of Color Path Dependency Theory Social Enterprise Women and Work
2	A qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study exploring lived experiences of re-imprisoned women transitioning to the community Lawton, Donna Blair 05 May 2016 (has links) Women in the Province of Manitoba are discharged daily from provincial jails back to their communities after an interruption in their lives of anywhere from days to years. Many of these women cycle in and out of jail on a regular basis. This hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the daily lifeworlds of re-imprisoned women during their return to the community. Twelve women (nine Aboriginal, three Caucasian) were interviewed. Analysis of the study themes using van Manen’s existentials: temporality, spatiality, relationality, and corporeality revealed the complex multi-systemic issues that affect women’s lived experiences. The essence of the women’s accounts provides some insight into how the role of intergenerational, personal trauma and accumulated trauma impacted their lived experiences and continues to do so when they re-enter the community. The opportunities and options that women had to make positive life changes were obscured by insidious barriers and challenges impairing their ability to avoid re-imprisonment. / May 2016 Temporality Trauma Imprisonment Incarcerated Marginalized women Corporeality Spatiality Relationally Women's pathways to jail Provinical jail, van Manen's existentials Heideggerian Hermeneutic Phenomenology
3	Understanding through stories: leadership experiences of Trinidadian women of color Washington, Crystal 27 May 2021 (has links) Existing literature about women in positions of power and leadership is extensive and varied, including popular sectors such as finance, politics, and education. However, previous work has only focused on higher education and homogenized female leadership experience. One of the main issues in our knowledge of female leadership is the lack of diverse perspectives and experiences. This failure to recognize differences among women gives an inaccurate whole picture of how women lead within different contexts. Therefore, using the Ethics of Care as the guiding conceptual framework and social constructivism as its worldview, this narrative inquiry critically examined and concurrently discovered the lived experiences of four Trinidadian women of color who previously held a principal leadership position earlier in their lives. More specifically, the participants were retired primary and secondary school principals representing varying locations across the Caribbean island. Assuming the position of storyteller, participants narrated their approach to leading as storied descriptions of their lived experiences to the researcher. The findings of this study support existing literature on gender inequality female leaders often confront in their workplace and the emotional labor they engage in. The findings also indicated that participants tended to practice transformative leadership. Most importantly, the findings also highlighted existing class-based bias related to colonialism and patriarchal norms. This study contributes to the overall understanding of leadership experiences of Caribbean women of color and adds to the limited literature on this topic within the Caribbean region. Lastly, the findings of this study can support further extensive research on this group of leaders and perhaps inform policies and practices of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago / Graduate leaders leadership principals principalship leading woman women women of color woman of color women as leaders women leading marginalized women leading Caribbean West Indies Trinidad and Tobago high school secondary school elementary school primary school narrative inquiry Ethics of Care gender stereotypes class-based bias gender bias colonialism educators educator education
4	'Under a magnifying glass':The experiences of social service use for mothers living with HIV Vaccaro, Mary-Elizabeth 11 1900 (has links) This study explores the subjective experiences of mothers living with HIV from Southeastern Ontario when accessing health and social services. Drawing on principles of feminist participatory action research, 5 MLWH were brought together in order to share their stories of accessing health and social services and to participate in the creation of a collage as part of the storytelling process. Intersectional feminist theory was chosen as a theoretical lens for this project to highlight the ways women’s multiple identities intersect and contribute to HIV-stigma. Emerging from the storytelling and arts based process were stories about the women’s interactions with the criminal justice system, Children’s Aid Societies, social welfare programs and women-specific supports. The key concerns that the women raised in connection to these interactions included having to re-tell their story, concerns about confidentiality and disclosure and experiencing a loss of control as a result of depending on a myriad of health and social services. In addition, the participants identified changes they would like to see within health/social services including more opportunities for peer support and an increase in services available to support the unique psychosocial challenges of MLWH. / Thesis / Master of Social Work (MSW) HIV women mothers arts-based research collage feminist participatory action research FPAR art social service use service user HIV-positve mother HIV-positive women children's aid society criminal justice system marginalized women social welfare programs HIV related stigma feminist research HIV-positive WLWH MLWH action research
5	Remember Women: The Los Angeles Times’ Role in Perpetuating Harmful Narratives Against Marginalized Women Victims in the “Southside Slayer” Serial Killer Cases Menard, Laura Leigh 11 August 2023 (has links) No description available. Journalism Mass Communications Mass Media Social Structure Womens Studies Composition Rhetoric media rhetoric rhetoric serial killers marginalized women Southside Slayer critical discourse analysis grounded theory feminist social constructionism harmful narratives narratives body prostitute dumped dump bodies remains strawberry sex workers dumping Black women victims Grim Sleeper murder digital media digital rhetoric

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