The Crossroads that Were Never Meant to Be

2015 ◽  
pp. 226-242
Author(s):  
Oitshepile MmaB Modise ◽  
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko
Keyword(s):  
Government Support ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Life Challenges ◽  
Barber Shop ◽  
Hiv Aids

Today's world faces challenges of increased number of orphans. In Botswana, HIV/AIDS scourge widens figures and poverty increases vulnerability. Beyond existing empowerment supporting schemes, and policies, orphans are responsible for complementing government's efforts. In this chapter, the orphan had hoped for economic empowerment through his old barber shop. His hope was drowned when he got a kiosk instead of barber equipment. The kiosk in his yard stands as a promise of government support, on the other hand, it is a symbol of no voice and choice over improvement of his future life. Challenges to improvement include government's prescriptive procedures and bureaucracy. These challenges have in turn created self-doubt, bitterness and a feeling of betrayal on his part. This chapter illustrates that for empowerment strategies to succeed, there should be synergy between beneficiaries' needs and government support. Monitoring too is an essential part of successful practices.

The Crossroads That Were Never Meant to Be

2019 ◽  
pp. 1009-1021
Author(s):  
Oitshepile MmaB Modise ◽  
Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko
Keyword(s):  
Government Support ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Life Challenges ◽  
Barber Shop ◽  
Hiv Aids

Today's world faces challenges of increased number of orphans. In Botswana, HIV/AIDS scourge widens figures and poverty increases vulnerability. Beyond existing empowerment supporting schemes, and policies, orphans are responsible for complementing government's efforts. In this chapter, the orphan had hoped for economic empowerment through his old barber shop. His hope was drowned when he got a kiosk instead of barber equipment. The kiosk in his yard stands as a promise of government support, on the other hand, it is a symbol of no voice and choice over improvement of his future life. Challenges to improvement include government's prescriptive procedures and bureaucracy. These challenges have in turn created self-doubt, bitterness and a feeling of betrayal on his part. This chapter illustrates that for empowerment strategies to succeed, there should be synergy between beneficiaries' needs and government support. Monitoring too is an essential part of successful practices.

Women and Hiv/Aids

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-227
Author(s):  
Gillian Paterson
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Women And Hiv ◽  
The One ◽  
Hiv Aids

AbstractThe worldwide epidemic of HIV/AIDS has in recent years begun to affect women, and infants born to them, in an alarming degree. Research done in a WCC program entitled "Women and Health and the Challenge of HIV/AIDS" has suggested that this situation is intimately linked both to patriarchy and irresponsible capitalism. The challenge for the church's mission is to work, on the one hand, to prevent the spread of HIV infection in very direct ways; on the other hand, it is to work for the dignity and autonomy of women in all cultures, including giving women voice and responsibility in the churches themselves.

scholarly journals Etos Kerja Kristen dan Budaya Mapalus sebagai Perberdayaan Ekonomi Gereja di Minahasa

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Feldy Lolangion
Keyword(s):  
Work Ethic ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Spirit Of Capitalism ◽  
The Church

This study aims to understand and provide solutions to poverty problems in the Minahasa area, especially the Protestant church in Minahasa. The problem that appears is the lack of the church in carrying out economic empowerment. On the other hand, the Mapalus culture which is the philosophy of the Minahasa people has begun to be displaced by the times. This makes researchers interested in researching Christian Work Ethics and Mapalus culture as economic empowerment for the church in Minahasa. By using sociological and economic studies, the researcher uses classic theory from Max Weber about The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, and Adam Smith about The Wealth of Nations. To address and examine this problem, this study uses qualitative research, using literature study. Data were collected through literature, references, and articles related to the Protestant work ethic, the Minahasa work ethic, and the spirit of capitalism. Capitalism that is meant by researchers is positive capitalism, where capitalism is running straight with the work ethic of Christians. On the other hand, Minahasa, as a research locus, has a work ethic called Mapalus. Although there are differences between the two work ethics, both can enrich the understanding and morals of church members in Minahasa in carrying out economic empowerment.

Dressed Up and On the Go: Women Cyclists in Modern Japan

China Report ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-281
Author(s):  
Nidhi Maini
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Economy ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Essential Ingredient ◽  
Bicycle Industry ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

Ranking alongside the top bicycling nations of the world, Japan today boasts of a deeply engrained cycling culture. While the technological prowess of Japan’s bicycle industry is well known, there exists no scholarly study investigating the socio-cultural impact of cycling in Japan, specifically its role in emancipation of women. How the modern women of Japan scaled barriers to mobility riding their way to modernity in an oppressive male-dominated society is not yet known. The objective of this paper is to examine women cyclists in Japan in the context of modernisation. On the one hand, viewing bicycles helps examine the Japanese economy from the perspective of ordinary women as active consumers (as against their passive image) whose demand for bicycles was certainly an essential ingredient for the growth of bicycle industry. On the other hand, it serves to question the predominant view of consumption stagnation in interwar Japan. Most importantly, as countries around the world continue to make laudable efforts to encourage women cyclists, a leaf can be drawn by policymakers from the history of forgotten cycling heroines of Japan to accelerate women’s socio-economic empowerment.

scholarly journals The elements of strategic and marketing planning applied in the case of Avital company

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 111-112
Author(s):  
Sanja Milikic
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Life Challenges ◽  
Marketing Planning ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Large Decline ◽  
Factors Of Success

Presently, the environment that is characterized by rapid changesinallsocialspheres,thechallengesofrapidadaptation and survival in the market, the ability of thinking and acting in front of ‘’time’’is one of the key factors of success. Every day we have witnessed a large decline of the number of companies, poor implementation of many projects, poor implementation of governmentreforms, and life challenges of people to find work. On the other hand, there are individuals, organizations and companies that face challenges and changes very fast in all world markets and societies. Question that could be asked based on this is ‘’Why and how some companies manage it and the other not?"

Epilogue

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rijk van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Local Communities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Local People ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Transnational Relations ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Transnational Connections ◽  
The One ◽  
Transnational Competence ◽  
Hiv Aids

The chapters in this book demonstrate how transnational connections in Africa often appear as a source of ambiguity in formations that otherwise are ideologically perceived as bounded, autonomous entities. The experience of the transnational is often fraught with sentiments, ranging from fear to fascination, from anxiety to hope and aspiration. Given this dynamic of both anxiety about and eagerness for engaging in transnational relations, the Epilogue argues that there is a socially felt need among religious groups in many African societies for developing a transnational competence, especially in the sensitive field of HIV/AIDS, in order to successfully manage engagement with transnational relations and connections. This is grounded in the experience that, on the one hand, transnational connections have indeed allowed local people, organisations and institutions to make big steps forward in using religious linkages in the fight against AIDS and in changing notions of sexuality. Yet, on the other hand, while these connections are often being celebrated locally, the Epilogue argues that the enormous strains transnational relations can create for the local communities and organisations to live up to the expectations of external partners, donors and policies, should not be overlooked.

scholarly journals FRELST OG REDDET FRA AIDS?: Unge pigers håndtering af risikoen for hiv i det sydvestlige Uganda

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Wimberley
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gendered Identities ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Oriented Approach ◽  
The Way ◽  
Hiv Aids

Kristina Wimberley: Saved from AIDS? The Manoeuvres of Adolescent Giris in Relation to the Risk of HIV in Southwestern Uganda This articles discusses the representation of adolescent giris in the literature on AIDS and in AIDS interventions. In these contexts an image is created of adolescent giris as passive victims of a static inequality in societies pervaded by patriarchy, and as driven by economic want. On the basis of fieldwork material from Ankole, southwestern Uganda, the articles discusses the meaning of “being saved” for adolescent giris in relation to the risk of HIV. For the giris concemed, “being saved” is characterized by conversion to a new lifestyle in which they are virtuous, honest, kind, and above all: avoid and reject men. However, at some point even saved giris enter into relationships with men. In this situation, the giris may find it advantageous to continue to be “really saved” in certain contexts. From the analysis put forward here it emerges that “being saved” as a form of discourse and action enables giris to create a room for manoeuvre that empowers them to tackle the dangers they face - including HIV/AIDS. This agency emerges in the interplay of, on the one hand the constraining and enabling effects of the various life worlds of giris in Ankole, and on the other hand the way in which gendered identities and relationships are negotiated in everyday life between giris and men, as well as among the giris themselves. It is concluded that the standard analysis of giris’ vulnerability in relation to the risk of HIV/AIDS could benefit from an actor-oriented approach that encompasses the interplay between structure and process. An analysis of this kind may reveal the agency of giris, and not exclusively in relation to economic want. This focus on agency could be a point of departure for more effective HIV/AIDS interventions.

Nongovernmental Organizations and Development

1997 ◽  
Vol 554 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL STREETEN
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Government Support ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Other Hand

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are not normally good at the activities they claim as their merit, but they have virtues that are frequently not proclaimed. In particular, they rarely reach the poorest, they depend in many ways on government support, and they are often not participatory. On the other hand, they are adaptable and suited to promoting self-reliance. Participation has been used more as a slogan than a thought-out strategy. There are many exceptions to the principle that people should have a right to participate in the decisions that affect (importantly?) their lives and work. A more valid question is, Who should take what decisions at which level and in what sequence? There are many links between government and NGOs, not confined to finance. Finally, NGO projects are compared with governmental technical assistance, and the drawbacks of the latter are compared with the merits of the former.

scholarly journals «The knights at crossroads»: Libraries and library and information education in search of a joint progress vector

2017 ◽  
pp. 61-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Mazuritsky ◽  
Olga Kalegina ◽  
Galina Kuzichkina
Keyword(s):  
Social Medium ◽  
Government Support ◽  
The Other ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Optimal Vector ◽  
Library System ◽  
Library Education ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Library And Information Education

The evolution of libraries and their main problems in contemporary social medium is examined. The current status of Russian library system and the sources of library environment stratification are discussed. The value characteristics of library information education and reasons of its insufficient efficiency are defined. Ways to overcome the crisis in library sphere are suggested. The necessity for social mandate and government support of libraries, on one hand, and for consolidation of library education institutes, employer, and libraries, on the other hand, is emphasized. The authors argue that these measures would enable to choose optimal vector for professional library activities.

A study of cometary eruptions through OH radio-lines

1999 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 249-254
Author(s):  
A.M. Silva ◽  
R.D. Miró
Keyword(s):  
Short Duration ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
The Other ◽  
Initial Mass ◽  
Radio Lines ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Sudden Rise

AbstractWe have developed a model for theH2OandOHevolution in a comet outburst, assuming that together with the gas, a distribution of icy grains is ejected. With an initial mass of icy grains of 108kg released, theH2OandOHproductions are increased up to a factor two, and the growth curves change drastically in the first two days. The model is applied to eruptions detected in theOHradio monitorings and fits well with the slow variations in the flux. On the other hand, several events of short duration appear, consisting of a sudden rise ofOHflux, followed by a sudden decay on the second day. These apparent short bursts are frequently found as precursors of a more durable eruption. We suggest that both of them are part of a unique eruption, and that the sudden decay is due to collisions that de-excite theOHmaser, when it reaches the Cometopause region located at 1.35 × 105kmfrom the nucleus.

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