Using Brownfields to Think Green: Investigating Factors that Influence Community Decision-Making and Participation

How did adoption become a dirty word? Indigenous citizenship orders as Irreconcilable Spaces of Aboriginality

AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples ◽

10.1177/1177180118802861 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 354-364

Author(s):

Kahente Horn-Miller

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Identity Formation ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Indigenous Child ◽

Indigenous Children ◽

International Attention ◽

Colonial Order ◽

Community Decision

In the fall of 2016, the Kahnawà:ke Community Decision Making Process revised the Kahnawà:ke Law on Membership regarding adoption. It was decided that any non-Indigenous child adopted by a Kahnawà:ke family after 2003 would not be recognized as a Kanien’kehá:ka of Kahnawà:ke or an approved resident. Parents were committing an offense in adopting non-Indigenous children and would no longer be eligible to reside in Kahnawà:ke. This decision drew national and international attention, with some questioning the logic of targeting a practice so integral to many Indigenous legal orders. This article frames Rotinonhsiónni adoption, belonging, and identity formation beyond the confines of colonial thought. This might seem like a tall order given colonialism’s all-encompassing grasp on Indigenous minds and communities; indeed, we are all entangled in the colonial order. But there is a way to challenge this by moving beyond frameworks reliant on colonial control.

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The degree of involvement of the educational leader of teachers in decision-making from the viewpoint of teachers in the Zarqa Directorate (First) of Education: درجة إشراك القائد التربوي للمعلمين في اتخاذ القرار من وجهة نظر المعلمين في مديرية تربية الزرقاء الأولى

المجلة العربية للعلوم ونشر الأبحاث مجلة العلوم التربوية والنفسية ◽

10.26389/ajsrp.m010220 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (33) ◽

Author(s):

Amal Muner Mohamed Abo Jhashe

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Teaching Methods ◽

Educational Leaders ◽

Point Of View ◽

Teacher Participation ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Educational Leader ◽

Teaching Curriculum ◽

Participation In Decision Making ◽

Community Decision

This study aimed to identify the ability of the educational leader to apply the principle of participation in decision-making and its impact on the achievement of the educational institution's objectives effectively from the point of view of teachers in the Zarqa Directorate (First) of Education and used the study method descriptive-analytical and the study tool (questionnaire) where it was distributed to a random sample of (110) teachers belonging to the Zarqa Directorate (First) of Education. The study found that the participation of educational leaders in decision-making received an average (2.84 out of 5) verbal (intermediate) ratings, and at the level of fields; Community decision-making average (2.90), teacher participation in decision-making for teachers themselves averaged (2.81) and finally teacher participation in decision-making on the teaching curriculum and teaching methods (2.72), all of which are estimated (2.84), and based on the results, the study recommended the need for teachers to participate in decision-making within educational institutions, which reflects positively on the work of the performance of the institution and improve the type of style possessed by the leader in the institution.

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Social Norms Structuring Masculinities, Gender Roles, and Stereotypes: Iraqi men and boys’ common misconceptions about women and girls’ participation and empowerment

10.21201/2021.8014 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Luisa Dietrich ◽

Zorica Skakun ◽

Rohlat Khaleel ◽

Tim Peute

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Social Transformation ◽

Transformative Change ◽

Limited Participation ◽

Male Privilege ◽

Iraqi Women ◽

Awareness Raising ◽

Women And Girls ◽

Community Decision ◽

Common Misconceptions

The limited participation of Iraqi women in community decision-making in Kirkuk and Diyala is the result of various intertwined factors. This study explores emerging opportunities for social transformation in the context of sedimented layers of male privilege and the questioning of restrictive gender norms in the two governorates. With this report, Oxfam and its partners aim to dismantle barriers to women’s active participation, which is currently constrained by stereotypes and restrictive ideas about gender. Among the promising pathways for change are awareness-raising activities with male allies, alongside other longer-term efforts advancing transformative change in attitudes, practices, and behaviors.

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