Thesis (Ph.D.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Adviser: Lam Mong Chow. Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-403)

In this master`s work you will find unemployed women`s problems and possible ways of otheir salvation. The theoretical part of this work will be based on both, Lithuanian and foreigh scientist`s works. Introduction. Actuality of social- practical research. After Recreation of Indepondence in Lithuania the problem of unemployed became essential. Major part of large enterprices went bancrupt after they hadn`t managed to reorganize. A lot of workers were released from work. An unemployed person is not able to participate in increasing the national product he also loses his qualifications and shills. His thinking standart is still orientated in being dependant on someone who is responsible for him. The following characteristics as sex, age, social status (head of the family or house wife) defines activities of society. But not only formal features are important in occupation, like education and knowledgs of languages but a person`s ability also to adapt to new conditions. When his profesional activities are stopped a person suffers great changes of his social surroundings, communication. His economical status is suddenly changed due to discreased income. Such economical deprivation can cause certain phycological changes (Gruževskis,1994). In such permanently changing surroundings lifelong (permanent) learning becomes one of great importance. People should be ready for changing society and market as for critical accesment of their own knowledge and shills in professional area... [to full text]

The major findings of this study include: (1) poverty resulting from being laid-off is the direct reason for help-seeking and help-receiving to take place, and the lived experience of the research participants is the result of their interpretation of the causes of their poverty; (2) the actions of help-seeking and help-receiving are due to the fact that basic needs not being fulfilled and have demonstrated a task-centered characteristic; (3) help-seeking and help-receiving have different meanings, and cultural value is the root of this difference; (4) the research participants' willingness or readiness and their actual practice in seeking and receiving help show a ranking structure. Amongst formal and informal social support systems, the State ranks the first preference while the family and informal social networks are considered to be their second choice. However, in reality they have to resort to depend on informal social networks, they would seek and receive help in an order determined by the relatedness in blood relation and psychological distance; (5) in the transition period of inadequate social security system in China, social solidarity is based on the family which has been the major source of help; (6) the major support of the participants is from family members, relatives, former colleagues, friends who could only provide limited help due to their own limitations in resources and power; (7) participants' idea of the responsibility of the State under the market economy system is the result of their subjective interpretation of their relationship with their family, society and the State under the situation of restricted resources of the family and informal social network; (8) the social and psychological costs arising from help-seeking and help-receiving are found to have derived from their concept of honour and dignity based on traditional Chinese cultural values. / The significance of this study are: (1) it is a break-through from the traditional positivist objective analysis framework and has presented the subjective experience of help-seeking and help-receiving of the impoverished laid-off female workers in China; (2) it has summarized and conceptualized the research participants' help-seeking and help-receiving action as "an experience of Confucianism-Socialism-Communalism ethical practice", and thus provides an analytical framework for the study of help-seeking and help-receiving behaviour in the Chinese context so as to develop indigenous social work theory of helping; (3) it has put forward suggestions to eradicate social exclusion of the impoverished laid-off female workers and improve their social participation in regard to social policy and social welfare services. / Using narrative analysis of the qualitative approach, this study explores and describes the subjective interpretation of the help-seeking and help-receiving experience of 15 impoverished laid-off female workers in urban China. This study reveals how these impoverished women make meanings for their lived experience in the context of drastic social and economic changes in China. / 馬鳳芝. / 呈交日期: 2006年5月. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2006. / 參考文獻(p. 368-403). / Cheng jiao ri qi: 2006 nian 5 yue. / Adviser: Lam Mong Chow. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4337. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Can kao wen xian (p. 368-403). / Ma Fengzhi.

Thesis (M. Ed. (Community and Continuing Education)) -- University of Limpopo, 2014 / The purpose of this study was to investigate the survival strategies used by unemployed rural women in Calais village. The study was conducted at Calais village in Maruleng Municipality in the Limpopo Province. The aim of the study was to investigate the survival strategies used by unemployed rural women at Calais Village. In order to achieve the aims outline above, I have formulated the following research question:  What are the survival strategies used by unemployed rural women at Calais village? With the study I wanted answers to the above question so that the department of social welfare can help in investigating further how unemployed rural women survive. In order to answer the question above, I decided to conduct a qualitative research by doing fieldwork at Calais village. I will also discuss about how to identify unemployed rural women, causes of unemployment and the challenges women from rural areas are faced with. I will also discuss the history of education in South Africa. In chapter two I outlined the theoretical framework of the study. The following key concepts were defined: unemployment, empowerment, social exclusion, strategy, and social grant. From the relevant literatures, I found out that the issue of survival strategies used by the unemployed rural women need to be taken into consideration. I also defined the following concepts, unemployment, empowerment, social exclusion, strategy, and social grants. The study found that unemployed rural women are surviving from child grants and hand-outs, food security, subsistence farming, EPWP and street vendor. Chapter three has to do with the design of the study. The main focus was to discuss i the fieldwork as a track I used for data collection. The fieldwork track was divided into four phases of data collection. I gave an explanation and discussion of the instruments that were utilised when the data was collected from the different role play players in various phases of data collection. The data was analysed by using qualitative method. I concluded the chapter by discussing the stages of data collection. In chapter four I presented the findings of the study. The strategies that might be useful for unemployed rural women to survive were discussed. I have also outlined in detail the views of the interviewees in relation to the assumptions of this study. I concluded the chapter discussing the findings of the observations based on the study. I also discussed about issues to be considered in ethical considerations. In the final chapter which is chapter five I presented the final conclusion and recommendations of the study. I also discussed about the recommendations for further studies. In the chapter I further integrated the information from the previous chapters in discussing the survival strategies that can be employed by unemployed rural women. I concluded the chapter by discussing the reflections, which are to do with my difficulties and learning experiences when I conducted the research.

Thesis (M.N.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, School of Nursing, 2000. / Bibliography: leaves 81-98.

Thesis (M. W. S.) --Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1997. / Restricted until November 1998. Bibliography: leaves 135-147.

Submitted by Oliveira Santos Dilzaná (dilznana@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-06-27T13:46:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Martha Susana Díaz.pdf: 1873596 bytes, checksum: 65d3815f6491e2ca9ddbe7f8a508b34a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juarez Cardoso da Silva (juarez.cardoso@ufba.br) on 2016-06-27T17:04:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Martha Susana Díaz.pdf: 1873596 bytes, checksum: 65d3815f6491e2ca9ddbe7f8a508b34a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-27T17:04:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Martha Susana Díaz.pdf: 1873596 bytes, checksum: 65d3815f6491e2ca9ddbe7f8a508b34a (MD5) / Esta tese analisa os processos de inserção e participação política das mulheres trabalhadoras desempregadas da Patagônia nas tomadas dos terminais marítimos de petróleo (TERMAP), ocorridas em 2004 no enclave petrolífero do Golfo San Jorge, cidade Caleta Olivia, Argentina. A partir da articulação das perspectivas de gênero, gerações e de classe social, a pesquisa na qual se baseia a tese indagou sobre os grandes significados, as motivações e as consequências dessa atuação, tanto na construção da categoria mulher desempregada como sujeito político, quanto nas mudanças em seu cotidiano e no contexto sociopolítico local e regional. A pesquisa, qualitativa, foi realizada através da análise das histórias de vida e das trajetórias políticas e laborais das mulheres que participaram das tomadas, da análise de entrevistas a informantes chaves e nas análises de artigos jornalísticos dos acontecimentos. O estudo reconstrói o percurso histórico das lutas das mulheres desempregadas patagônicas no marco do movimento de trabalhadores e trabalhadoras desempregadas, cujas origens remontam à recessão produzida, na década de 90, na região e no país, pela aplicação das "medidas de ajuste" neoliberais. E mostra que na demanda de trabalho às empresas petrolíferas privadas, as mulheres se assumem como trabalhadoras desempregadas, no marco da luta de classes sociais e de gênero, e reconstroem novas relações com o social e o político, emergindo como uma geração que vai mais além da luta pelo trabalho, ao denunciarem as desigualdades de gênero e a apropriação e saque dos recursos naturais por parte das empresas multinacionais. Nesse sentido, demonstra-se, por um lado, a existência de uma aliança estatal-empresarial e midiática para garantir a acumulação capitalista, e, por outro, que a luta das mulheres para conseguir trabalho formal nessas empresas petroleiras se confronta com fortes padrões de masculinidade reproduzidos pela dinâmica empresarial da região. Confirmase, assim, a apropriação por parte do capital da ideologia de gênero para obter maior beneficio econômico. Contrariamente à hegemonia de exploraçãodominação do capitalismo-patriarcado, as mulheres a confrontam, construindo novos sentidos na política, tais como, a importância política dos laços primários na luta, a formação política e a construção de laços solidários, contrapostas à imposição da ideologia desumana do neoliberalismo. Entendida como uma geração que soube interpretar o seu tempo histórico, esta continua lutando contra a nova ordem neoliberal do capitalismo por espoliação, ao enfrentar, na atualidade, o fracking e a megamineração. This dissertation analyzes the processes of insertion and political participation of unemployed Patagonian working women in the occupation of maritime petroleum terminals (TERMAP) that occurred in 2004, in the petroleum enclave of the San Jorge Gulf, in the city of Caleta Olivia, Argentina. Based on the articulation of gender, generation, and social class perspectives, the research upon which this dissertation is based inquired about the major meanings, motivations and consequences of their participation, both in terms of the construction of the category ‘unemployed women’ as political subjects, as well as in the changes taking place in their everyday life and in the regional and local sociopolitical context. The research, of a qualitative nature, was undertaken through the collection and analysis of life stories and political and work trajectories of the women who participated in the occupation, interviews with key informants, and on newspaper articles published while the events took place. The study reconstructs the historical course of the struggles staged by unemployed Patagonian women within that of the unemployed workers movement, whose origins remount to the recession of the 1990s resultant from neoliberal economic “adjustment measures”. It shows that in their demands to private sector petroleum industries for employment, women presented themselves as ‘unemployed workers’, intersecting class and gender struggles, constructing new relations with the social and the political, and emerging as a generation of women who goes much further in their struggle for work, in denouncing gender inequalities and the appropriation and looting of natural resources by multinational companies. As such, the study reveals, on the one hand, the existence of a state-entrepreneurial and media alliance to guarantee capitalist accumulation, and, on the other hand, that women’s struggles to guarantee formal employment in these petroleum industries had to confront the strong masculinity patterns reproduced by the entrepreneurial dynamics in the region. This confirms the appropriation of gender ideology by capital in order to obtain economic benefits. But contrary to the exploitation-domination hegemony of patriarchal capitalism, women confront it, building new meanings to politics, such as the political importance of primary links in the struggle, political formation and the building of solidarity links, in opposition to the imposition of neoliberalism’s unhuman ideology. Understood as a generation that knew how to interpret their historical time, they continue to struggle against a new capitalist neoliberal order for spoliation, confronting, at present, fracking and mega-mining. / This dissertation analyzes the processes of insertion and political participation of unemployed Patagonian working women in the occupation of maritime petroleum terminals (TERMAP) that occurred in 2004, in the petroleum enclave of the San Jorge Gulf, in the city of Caleta Olivia, Argentina. Based on the articulation of gender, generation, and social class perspectives, the research upon which this dissertation is based inquired about the major meanings, motivations and consequences of their participation, both in terms of the construction of the category ‘unemployed women’ as political subjects, as well as in the changes taking place in their everyday life and in the regional and local sociopolitical context. The research, of a qualitative nature, was undertaken through the collection and analysis of life stories and political and work trajectories of the women who participated in the occupation, interviews with key informants, and on newspaper articles published while the events took place. The study reconstructs the historical course of the struggles staged by unemployed Patagonian women within that of the unemployed workers movement, whose origins remount to the recession of the 1990s resultant from neoliberal economic “adjustment measures”. It shows that in their demands to private sector petroleum industries for employment, women presented themselves as ‘unemployed workers’, intersecting class and gender struggles, constructing new relations with the social and the political, and emerging as a generation of women who goes much further in their struggle for work, in denouncing gender inequalities and the appropriation and looting of natural resources by multinational companies. As such, the study reveals, on the one hand, the existence of a state-entrepreneurial and media alliance to guarantee capitalist accumulation, and, on the other hand, that women’s struggles to guarantee formal employment in these petroleum industries had to confront the strong masculinity patterns reproduced by the entrepreneurial dynamics in the region. This confirms the appropriation of gender ideology by capital in order to obtain economic benefits. But contrary to the exploitation-domination hegemony of patriarchal capitalism, women confront it, building new meanings to politics, such as the political importance of primary links in the struggle, political formation and the building of solidarity links, in opposition to the imposition of neoliberalism’s unhuman ideology. Understood as a generation that knew how to interpret their historical time, they continue to struggle against a new capitalist neoliberal order for spoliation, confronting, at present, fracking and mega-mining.

The plight faced by unemployed rural communities in South Africa and particularly the women folks of Winterveldt does not differ much from other rural areas globally in terms of poverty and the need for development. In the light of this problem, the study attempted to answer the main research question guiding it, namely, what is the role of Vocational Education and Training programmes for unemployed women in Winterveldt? Few, if any, studies in South Africa have investigated how unemployed women with little formal education engage in Vocational Education and Training programmes for purposes of employment creation, environmental awareness and cultural preservation. This thesis presents three streams of Vocational Education and Training programmes that were introduced in Winterveldt, Pretoria, namely, the embroidery, vegetable gardens and beadwork. Using a multi-focal theoretical framework consisting of empowerment, human capital, feminism, and critical pedagogy theories, the study investigates whether the programmes reduced women’s vulnerability to poverty in post-apartheid South Africa. To carry out the investigation, the study employed a multiple case study research design based on an interpretive paradigm. In addition, the researcher using individual and focus group interviews, observations and document analysis was able to acquire qualitative data. The data were collected from 17 unemployed women, seven from embroidery stream, five from vegetable garden section and five from beadwork division as well as three coordinators. All the interviewees were selected purposively because they were deemed information rich with regard to the programmes of their studies. Data were analysed manually through hand coding that led to the emergence of the research findings. The research findings were categorised into various ideas that were eventually used to form the themes to this study. The research findings revealed the followings:  That all human beings have the capacity to realise their potential in their own way;  That women with little or no formal learning, usually go unnoticed in any systematic way;  That despite being unnoticed, women have achieved success by using their own hands and available resources to create artefacts or produce crops to turn their impoverished situation around; and  That Vocational Education and Training programmes serve as a primary livelihood strategy for unemployed women who had no alternative means of employment. In conclusion, the research findings are a reminder of the true African spirit that says; Rutang bana ditaola, le se ye natšo badimong, broadly translated as teach insights into the secrets of life to the young ones; you are not to take them with you when you depart to the land of ancestors. Finally, this study proposes a partnership framework as a formation that could enhance the performance of the women participants in the area of Winterveldt. The idea is that by sharing their knowledge and expertise the unemployed women who participate in the various community-based Vocational Education and Training programmes can achieve far better results than when they work in silos. / Educational Studies / Ph. D. (Education)

MSc (Statistics) / Department of Statistics / See the attached abstract below

MSCPNT / Department of Nutrition / Introduction: In the year 2012, South Africa had a prevalence rate of stunting in children aged 1- 3, 4 - 6 and 7 – 9 years at 26.5%, 11.9% and 9.4%, respectively (Shisana et al. (2013). The Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality (GSDM) also showed a high rate of stunting (36%) in children aged 13 to 215 months of age (FIVIMS, 2006). The GSDM had a high unemployment rate of 69% to 82.4% (Statistics SA, 2006; Department of Social Development, 2008).). South Africa has adequate food supplies to feed the entire population at the national level (Labadarios et al., 2011; du Toit et al., 2011); however, there is evidence of under-nutrition caused by lack of purchasing power, and not a shortage of food (Rose and Charlton, 2001). Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the employment status of the mother, household hunger and the nutritional status of children aged one to twelve years (1-12 years) in households of Sekhukhune District in Limpopo Province. Objectives : The objectives of the study were to determine the socio-economic status of the household; to assess the nutritional status of children using anthropometric measurements; to assess dietary patterns of children in households; to determine household food security using food inventories; to determine the prevalence of household hunger using the standardized hunger scale; to determine the coping strategies to food deprivation used in each household and to determine the association between employment status of the mother, nutritional status of children and household hunger. Methodology: The study design was a cross sectional, exploratory and correlational study. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. A simple random sampling method was used to select nine villages from Makhuduthamaga local municipality and twenty households per village were selected using the systematic random sampling. Data was collected in households and a sample size of 180 children was selected based on the availability of a child within the selected age group. If there were more than one child within the 1-12 years, each child was then allocated a number and the one with the least number was selected. Biological mothers were the preferred participants, however if the mother was unavailable, the primary caregiver was selected and180 mothers or caregivers Results: The majority (92.2%) of mothers were unemployed and 91% of them had an income of less than R500.00 per month, whereas 33.9% of households had total income of less than R1000.00 About 64.4% and 28.4% borrowed food from neighbours/family/friends and bought food on credit from the local shop. The anthropometric status of children indicated a high prevalence of stunting, a medium prevalence of underweight and a low prevalence of wasting. Most caregivers were overweight or obese. About 66% of children ate three meals per day. Almost 44% of households were food insecure, whereas 33.9% were at risk of hunger and only 21.7% were food secure. There was no association between employment status of the mother, household hunger and anthropometric status indicators. Conclusion: Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality has a high rate of unemployment, poor household income and purchasing power and high level of food insecurity. The employment status of the mother was not associated with the level of wasting, stunting and underweight. Furthermore, employment status was also not associated with the level of hunger. Caregivers employed various strategies to cope with periods of food deprivation