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251	Caring with women married to Dutch Reformed clergymen: narratives of pain, survival and hope Swart, Chené 30 November 2003 (has links) The purpose of this research journey was twofold: (1) to investigate the ways in which the lives of women married to clergymen have been influenced by their position in the Dutch Reformed Church and (2) to collaboratively present ways of caring and supporting these women living within this reality. Discourse analysis explored the taken-for-granted truths and power relationships that inform these women's daily lives. Fifteen women embarked on this feminist narrative participatory action research journey, not only to tell their stories but also to negotiate for change in current practices as well as their own contexts. This research journey challenges the institutional structure of the Church through narratives of hope, survival and pain, as storied in a book (Lamentations and Butterflies, 2003), that were collaboratively constructed by the women living these realities. This book and research journey offers a deeper understanding of the experience of being a clergyman's wife in the Dutch Reformed Church. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology) Participatory practical theology Contextual practical theology Ethicising research Dutch Reformed Church Ethnographic writing Spiritual abuse Social construction discourse Power/knowledge Feminist theology Postmodern theology Clergymen's wives Mevrou Dominee Clergy marriage relationships Feminist poststructuralist paradigm Deconstructing cultural discourses Patriarchy Femininity Collective responsibility 253.220968 Spouses of clergy -- South Africa Narrative therapy -- South Africa Clergy -- Family relationships Clergy couples -- South Africa Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk -- Clergy
252	Husband immobility and the international migration of married women from Zimbabwe Madebwe, Crescentia 08 1900 (has links) This thesis examined husband immobility and the international migration of married women from Zimbabwe. Data was collected from husbands and wives in married couple households where the wife had migrated alone. Face-to-face semi structured interviews were conducted with migrant women’s husbands in Zimbabwe while migrant women were interviewed in countries of destination telephonically. Empirical results showed that migrant women and their husbands were middle aged. Preferred countries of destination were in the region and the United Kingdom. Having a wife’s own social contacts in the preferred destination encouraged migration by reducing financial and emotional costs. Husbands' immobility facilitated wifely migration. Many wives exercised agency in migration decision making with more wives than husbands having initiated the discussion on migration. There were also cases of joint and wife sole decision making. With a few exceptions decision making was consensual. The women migrated as a survival strategy. In several households remittances were the primary source of income. Husbands were the main recipients of remittances. Some wives gave instructions on how the remittances should be used. Overall, remittances were used for paying fees, buying assets and for household upkeep. Some of the women had not visited their families since their migration. The physical separation of spouses had caused emotional distress in some marital relationships. The majority of respondents cited loss of consortium as a major problem. / Sociology / D. Phil. International migration Husband immobility Wifely migration Migrant women Remittances Decision making Family Marriage Networks Gender relations Empowerment Economic crisis Migration theories Diaspora Culture Norms Gweru, Zimbabwe 306.81096891 Work and family -- Zimbabwe -- Gweru
253	Husband immobility and the international migration of married women from Zimbabwe Madebwe, Crescentia 08 1900 (has links) This thesis examined husband immobility and the international migration of married women from Zimbabwe. Data was collected from husbands and wives in married couple households where the wife had migrated alone. Face-to-face semi structured interviews were conducted with migrant women’s husbands in Zimbabwe while migrant women were interviewed in countries of destination telephonically. Empirical results showed that migrant women and their husbands were middle aged. Preferred countries of destination were in the region and the United Kingdom. Having a wife’s own social contacts in the preferred destination encouraged migration by reducing financial and emotional costs. Husbands' immobility facilitated wifely migration. Many wives exercised agency in migration decision making with more wives than husbands having initiated the discussion on migration. There were also cases of joint and wife sole decision making. With a few exceptions decision making was consensual. The women migrated as a survival strategy. In several households remittances were the primary source of income. Husbands were the main recipients of remittances. Some wives gave instructions on how the remittances should be used. Overall, remittances were used for paying fees, buying assets and for household upkeep. Some of the women had not visited their families since their migration. The physical separation of spouses had caused emotional distress in some marital relationships. The majority of respondents cited loss of consortium as a major problem. / Sociology / D. Phil. International migration Husband immobility Wifely migration Migrant women Remittances Decision making Family Marriage Networks Gender relations Empowerment Economic crisis Migration theories Diaspora Culture Norms Gweru, Zimbabwe 306.81096891 Work and family -- Zimbabwe -- Gweru

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