In the land of wise old men: experiences of young women activists in Myanmar

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agatha Ma ◽  
Poe Ei Phyu ◽  
Catriona Knapman
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Women Activists ◽  
Old Men

Construction and collaboration in life-writing projects: Malala Yousafzai’s activist ‘I’

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 201-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Belén Martínez García
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Women Activists ◽  
Life Writing ◽  
Global South ◽  
Plural Pronoun ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Way

This article explores the storytelling practices employed in Malala Yousafzai’s life-writing texts as examples of collaboration in the co-construction of an activist agenda. It tracks the narrative ‘I’ and its movements in and out of the plural pronoun ‘we’ as it moves across communities and embraces the legacy of testimonial accounts by both former and contemporary human rights activists. In line with that tradition, it is necessary to include the stories of other victimized people in the life-writing text, so that the result advocates for change on a sociopolitical, not just individual, level. The fact that the texts are mediated by editors, translators, co-authors and collaborators every step of the way paves the collaborative path Global South young women activists traverse, a path fraught with potential pitfalls and ethical difficulties for them and for scholars alike.

Old Men and Young Women: How Objectively are their Skills Assessed?

1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Walsh ◽  
C. L. Connor
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Old Men

scholarly journals Sex-specific impact of aging on the blood pressure response to exercise

2018 ◽  
Vol 314 (1) ◽  
pp. H95-H104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel D. Trinity ◽  
Gwenael Layec ◽  
Corey R. Hart ◽  
Russell S. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Systemic Vascular Resistance ◽  
Vascular Resistance ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Blood Pressure Response ◽  
Plantar Flexion ◽  
Pressure Response ◽  
Old Men ◽  
Response To Exercise ◽  
Plantar Flexion Exercise

An exaggerated blood pressure (BP) response to exercise has been linked to cardiovascular disease, but little is known about the impact of age and sex on this response. Therefore, this study examined the hemodynamic and skeletal muscle metabolic response to dynamic plantar flexion exercise, at 40% of maximum plantar flexion work rate, in 40 physical activity-matched young (23 ± 1 yr, n = 20) and old (73 ± 2 yr, n = 20), equally distributed, male and female subjects. Central hemodynamics and BP (finometer), popliteal artery blood flow (Doppler ultrasound), and skeletal muscle metabolism (31P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy) were measured during 5 min of plantar flexion exercise. Popliteal artery blood flow and high-energy phosphate responses to exercise were not affected by age or sex, whereas aging, independent of sex, attenuated stroke volume and cardiac output responses. Systolic BP and mean arterial pressure responses were exaggerated in old women (Δ42 ± 4 and Δ28 ± 3 mmHg, respectively), with all other groups exhibiting similar increases in systolic BP (old men: Δ27 ± 8 mmHg, young men: Δ27 ± 3 mmHg, and young women: Δ22 ± 3 mmHg) and mean arterial pressure (old men: Δ15 ± 4 mmHg, young men: Δ19 ± 2 mmHg, and young women: Δ17 ± 2 mmHg). Interestingly, the exercise-induced change in systemic vascular resistance in old women (∆0.8 ± 1.0 mmHg·l−1·min−1) was augmented compared with young women and young and old men (∆−2.8 ± 0.5, ∆−1.6 ± 0.6, and ∆−3.18 ± 1.4 mmHg·l−1·min−1, respectively, P < 0.05). Thus, in combination, advancing age and female sex results in an exaggerated BP response to exercise, likely the result of a failure to reduce systemic vascular resistance. NEW & NOTEWORTHY An exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise has been linked to cardiovascular disease; however, little is known about how age and sex impact this response in healthy individuals. During dynamic exercise, older women exhibited an exaggerated blood pressure response driven by an inability to lower systemic vascular resistance.

Effects of age and gender on pituitary-adrenocortical responsiveness in humans

1995 ◽  
Vol 132 (6) ◽  
pp. 705-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Born ◽  
Ina Ditschuneit ◽  
Martin Schreiber ◽  
Christoph Dodt ◽  
Horst L Fehm
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Basal Secretion ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Young Females ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Old Men ◽  
Effect Of Age ◽  
Acth Release

Born J, Ditschuneit I, Schreiber M, Dodt C, Fehm HL. Effects of age and gender on pituitary-adrenocortical responsiveness in humans. Eur J Endocrinol 1995;132:705–11. ISSN 0804–4643 This study compared plasma concentrations of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and cortisol in young men (N = 10, mean age 24.4 years), young women (N = 10, mean age 25.4 years), old men (N = 8, mean age 81.6 years) and old women (N = 8. mean age 83.5 years) under basal resting conditions and after stimulation with either human corticotropin-releasing hormone (hCRH, 100 μg iv) or a combined injection of hCRH (100 μg and arginine vasopressin (VP, 0.5 IU iv). Basal secretion of cortisol did not differ among groups, but basal concentrations of ACTH were diminished in young women (p < 0.01), indicating an enhanced adrenal sensitivity to ACTH in these subjects. Pituitary responses to hCRH did not differ between young men and women. However, responses to hCRH/VP were stronger in the young females (p < 0.01), suggesting an enhanced pituitary responsiveness to the augmenting effect of VP on ACTH release in this group. Pituitary-adrenal secretory responses were greater in old than in young men after sole injection of hCRH (p < 0.05) and even more so after combined injection of hCRH/VP (p < 0.01). In old women, pituitary-adrenal secretory responses were also greater than in young women (p < 0.05). But, in particular for responses to hCRH/VP, these effects were less distinct than within the men. Results indicate an enhancing effect of age on pituitary responsiveness to the hypothalamic secretagogues hCRH and VP, modulated by the subject's gender. Jan Born, Klinische Forschergruppe, Klinische Neuroendokrinologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Haus 23 a, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany

Advisement to Take Risk: A Study of Attitudes toward the Old

1980 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam L. Hutchison ◽  
Richard A. Lilienthal
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Risk Scores ◽  
Central Character ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Fictitious Character ◽  
Student Subjects ◽  
Old Men ◽  
Central Characters ◽  
Male Subjects

An investigation of young persons' attitudes toward older individuals was undertaken by obtaining risk scores on a modified form of the Choice Dilemmas Decision Questionnaire (CDQ). College student subjects scoring low on this measure were more risky in giving advice to a fictitious character to make a gamble on a life situation than subjects scoring high. A series of 12 choice dilemma situations were constructed so as to be interchangeable as to the age (young or old) and sex of the central character. Groups of subjects subdivided by sex (8 groups total) advised old men, young men, old women, or young women central characters. An 'ageism-sexism' dimension was uncovered among the male subjects advising old women. The relation of this finding to the literature and suggestions for further research were discussed.

scholarly journals Systèmes Agroforestiers A Garcinia Kola Heckel Au Sud-Est Du Bénin : Distribution Géographique, Connaissances Endogènes Et Retombées Financières

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Sylvie Codjia ◽  
Augustin Aoudji ◽  
Kourouma Koura ◽  
Jean Cossi Ganglo
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Garcinia Kola ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Medicinal Use ◽  
Garcinia Kola Heckel ◽  
Old Men ◽  
Distribution Géographique

This study was carried out in three districts (Avrankou, Adjarra, and Ifangni) of south-eastern Benin, and aimed to analyze the socio-economic and ethnobotanical importance of Garcinia kola Heckel, in order to contribute to their sustainable management. Focus groups were conducted with three groups, composed of 10 owners of G. kola per district each and the result showed that Garcinia kola Heckel became extinct in their naturally occurring state in Benin. Besides, a survey was conducted among 140 owners of G. kola randomly selected in the study area. The results showed that the average number of G. kola feet per owner varies between 3 and 4, and the annual income generated from seeds marketing by an owner is XOF 1036000 in Adjarra district, XOF 356250 in Avrankou district, and XOF 290892 in Ifangni district. Furthermore, the ethnobotanical study showed that G. kola organs are well known and used by local people for medicine, food (for both humans and animals), commercial, spiritual purpose, and for timber and shading. The medicinal use was the most widespread with a diversity of uses (UD = 0.64 in Adjarra, UD = 0.61 in Avrankou and UD = 0.68 in Ifangni). The old men held more knowledge about the use of various organs of the species (ID = 0.91, IE = 0.91), while young women hold less knowledge (ID = 0.20, IE = 0.20). The seeds are the most common part used regardless of the district considered.

Muslim Female Religious Authority in Russia: How Mukhlisa Bubi Became the First Female Qāḍī in the Modern Muslim World

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rozaliya Garipova
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Women's Education ◽  
Women Activists ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Ural Region ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Religious Authority ◽  
Religious Institution ◽  
Volga Ural Region

On 11 May 1917, the participants of the All-Russia Muslim Congress elected a woman, Mukhlisa Bubi, as a qāḍī (a Muslim judge) to the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Inner Russia and Siberia. Granting legal authority to a woman at a central religious institution was unprecedented in the Muslim world. This article explores how this election was possible in Russia and suggests that it was the outcome of several factors. First, Muslim women of the Volga-Ural region already occupied a well-established place in traditional Muslim education, and many women were part of the Islamic scholarly culture. Second, modernist (Jadīd) religious scholars and intellectuals had brought up the issue of women education and female schooling, and supported the formation of a network of young women who made new claims about women’s education, rights, and active public stance in serving the nation. Among these were Bubi’s brothers. Third, the Russian revolutionary atmosphere worked as a catalyst for promoting the claims of women activists and provided the Jadīds the opportunity to take over the authority at the Central Spiritual Administration. Finally, Mukhlisa’s election seems to be a compromise between conservative and feminist/liberal groups in the society, and seems to have therefore been acceptable to most male congress delegates.


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