scholarly journals An Empirical Investigation of the Mentor-Mentee Relationship Among Female Architects and Female Architectural Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Adedeji Olushola Afolabi ◽  
Adedotun Akinola
Keyword(s):  
Women Professionals ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Work Done

Women are highly underrepresented in the construction industry. In line with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations of gender quality and reducing inequalities, there is a need to think of innovative and sustainable frameworks to increase women's quota in the construction trade, especially in architecture. The study investigated the mentor-mentee relationship between female Architects and female Architectural students. The study utilized a research survey approach using a questionnaire data instrument. Using a purposive sampling technique, 84 research participants, consisting of female Architects and female Architecture students, participated in this study. The data collected are presented using bar charts, mean scores, principal component analysis (PCA), and categorical regression (CAT-REG). The study identified characteristics associated with good Mentors and good Mentees in the design profession. Mentees identified the main features that make a good mentor as the ability to teach, listen attentively, and communicate effectively. On the other hand, Mentors identified the qualities of a good mentee who communicates, is focused and demonstrates intelligence. The study showed that the significant negative experiences in a mentor-mentee relationship include a clash of personalities between the mentors and mentees, stealing credit for work done by both parties, and unrealistic expectations. Furthermore, these negative experiences result from poor attitude, wrong emotions, and loss of motivation. In conclusion, the study showed that proper implementation of Women mentoring programs among design professionals could lead to potential outcomes such as improved productivity, empowerment of inexperienced personnel, attracting likely female students, retaining women professionals, higher salaries, higher job satisfaction, and an increase in role models/mentors.

scholarly journals Investigating South Africa’s Fresh Peach and Nectarine Value Proposition: Measuring Progress on Achieving Sustainable Consumption in Exports

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2615
Author(s):  
Chiedza Zvirurami Tsvakirai ◽  
Teboho Jeremiah Mosikari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Composite Indices ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have shone a spotlight on the importance of adaption to climate change. However, progress in achieving SDG 12 which calls for, “responsible consumption and production” has been stalled by the unavailability of indicators that adequately capture and motivate increased responsible consumption. To fill this gap, this article presents an alternative indicator that makes use of cultivar characteristics and uses South African fresh peach and nectarine exports as a focus area. Principal component analysis is used to extract and summarize the product value propositions identified in composite indices that were constructed by weighting the proportional use of cultivars in exports between 1956 and 2017. The indices acquired from the analysis were found to measure the provisions for sustainable consumption, good-quality fruit and off-peak fruit supply. The study’s results show that progress was found in the provisions for sustainable consumption and this was mainly driven by improvements in cultivars’ climate change adaptability. However, the last two decades have been characterized by years of successive lower readings on this index. Improvements in fruit quality index were found to be attained at the expense of farm enterprise productivity. The study concludes that strategies be developed to encourage the use of cultivars that promote responsible consumption as, if left uninfluenced, market forces will spur unsustainable production.

scholarly journals SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPEDIMENTS TO WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT IN PESHAWAR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Saadia Bibi ◽  
◽  
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Development Goals

Pakistan stands among the worst performers when it comes to the equal opportunities for women. The Sustainable Development Goals (2015-30) have rightly prioritized women’s empowerment to provide them with equal opportunities. The empowerment of women brings about significant positive changes in the socio-economic aspects of the family and women’s status. The patriarchal nature, socio-cultural conditions and feudalistic mode of fabrication in Pakistani society has always kept women marginalized and have restricted them to participate along-with men in communal activities. This study was conducted in Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the first stage, a purposeful sampling technique was applied, and then convenience sampling was used for final data collection. The data was collected through a semi-structured interview guide, Students, government staff and employees of private organizations were involved. The study shows that socio-cultural factors have significant implications for the development of gender and empowerment of women. Keywords: women development, women empowerment, culture and religion, women and culture

scholarly journals Besides Zaha or Adenowo: Investigating the Visibility Status of Female Architects as Role Models for Students of Architecture

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 400-407
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
High Rate ◽  
High Stake ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Successful Women ◽  
Architecture Profession ◽  
Different Levels

Recent glimpses and revelations from the education and practice of architectural profession suggested that the visibility status of Female Architects as role models for students under tutelage is still hazy [1]. Highly worthy of note is that increasing numbers of female students are enrolled into architecture programs on a yearly basis but when juxtaposed with the high rate of attrition recorded at the point of exit from Nigerian universities, it significantly varies. As stated by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations, the fifth objective is to ensure the attainment of gender equality among people in the societies of the world [2]. This paper investigated and reported the findings of a study on the visibility status of female architects as role models for architecture students. Using a sample of 378 (101 females and 277 males) students drawn from 3 private universities in South-west Nigeria, a survey was carried out to find out how visible female architects were as role models to students of architecture. The data were analysed using univariate analysis like proportions and percentages and results were presented in tables. Findings indicated that only 2 female architects popularised by media were cited as role models by more than half of the respondents indicating poor or hazy visibility of other successful women in the field. This paper recommended that pragmatic steps should be taken by stakeholders of the architecture profession at different levels using the more effective visibility windows of media to showcase the high-stake achievements and personalities of successful female architects as role models to inspire both the female architects in practice and same categories under tutelage.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of Countries' Performance According to SDG Indicators based on Machine Learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme Souza ◽  
Julian Santos ◽  
Gabriel SantClair ◽  
Janaina Gomide ◽  
Luan Santos
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are part of a global effort to reduce the impacts of climate change, promoting social justice and economic growth. The United Nations provides a database with hundreds of indicators to track the SDGs since 2016 for a total of 302 regions. This work aims to assess which countries are in a similar situation regarding sustainable development. Principal Component Analysis was used to reduce the dimension of the dataset and k-means algorithm was used to cluster countries according to their SDGs indicators. For the years of 2016, 2017 and 2018 were obtained 11, 13 and 11 groups, respectively. This paper also analyses clusters changes throughout the years.

scholarly journals New measures on contribution of corporations towards sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-726
Author(s):  
Ole Olsen ◽  
Claus Werner Andersen ◽  
Søren Schiønning Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Statistics ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Work Done

With the UN General Assembly’s adoption in September 2015 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached in 2030 a new, overarching and prominent policy framework was born. Following the adoption, the Danish government made Statistics Denmark (SD) the responsible authority for national SDG reporting. The strategy to fulfill this task has been to work closely with stakeholders in the business community, public authorities and NGO’s. SD has further worked to implement the SDG-framework on the business sector, in particular inspired by work done in UNCTAD about indicators for business entity reporting on economic, environmental, social and institutional issues. The work in SD has shown that it is possible to provide SDG-relevant information by type of industry using existing statistical data. Emission of CO2 and energy efficiency are examples from the environmental economic accounts. Social and business statistics can provide data on employment and wages broken down by gender, and also follow the development in occupational injuries, just to mention a few examples. However, existing data cannot provide information on how enterprises work with the SDGs. To cover this aspect, a survey among the largest private Danish enterprises was conducted in 2019. A third type of data source may be created by adding additional questions to existing surveys. The article is concluded by a discussion on the lessons learned so far and possible next steps are outlined.

scholarly journals Assessing the Achievement of the SDG Targets for Health and Well-Being at EU Level by 2030

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5829 ◽  
Author(s):  
George H. Ionescu ◽  
Daniela Firoiu ◽  
Anca Tănasie ◽  
Tudor Sorin ◽  
Ramona Pîrvu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Health And Well Being

In this period of extreme changes in our society, issues related to the health and well-being of citizens are considered essential for the future of a united and prosperous Europe. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at EU level by 2030 requires hard work done in a transformative way in order to implement a set of coherent, evidence-informed policies that address health, well-being and all their determinants throughout the course of life and across all sectors of government and society. The objective of this paper is to assess the stage of fulfillment of all SDG targets in relation to health and well-being at EU level, based on the current trend of each indicator, for each EU member country. Based on the Eurostat SDG data set for 2007–2018, the individual trends were forecast using the AAA (Holt-Winters) version of the exponential smoothing (ETS) algorithm. The research results are surprising, on the one hand showing the possibility that some targets will be reached, but also indicating that a large percentage of targets will not be reached if the current trend is continued, especially due to disruptive change generated by the current pandemic. There is a need to increase the involvement of all member states, but also ensure a deeper involvement at the level of EU institutions, to provide full support for meeting the targets proposed by the 2030 Agenda, ensuring prosperity and health for all European citizens, and becoming a model for all the states of the world.

scholarly journals Synergies and Trade-Offs in Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Håvard Hegre ◽  
Kristina Petrova ◽  
Nina von Uexkull
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Over Time

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 integrate diverse issues such as addressing hunger, gender equality and clean energy and set a common agenda for all United Nations member states until 2030. The 17 SDGs interact and by working towards achieving one goal countries may further—or jeopardise—progress on others. However, the direction and strength of these interactions are still poorly understood and it remains an analytical challenge to capture the relationships between the multi-dimensional goals, comprising 169 targets and over 200 indicators. Here, we use principal component analysis (PCA), an in this context novel approach, to summarise each goal and interactions in the global SDG agenda. Applying PCA allows us to map trends, synergies and trade-offs at the level of goals for all SDGs while using all available information on indicators. While our approach does not allow us to investigate causal relationships, it provides important evidence of the degree of compatibility of goal attainment over time. Based on global data 2000–2016, our results indicate that synergies between and within the SDGs prevail, both in terms of levels and over time change. An exception is SDG 10 ‘Reducing inequalities’ which has not progressed in tandem with other goals.

scholarly journals THE ROLES OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN INFORMATION SERVICE PROVISION TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-25
Author(s):  
Musa Umar ◽  
◽  
Uman Hassan ◽  
Mustapha Mannir ◽  
Aliyu Abubakar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is explicitly and directly linked to access to information and knowledge. This paper examines the roles of public libraries towards achieving sustainable development goals in Kaduna state. Three objectives were set out to be accomplished by the study. A survey research design was adopted using a questionnaire as a data collection instrument. A total of 2903 registered users of public libraries in the Kaduna State constituted the study population, while the study sample was collected using a stratified sampling technique. A sample of 2038 was drawn from the user population of 2903, where 30% out of the sample was drawn from the six (6) selected libraries, amounting to 611 for questionnaire administration. A total of 433 (71%) questionnaires were duly completed and returned. The findings arising from the study revealed that current awareness service, library instruction services, selective dissemination of information as well as indexing and abstracting were the services provided by the libraries covered by the study. The study also indicated that public libraries are active in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Kaduna State. For example, looking at the findings, Sustainable Development Goal 4: i.e. the provision of a safe and inclusive space for lifelong learning was identified as the leading role played by the public libraries covered by the study with 174 (40.2%) responses. SDGs 3: i.e. the provision of health information and literacy to the community on pregnancy, malaria, cholera and SDGs 8: i.e. the provision of training on the use of ICT as well as assistance on online job application processes, were also identified in the study as fundamental roles played by the libraries with the same response rate of 146 (33.7%). While looking at the challenges faced by the public libraries, the study reported lack of funds, lack of current materials, language barrier, lack of trained personnel and lack of Internet access were complained by the respondents as a hindrance to effective use of information resources. Given the above challenges, the study, therefore, recommended that issues relating to funding, staffing, information resources, innovative services, infrastructure all need to be addressed by taking proper measures. When these issues are resolved, it will go a long way towards achieving the (SDGs) in Nigeria and Africa at large.

scholarly journals Pengaruh tingkat kekayaan dan tingkat ketergantungan daerah terhadap kinerja pemerintah daerah

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-310
Author(s):  
Parassela Pangestu Primadiva ◽  
Dini Rosdini ◽  
Sri Mulyani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
West Java ◽  
City Governments ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

This research discusses level of wealth and level of central dependence on local governments in West Java Province within the fiscal year of 2018 and 2019. Performance was measured using the Sustainable Development Goals indicator. The population of the research was all local governments in West Java Province. The sampling technique used was saturated sampling method or census. The sample in this research were 27 district/city governments in West Java Province. Based on the results of SPSS statistical analysis with multiple linear regression, it can be concluded that the level of local wealth and the level of central dependence have a significant effect on the performance of local governments.  

scholarly journals Developing a sustainability strategy for Taiwan’s tourism industry after the COVID-19 pandemic

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248319
Author(s):  
Ming-Chi Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Scope Of Application ◽  
The Government

The outbreak of COVID-19 around the world has caused great damage to the global economy. The tourism industry is among the worst-hit industries. How to focus on visitors who are most helpful to the tourism industry and develop sustainable strategy of operation is a very important question for after the epidemic is over. This study applied two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) and principal component analysis (PCA) to investigate past statistics from the Tourism Bureau and explore the shopping patterns of tourists who travel to Taiwan. The focus will be on tourists from major countries such as China, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries. According to the analysis of tourists from different countries, the money spent by tourists from different countries is concentrated on different items, and there are subitems that they particularly like to purchase. For the analysis of the purpose of coming to Taiwan, some tourism areas worth developing (such as medical treatment and leisure) are also presented in the research results. Based on these results, and according to the sustainable development goals, specific recommendations for the sustainability strategy of operation are made as a reference for the government and relevant industries. This research also broadens the scope of application of DEA and points out a different direction for future research.

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