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When Personal Dreams Derail, Rural Cameroonian Women Aspire For Their Children, Akuri John, Susan Weinger, Barbara Barton
When Personal Dreams Derail, Rural Cameroonian Women Aspire For Their Children, Akuri John, Susan Weinger, Barbara Barton
Social Work Faculty Publications
Data gathered from a convenience sample of 36 women who reside in rural villages lying on the outskirts of Buea, Cameroon is not consistent with the "culture of poverty" proposition which states that personal characteristics of the poor tie them to a life of poverty. These findings run counter to an assumed "culture of poverty" in which persons do not hold career aspirations and socialize their children with attitudes that assure the generational transmission of poverty. Respondents, as a case vignette illustrates, conveyed that besides marriage they had wanted a career in order to achieve a living wage. After their …
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Fall 2009), New Hope For Women Staff
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Fall 2009), New Hope For Women Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Women's Experiences Of Victimization And Survival, Margaret Severson, Judy L. Postmus, Marianne Berry
Women's Experiences Of Victimization And Survival, Margaret Severson, Judy L. Postmus, Marianne Berry
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In an effort to more fully understand the experiences and aftermath of girlhood and adult woman physical, sexual and psychological victimization, research was undertaken that explored the prevalence and the consequences of such victimization, and the survival strategies women activate at various points in their lifespan in the aftermath of that violence. Women participants were recruited from five different communities; three urban, one rural and the only correctional facility for women in a Midwestern state. These venues were selected as ideal sites in which to secure a racially, ethnically and geographically diverse sample of women age 18 and older. Findings …
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Spring 2009), New Hope For Women Staff
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Spring 2009), New Hope For Women Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.