Curbing Social Inequalities And Gender-Based Injustices In Igboland: The Role Of Public Relations And Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Bodies

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Ben. E. Odigbo Ben. E. Odigbo
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

13. Justice in the Modern Administrative State

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Webley ◽  
Harriet Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Administrative State ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Complete Series ◽  
Explanatory Text ◽  
Primary Materials

Titles in the Complete series combine extracts from a wide range of primary materials with clear explanatory text to provide readers with a complete introductory resource. This chapter discusses the role of a range of accountability methods to scrutinize the executive’s use of power. This includes the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, who is now also known as the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the role of tribunals in contrast to courts, of public inquiries and of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms too. It also examines the limitations of each of these methods, and how they may complement each other to provide different forms of scrutiny.

scholarly journals Socio-cultural Causes of Gender Disparity in Nepalese Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-111
Author(s):  
Anita Shrestha ◽  
Ritu Prasad Gartoulla
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
The Government ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cultural Causes

 Gender is socially constructed idea and disparity is the problem created by the society. The study was conducted from the socio-cultural perspective so the main objective of this study was to identify the socio-cultural causes of gender disparity in five different ethnic groups: Newar, Magar, Tamang, Rai/Limbu and Brahmin/Chhetri of Kathmandu Valley. Total 390 respondents were selected randomly from the all ethnic groups. Except the role of religion, the role of culture, patriarchy system, social perception, sources of income, level of education, political awareness & involvement and gender based division of labor had significant effect to increase the gender disparity in society. Political announcement that Nepal as a secular country had effected in the perception and practices related to the religious activities of people also. The government should address the socio-cultural problem and further researcher should explore the strategies to address the problem of gender disparity.

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Individual Workplace Rights: The Evolving Role of Fair Work Australia

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 718-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese MacDermott ◽  
Joellen Riley
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Adverse Action ◽  
Recognition And Enforcement ◽  
Workplace Rights ◽  
The Right ◽  
Resolution Processes

This article examines the dispute resolution practices of Fair Work Australia that are evolving to deal with individual workplace rights, as its traditional role shifts away from conciliating and arbitrating collective industrial disputes. The workplace rights enshrined in the ‘general protections’ provisions in Part 3-1 of the Fair Work Act 2009 protect employees and prospective employees from any ‘adverse action’ taken against them because they are exercising a workplace right, or because they fall within one of the protected categories, such as the right to be free from discrimination. A broad range of alternative dispute resolution processes is now available to Fair Work Australia in dealing with such disputes. Alternative dispute resolution processes are seen as a way of avoiding costly and time-consuming litigation, and in some circumstances can improve access to justice for individuals. This article explores whether Fair Work Australia is likely to adopt different dispute resolution approaches from its traditional conciliation practices when managing ‘general protections’ applications, and whether the framework for dealing with these disputes will facilitate fair recognition and enforcement of workplace rights.

scholarly journals Narrative Imagination and Social Change: Instructors in Agricultural Colleges in Ethiopia Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
S. M. Hani Sadati ◽  
Claudia Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Narrative Imagination ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Agricultural Colleges ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

Ethiopia has one of the highest rates of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the world, making female students particularly vulnerable in its post-secondary institutions. Although there is extensive literature that describes the problem, mainly from the students' perspectives, what remains understudied is the role of instructors, their perception of the current issues, and what they imagine they can do to address campus-based SGBV, particularly in rural settings. In this study, we used the concept of narrative imagination to work with instructors in four Ethiopian agricultural colleges to explore how they understand the SGBV issues at their colleges and what they imagine their own role could include in efforts to combat these problems. Using qualitative narrative-based methods such as interviews and an interactive storyline development workshop, as well as cellphilming (cellphone + film) as a participatory visual method, the data were collected across several fieldwork phases. We consider how we might broaden this framework of narrative imagination to include the notion of art for social change.

Effectiveness of Dispute Resolution Councils in Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Study of Selected Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Rabia Manzoor ◽  
Syed Shujaat Ahmed ◽  
Vaqar Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Enforcement Mechanism ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Background: Dispute resolution is the process through which conflicts, misunderstandings are handled. It is an effective process for smooth functioning of any sort of organization. It further helps in maintain peace in the society as well as organization. Objective: This study seeks to appraise and evaluate the effectiveness of Dispute Resolution Councils (DRCs) in the select districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Methods: The effectiveness of ADR forums is gauged through magnitude of satisfaction and trust of beneficiaries accessing its services as well as affordability and timeliness of dispensation of justice to them. Findings: It was found that DRCs have become highly consequential to the peacemaking due to impartial setup and the provision of equal opportunity to parties involved in any case.  Conclusion: Despite the overall success of DRCs, they are still affected by problems such a poor documentation, infrastructure, lack of training and most importantly the absence of any enforcement mechanism of their decisions. Implication: This study puts forth various reforms that may include the standardization of documents, provision of sufficient capital and adequate infrastructure, and auguring the role of these avenues to strengthen the implementation of their decisions.

What Against Settlement Got Right

2021 ◽  
pp. 355-359
Author(s):  
Ellen Waldman
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
State Power ◽  
The Public ◽  
Proper Role

Professor Owen Fiss’s article Against Settlement has, in the more than thirty-five years since its publication, become the essay alternative dispute resolution (ADR) enthusiasts love to hate. It boasts over twelve hundred citations, providing impeccably credentialed support for the proposition that nonadversarial dispute resolution erodes the proper role of the courts and sacrifices justice for an uneasy peace. The essay has had an enduring impact in part because of its poetic, sometimes quixotic, insistence on the public norm-enforcing function of the courts and its vision of litigation as a mechanism whereby state power is used “to bring a recalcitrant reality closer to our chosen ideals” (p. 1089)....

scholarly journals Rugged Meritocratists: The Role of Overt Bias and the Meritocratic Ideology in Trump Supporters’ Opposition to Social Justice Efforts

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 237802311771239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin A. Cech
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
And Gender

Opposition to social justice efforts plays a key role in reproducing social inequalities in the United States. Focusing on supporters of Donald Trump as a possible exemplar of politically structured resistance to these efforts, the author asks whether and why Trump supporters are more likely than other Americans to oppose social justice efforts. Analysis of a proportionally representative, postelection survey ( n = 1,151) reveals that Trump supporters are indeed more opposed to social justice efforts. They also express greater overt race, class, and gender bias, yet this bias does not explain their opposition. Rather, many Trump supporters are “rugged meritocratists” who oppose these efforts because they believe U.S. society is already fair. To expand support for social justice efforts, rugged meritocratists must first be convinced that systemic inequalities still exist.

Litigants’ Behavior

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyal Zamir ◽  
Doron Teichman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Loss Aversion ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Plea Bargaining ◽  
Reference Dependence ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Behavioral Phenomena

This chapter begins with a brief overview of the standard economic analysis of litigation and settlement. It then analyzes a series of behavioral impediments to settlement. These include self-serving biases, overoptimism, non-pecuniary motivations, biases stemming from the adversarial nature of litigation, reference-dependence in assessing settlement offers, and the framing of litigation outcomes. The chapter then points to two behavioral phenomena—regret avoidance and loss aversion—that strongly encourage settlements. The chapter looks at behavioral explanations for the relatively limited use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. It also takes a closer look at the role of lawyers and client-lawyer relationships. Finally, it highlights the behavioral contribution to the understanding of plea bargaining in criminal proceedings.

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