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Las Almanegras: Trazando Caminos De Territorialidad En La Poética Afrofemenina Colombiana, Maria Catalina Rojas Blanco
Las Almanegras: Trazando Caminos De Territorialidad En La Poética Afrofemenina Colombiana, Maria Catalina Rojas Blanco
Doctoral Dissertations
Within the panorama of black women’s writings in Latin America and the Caribbean, the literary production associated with Colombia has blossomed and currently stands as out as an important artistic expression and literary movement. This literature has an immense aesthetic, vital, social, and political value since it is through such poetics that Afro-descendant women are increasingly prominent globally. My study focuses on the development and trajectory of this writing and seeks to contribute to this process by analyzing the writings of María Teresa Ramírez Nieva, Mary Grueso Romero, and María Elcina Valencia Cordoba, three poets from Cauca recognized as the …
Cross-National Variation In Women’S Rights: Europe And Civil War, Nourah Shuaibi
Cross-National Variation In Women’S Rights: Europe And Civil War, Nourah Shuaibi
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation evaluates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Women’s Social, Economic and Political rights in post-Conflict countries. In order to evaluate the relationship with sound causal logic, I set out to study multiple relationships to understand the impact of the variables in question. Looking at the nature of the relationship required an evaluation in 3 ways, which culminated in the writing of 4 separate chapters. Chapter 2 demonstrates the importance of understanding Women’s Rights and their role in economic development and peace building. This places women’s rights in context to set the scene for the rest of …
A Collective Metamorphosis Of Breastfeeding Mothers: A Phenomenological Exploration Of A Face-To-Face Healthcare Provider Facilitated Peer Support Group, Emily Alexandria Tucker
A Collective Metamorphosis Of Breastfeeding Mothers: A Phenomenological Exploration Of A Face-To-Face Healthcare Provider Facilitated Peer Support Group, Emily Alexandria Tucker
Doctoral Dissertations
This research study used phenomenology to examine a face-to-face healthcare facilitated breastfeeding support group. Participant observations and phenomenology were used to address the following research questions: 1) what are the lived experiences of the women participating a breastfeeding support group, 2) how does the group influence their lived experiences, and 3) what were the common experiences of these women? The support group participants were observed while the researcher acted as a participant observer over the course of an eleven-month period. There were a total of seven women interviewed about their lived experiences breastfeeding and attending the support group. Data from …