scholarly journals Complexities of Socio-Labor Integration in Chile: Migrating Colombian Women’s Experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11643
Author(s):  
Jimena Silva Segovia ◽  
Estefany Castillo Ravanal
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Mining Activity ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Human Movements ◽  
The City ◽  
Migratory Process ◽  
The Doors

The objective of the article is to understand Afro-Colombian women’s emotional experiences of the migratory process, and their labor insertion in Chilean territory. The Antofagasta region is one of the doors that connects Chile with its neighbors; at the same time, it is a national territory that is linked to important economic and human movements due to its mining activity. In the analysis of the data collected through of group and individual interviews conducted in the city of Antofagasta, we found experiences of xenophobia, labor abuse, discrimination, prejudices, and stereotypes articulated, along with the tendency of Chilean culture to value European traits over native Latin American traits.

scholarly journals Exploration of the Pregnant Women's Experiences During COVID-19 Disease Crisis: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Bakouei ◽  
Maryam Nikpour ◽  
Hajar Adib Rad ◽  
zahra abadi marzoni
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Pregnancy Care ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
North Of Iran ◽  
And Control

Abstract Background: Prevention and control of COVID-19 disease in pregnant women has become a major concern. Healthcare providers should be aware that restriction of the routine prenatal care may have adverse effects. A qualitative approach can be helpful in understanding the pregnant women's experience and perspective in crisis. The study was conducted to explain the pregnant women's experiences during COVID-19 disease crisis.Methods: The qualitative study was conducted with conventional content analysis. Pregnant women selected with purposive sampling from six urban health centers in Babol (North of Iran). The semi structured individual interviews were done by telephone from May 03 to June 10, 2020. The systematic thematic analysis was used to identify and organize themes into clusters and categories across interviews.Result: We recruited twelve pregnant women until data saturation. Three theme categories extracted from data analysis. The first was "unpleasant feelings during pregnancy", the pregnant women stated feelings in this crisis such as worry, fear, obsession, boredom, nervousness, discouragement, and the like, which led them to have no positive pregnancy experience. The second category was "adjusted lifestyle". They experienced changes in lifestyle with the aim of preventing COVID-19 disease. The third category was “safe pregnancy care”. The pregnant women, while paying attention to the importance of pregnancy care, were forced to limit, delay, or modify some cares in order to be safe. Conclusion: The pregnant women experienced unpleasant feelings in this crisis; therefore, they should receive the necessary consulting to maintain mental health. All pregnant women reported some changes in their lifestyle and pregnancy care in order to health considerations to prevent the disease. Regular training for all pregnant women is necessary to manage this important pregnancy period while maintaining the maternal and fetal health in crisis.

scholarly journals (In)Equality regimes in auditing

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. e3147
Author(s):  
João Paulo Resende de Lima ◽  
Silvia Pereira de Castro Casa Nova ◽  
Ricardo Gonçalves de Sales ◽  
Simone Cristina Dantas Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Universal Category ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Big Four ◽  
Depth Interviews

The literature about diversity in accounting demonstrates the phenomenon of superinclusion in  that it usually focuses on women’s experiences as a universal category but focuses on white women’s experiences. In this text, we argue that intersectional theory is a possible way to address that issue since it is a theory based on considering the interactions between sex, gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality and how those elements and their interactions give rise to an “inequality regime”. Embracing this framework, we aim to comprehend the professional development of members of non-hegemonic groups who have reached the partner position in auditing firms. We adopted a qualitative research approach, conducting six in-depth interviews with Big Four partners. We analyzed our evidence using Acker’s (2006) “bases of inequalities” and “organizing processes that produce inequality” categories, proposing the empirical category “(un)changing inequality regimes?”. This work expands the literature about diversity by deepening the discussion about the inclusion of minority groups in auditing firms, bringing a Latin American view of diversity practices.

scholarly journals (In)Equality regimes in auditing

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. e3147
Author(s):  
João Paulo Resende de Lima ◽  
Silvia Pereira de Castro Casa Nova ◽  
Ricardo Gonçalves de Sales ◽  
Simone Cristina Dantas Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Universal Category ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Big Four ◽  
Depth Interviews

The literature about diversity in accounting demonstrates the phenomenon of superinclusion in  that it usually focuses on women’s experiences as a universal category but focuses on white women’s experiences. In this text, we argue that intersectional theory is a possible way to address that issue since it is a theory based on considering the interactions between sex, gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality and how those elements and their interactions give rise to an “inequality regime”. Embracing this framework, we aim to comprehend the professional development of members of non-hegemonic groups who have reached the partner position in auditing firms. We adopted a qualitative research approach, conducting six in-depth interviews with Big Four partners. We analyzed our evidence using Acker’s (2006) “bases of inequalities” and “organizing processes that produce inequality” categories, proposing the empirical category “(un)changing inequality regimes?”. This work expands the literature about diversity by deepening the discussion about the inclusion of minority groups in auditing firms, bringing a Latin American view of diversity practices.

scholarly journals Living with Bodily Changes after Weight Loss Surgery - Women’s Experiences of Food and "Dumping"

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Synne Groven ◽  
Gunn Engelsrud ◽  
Målfrid Råheim
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Gastric Bypass Procedure ◽  
Women's Lives

In this article we explore women’s experiences of “dumping” following weight loss surgery. The empirical material is based on individual interviews with 22 Norwegian women. To further analyze their experiences, we build primarily on the phenomenologist Drew Leder`s notion of the “inner body.” Additionally, Simone de Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty’s perspectives of the lived body occupy a prime framework for shedding light on different dimensions of bodily changes. The following three core themes were identified: Experiences of illness in conjunction with eating; Learning to relate to changes in the inner body and; Feelings of losing and regaining control. In different, though interconnected ways, these themes encompass an ongoing challenge in the women’s lives after the surgery: namely their efforts to establish new eating habits while at the same time working hard to relate to their changed and changing inner body, and especially to the phenomenon of “dumping”. The results points to a dilemma: namely that the gastric bypass procedure is an operation that irreversibly alters the anatomy and physiology of a healthy stomach, whereas the individual’s eating habits cannot be situated in or reduced to a particular organ, but are endemic to the lived body and its history. This insight might be of importance in the understanding of the complexity of the changes and challenges the women go through after weight loss surgery.

Women and Martyrdom: Feminist Liberation Theology in Dialogue with a Latin American Paradigm

Horizons ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-53
Author(s):  
Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo
Keyword(s):  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Third World ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Death Of Jesus

ABSTRACTIn recent decades, Latin American liberation theologians have sought to find meaning in the deaths of women and men throughout their continent who have been killed for their pursuit of God's kingdom by naming these individuals “martyrs” and correlating their lives and deaths to the life and death of Jesus. The concept of martyrdom presents special difficulties when viewed from a feminist perspective, especially since the subjugation of women has been perpetuated by Christianity's tendency to idealize women who embody “martyr-like” qualities. However, the use of this concept as a way to find meaning in the deaths of those who lose their lives in the struggle for liberation is not beyond retrieval. Feminist theologies should take into account the reality of martyrdom, which, especially in the so-called “Third World,” is a part of women's experiences in which God is present in liberating, female form.

scholarly journals Abortion-related morbidity in six Latin American and Caribbean countries: findings of the WHO/HRP multi-country survey on abortion (MCS-A)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e005618
Author(s):  
Mariana Romero ◽  
Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon ◽  
Luiz Francisco Baccaro ◽  
Berenise Carroli ◽  
Hedieh Mehrtash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Near Miss ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Abortion Care ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Management Of Complications ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

IntroductionAbortion-related complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among women in many Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. The objective of this study was to characterise abortion-related complication severity, describe the management of these complications and report women’s experiences with abortion care in selected countries of the Americas region.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study of 70 health facilities across six countries in the region. We collected data on women’s characteristics including socio-demographics, obstetric history, clinical information, management procedures and using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) survey the experience of abortion care. Descriptive bivariate analysis was performed for women’s characteristics, management of complications and reported experiences of abortion care by severity of complications, organised in five hierarchical mutually exclusive categories based on indicators present at assessment. Generalised linear estimation models were used to assess the association between women’s characteristics and severity of complications.ResultsWe collected data on 7983 women with abortion-related complications. Complications were classified as mild (46.3%), moderate (49.5%), potentially life-threatening (3.1%), near-miss cases (1.1%) and deaths (0.2%). Being single, having a gestational age of ≥13 weeks and having expelled products of conception before arrival at the facility were significantly associated with experiencing severe maternal outcomes compared with mild complications.Management of abortion-related complications included both uterotonics and uterine evacuation for two-thirds of the women while one-third received uterine evacuation only. Surgical uterine evacuation was performed in 93.2% (7437/7983) of women, being vacuum aspiration the most common one (5007/7437, 67.4%).Of the 327 women who completed the ACASI survey, 16.5% reported having an induced abortion, 12.5% of the women stated that they were not given explanations regarding their care nor were able to ask questions during their examination and treatment with percentages increasing with the severity of morbidity.ConclusionsThis is one of the first studies using a standardised methodology to measure severity of abortion-related complications and women’s experiences with abortion care in LAC. Results aim to inform policies and programmes addressing sexual and reproductive rights and health in the region.

Serial Acid Attacks and Women’s Online and Offline Resistance and Activism in Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladan Rahbari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The Public ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
The City

Abstract In the autumn of 2014 in the city of Isfahan, a series of acid attacks targeted women who were driving in urban public spaces. The violence raised public fear among inhabitants of Isfahan. The Isfahan serial attacks were widely perceived as systematically organized and politically motivated. As a result of the attacks, Isfahan’s female inhabitants’ everyday life was disrupted, and the public spaces, once perceived as partially safe, turned into spaces of terror, limiting women’s movement and activities. This qualitative research explores Isfahani women’s experiences and perceptions on and reactions to the attacks.

scholarly journals Beyond autonomy and care: Experiences of ambivalent abortion seekers

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 2135-2146
Author(s):  
Marianne Kjelsvik ◽  
Ragnhild J Tveit Sekse ◽  
Asgjerd Litleré Moi ◽  
Elin M Aasen ◽  
Per Nortvedt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Regional Committee

Background: While being prepared for abortions, some women experience decisional ambivalence during their encounters with health personnel at the hospital. Women’s experiences with these encounters have rarely been examined. Objective: The objective of this study was to explore ambivalent abortion-seeking women’s experiences of their encounters with health personnel. Research design: The data were collected in individual interviews and analysed with dialogical narrative analyses. Participants and research context: A total of 13 women (aged 18–36 years), who were uncertain of whether to terminate their pregnancies during the first trimester, were interviewed before and after they made their decisions. The participants were recruited at six Norwegian outpatient clinics. Ethical considerations: Approval was granted by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics. Findings: The ambivalent pregnant women sought to make autonomous decisions while simultaneously involving their closest confidants and health personnel in the process. The following three types of narratives of women’s experiences with encounters with health personnel were identified: the respected women; the identified women; and the abandoned women. Discussion: The findings are discussed in terms of the ambivalent pregnant woman’s autonomous responsibility in considering an abortion and how her autonomy can be enabled or impaired during encounters with health personnel. Conclusion and implication: Although the women considered themselves autonomous and responsible for their final decisions, they wished health personnel were involved in their situations. The health personnel contributed by enabling or disabling the possibility of decision-making in accordance with the women’s values. The findings indicate that health personnel who care for women considering abortions must be trained in dialogical competence.

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