Women’s Struggle for a Voice in Local Governance: Challenges for Veiled Women in Haryana, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097152152110305
Author(s):  
Saroj Rani
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Experiences Of Women

This study explores the experiences of women as voters and political representatives at the local level. It includes women’s stories which capture the challenges they faced, their resistance and aspiration for change. The study also looks at men’s perception of women’s political participation. The study uses a feminist perspective with qualitative methods. Tools such as in-depth interview, focus group discussions and observations were used to gather data and information.

scholarly journals Women Who Study in Madrasah School Experienced Higher Number of Female Circumcision Compared to Western or English Schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salmah Lao Manalocon- Basher
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Female Circumcision ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
External Genital Organs

Female circumcision refers to the procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female external genital organs. The reasons for doing this vary but it is commonly observed in places where Muslims predominate. The study is intended to determine: 1) the rate of females who had undergone female circumcision in Madrasah School compared to those who went to English schools, 2) the prevalence rate of female circumcision among Meranaos, and 3) the practices and experiences of women who have undergone FC. The study utilized a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using a designed questionnaire, interview and focus group discussions with the respondents. The results showed that more girls who were studying in Madrasah have undergone this practice compared to the number of girls who are in Western or English schools. It also showed that the prevalence rate of this practice is indeed high in the rural areas, which is 86%. The practice of FC is performed either during Fridays, Holidays or Mondays and Thursdays. Each mentioned day has meanings and there are certain procedures and instructions being followed in doing the practice. In conclusion, religious justification remains the strong reason why FC is still rampantly performed in the different rural areas of Lanao del Sur, Philippines.

Autumn Divas: Women of Color Who Achieved Doctorate Degrees After Age 50

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-140
Author(s):  
Dana Burdnell Wilson ◽  
Linda Darrell ◽  
Dasha J. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Experiences Of Women

The Autumn Divas study objective was to examine the lived experiences of women of color who achieved doctoral degrees after the age of 50. This study used qualitative methods to reflect the thoughts, feelings and experiences of the participants; the strengths they had in common, the support of family and friends, and the personal, professional, and financial challenges they faced in their respective journeys. This phenomenological study described the meaning of the experience for the participants, as they matriculated through their doctoral programs, explored in three focus group sessions, with nine participants. Results showed that they experienced similar journeys, which led to the advancement of their personal growth, and sought to motivate other women of color. Most participant's pursuit of a doctorate at this time in their lives was a means of self-fulfillment and empowerment. In conclusion, the participants had deferred this goal, but were receptive to new challenges and perspectives, and validated each other's stories in the focus group discussions. Most had a message for the sisters coming behind them: pursue your dreams; make the investment in yourself; be a source of support and wisdom for each other; and contribute to uplifting your community.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CHOICE DECISIONS OF MOVERS: AN ANALYSIS OF FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid Sultan ◽  
Mehdi Moeinaddini ◽  
Zohreh Asadi-Shekari ◽  
Muhammad Zaly Shah
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions

Using a qualitative methods approach, this study explores the key factors that influence household neighbourhood choice. Three newly developed residential neighbourhoods have been studied to examine resident decision making around their neighbourhood preferences. Four focus group (n = 4) discussions with 29 individuals who were recent movers to the study areas were conducted to examine the reasons behind neighbourhood choice and the needs of the household. The results revealed that household neighbourhood choice decisions were multi-faceted and complex. The key findings can be classified into six categories: safety, residential environment, neighbourhood facilities, accessibility, economic and demographic factors. Residents emphasised that the combination of land-use and transportation planning may be one important part of multi-layered solutions to improve quality of life in residential neighbourhoods. 

scholarly journals Characterizing Land Use Systems within Awoja Watershed

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Charles Aben ◽  
John James Okiror ◽  
Jacob Godfrey Agea ◽  
Esbern Friis Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions

This manuscript analyses trends in land use changes in Awoja Watershed with the aim of exploring the underlying causes of degradation in this watershed within the context of frequent draughts and floods. Changing trends of land use characteristics were used as indicators of ineffectiveness of control of access to resource use in the watershed. The study was carried out in the districts of Katakwi, Amuria and Sorotiin Eastern Uganda where the watershed is experiencing increasing trends of degradation despite the presence of elaborate watershed management institutions. The study used Remote Sensing, and focus group discussions to acquire relevant data on land use changes and their perceived causes. Perceptions of respondents on the effectiveness of the local governance processes were generated. The findings show increase in built-up areas from 0.21% between 1986-1996; to 3.28 between 2006 and 2016 and a notable decrease in forest cover from 107.48 Km2 in 1,986 to 6.94 Km2 by 2016. The results also show a dramatic increase in small scale farming area from 629.44 Km2 to 2,376.64 Km2 from 1986-2016 while the area of wetland reduced from 2,810.47 Km2 to 1,355 Km2over the same period. Results from focus group discussions revealed that although climatic and demographic factors were responsible for land use changes in Awoja, control of access to natural resources was inadequate to stop degradation. Climatic factors mentioned included increased frequency of floods and draughts that were perceived to have been responsible for changes in vegetation cover, water levels and infrastructure. Socio economic factors driving the changes in land use included increased cultivation of wetlands and communal land, increased sale of fuel wood, charcoal and sand, increased migration of cattle herders into the watershed during draughts and out of it during floods and increased fishing. While climatic factors were important, socio political factors such as displacements of communities, resettlements in the fragile environment brought about by government efforts to demarcate wetlands and wild life conservation areas were cited as drivers of degradation. The study concludes that besides climatic factors, inadequate management of access to resources was contributing to degradation of the watershed.

scholarly journals The problematics of gender and power in Lumban traditional hand embroidery

Plaridel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-201
Author(s):  
Kristine Kalaw-Adalla
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Intimate Connection ◽  
The Past ◽  
Gender And Power ◽  
Experiences Of Women

Embroidery provides meaningful discoveries through interactions and relations connected in the lived experiences of women hand embroiderers. A woman’s performance of her embroidery skills indicates the intimate connection of her womanhood, her daily life, and the kind of labor and effort she places upon it. Interviews, focus group discussions, and creative workshop reveal that social conditions from the past to the present, allow her to continuously construct her identity and negotiate her role in society. Embroidery has offered the women in this study an opportunity to create not only their identity as individuals but also as a community, and has helped them develop their capacities beyond realizing their womanhood. The presence of the problematics of gender and power is evident through the obvious contradictions of the empowered under disempowering conditions thus rendering their power and empowerment, symbolic.

scholarly journals Az energiaitalok fogyasztói és szakértői megítélésének kvalitatív elemzése

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Alexa Berencsi ◽  
◽  
András Fehér ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Energy Drinks ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Projective Techniques ◽  
Online Consumer

Energy drinks are very popular products, as evidenced by their high soaring market value. However, perceptions surrounding beverages often take extreme forms, both among consumers and experts. Our research aim is to get closer to expert and consumer insights using qualitative methods. The study consisted of three main parts: the first was a netnographic study, while the authors successfully separated 3 online consumer groups. This was followed by a closer examination of each group. We interviewed four prominent representatives from three disciplines, asking about the differences between coffee and energy drinks and their effects on the body. This was followed by an examination of the consumer side through two focus group discussions of 8-8 people. Participants in one group are supporters of consuming energy drinks and in the other group are opponents of consuming energy drinks. Both conversations took place under the same conditions, based on a similar scenario, which included several questions as well as tasks that shaped projective techniques. The results of the research can be attributed to the statement that the assessment of energy drinks contains many contradictory elements, yet those interviewed during the research and the known literature sources all emphasized the importance of moderation.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Success of Transmigration East Java In Unit Permukiman Transmigran Tanjung Buka SP.3 Bulungan District, North Kalimantan Province

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-220
Author(s):  
Slamet Hari Sutanto ◽  
Nakkok Aruan ◽  
M. Amir HT
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Welfare Level ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this research is to find out how high the level of success has been achieved, as well as the problems faced by transmigrants. The method used was descriptive qualitative. Thus, the data were obtained from in-depth interviews and triangulation data through Focus Group Discussions and direct observation by withdrawing information from 50 transmigrants chosen purposively. The results of the evaluation research showed the average score based on 9 (nine) measurements of welfare level indicators. It showed that the level of welfare of transmigrants in UPT Tanjung Buka SP.3 was categorized quite well., However, based on data obtained from in-depth interview and observations in the field, there were still some crucial problems in the form of constraints and obstacles which include aspects of land conditions, technical aspects of farming management, road and bridge infrastructure, economy, and social. Keywords: Transmigration, People’s welfare, Bulungan regency Abstrak Tujuan dari penelitian evaluasi keberhasilan penempatan transmigran asal Jawa Timur ini dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui seberapa tinggi tingkat keberhasilan yang telah dicapai, serta permasalahan-permasalahan apa saja yang masih dihadapi oleh transmigran. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif, data diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam (in-depth interview), serta dilakukan triangulasi melalui Diskusi Kelompok Terfokus dengan menggali informasi dari 50 orang transmigran yang dipilih secara purposive, serta melalui observasi atau pengamatan langsung di lapangan. Hasil penelitian evaluasi menunjukan nilai rata-rata berdasarkan pengukuran 9 (sembilan) indikator tingkat kesejahteraan menunjukkan tingkat kesejahteraan transmigran UPT Tanjung Buka SP.3 dapat dikategorikan cukup baik, namun berdasarkan analisis terhadap jawaban kuesioner, pendalaman melalui wawancara mendalam, serta observasi di lapangan, masih terdapat beberapa permasalahan yang cukup krusial berupa kendala dan hambatan yang meliputi aspek kondisi lahan, aspek teknis pengelolaan usaha tani, infrastruktur jalan dan jembatan, ekonomi, dan sosial. Kata Kunci: Transmigrasi, Kesejahteraan rakyat, Kabupaten Bulungan

scholarly journals Potential Incentive for Green Product: Imposing Excise on Hybrid Car in Indonesia

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
Noor Syaifudin
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Luxury Goods ◽  
Hybrid Car ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Government

By 2012, the Government committed to provide incentive for hybrid car which able to consume 1 liter gasoline for 30 km trip. The incentive will be applied on two steps; the first step is on the import of completed built up (CBU) hybrid car and the second pace is on the assembling (manufacturing) of the hybrid car. Thus, this paper aims to study the possibility of providing incentive to hybrid car by imposing excise. The study will be mainly discussing the existing regulations on taxation on hybrid car and excise imposition in Indonesia, how the literature talks about excise, and how the incentive could be applied for hybrid car particularly. The data was collected from literature study, best practices, regulations review, focus group discussions and in-depth interview. The study found that excise has several merit to provide incentive for green product and hybrid car particularly. In order to minimize the potential extra taxation, the government may switch the Luxury Goods Tax (LGT) to excise. The incentive itself can be applied with discriminations on tariff with several purposes.

Dari Idealisme ke Pragmatisme: Pergeseran Paradigma dalam Pengembangan Hukum Ekonomi Syariah di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-210
Author(s):  
Addiarrahman Addiarrahman ◽  
Illy Yanti
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Business World ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Legal Consideration ◽  
Economic Law ◽  
Islamic Economic

This study seeks to understand the pragmatism of the development of sharia economic law, and its implications for Islamic financial products in Indonesia. The data comes from the results of interviews and focus group discussions with key informants from academics, practitioners, authorities, and the public. This research finds that pragmatism in the development of Islamic economic law is an approach that still dominates the DSN-MUI fatwas. The pragmatism style used is complex-eclectic pragmatism which is represented through makhārij al-fiqhiyyah, which is to choose a mild opinion by sticking to the strongest method or also called "taysīr al-manhajī". The use of this method is intended to ensure that the fatwa is truly able to answer the needs of the business world, as well as being in line with sharia principles. DSN-MUI also does not use maslahah as a legal consideration in a free or liberal way. Rather, it returns maslahah in consideration of the method, so that it is permissible to use the bay’ al-'inān contract only in a forced state (ḍarurah).

scholarly journals “Stages of change, smoking behavior and acceptability of a textmessaging intervention for tobacco cessation among cigarette, dokha and shishasmokers: A qualitative research study.”

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e029144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusra Elhidaia Elobaid ◽  
Andrea Leinberger Jabari ◽  
Aisha Al Hamiz ◽  
Abdul Rizzak Al Kaddour ◽  
Sherif Bakir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions

ObjectivesTo explore: (A) the underlying motivators and barriers to smoking cessation among young Arabic speaking smokers and (B) to examine the suitability and preferences for tobacco cessation interventions (specifically text messages) and study the possibility of enrollment methods for a randomised controlled study using text messages as an intervention for tobacco cessation.DesignQualitative research using focus group discussions and content analysis.Setting(s)Two universities, one of them is the first and foremost comprehensive national university in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The third setting is the largest hospital in the UAE and the flagship institution for the public health system in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.ParticipantsSix focus group discussions with a total of 57 participants. Forty-seven men and 10 women. Fifty-three of them were current smokers.ResultsThe analysis of six focus groups was carried out. Main themes arose from the data included: preferences for tobacco cessation interventions and acceptability and feasibility of text messaging as tobacco cessation intervention. Different motives and barriers for quitting smoking including shisha and dokha were explored.ConclusionInterventions using text messaging for smoking cessation have not been used in the Middle East and they could potentially be effective; however, tailoring and closely examining the content and acceptability of text messages to be used is important before the conduction of trials involving their use. Social media is perceived to be more effective and influential, with a higher level of penetration into communities of young smokers.

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