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Year Of Cuba 2019-2020, Nashieli Marcano, Leslie Drost Jan 2019

Year Of Cuba 2019-2020, Nashieli Marcano, Leslie Drost

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The Patriarchy’S Role In Gender Inequality In The Caribbean, Erin C. O'Connor Apr 2014

The Patriarchy’S Role In Gender Inequality In The Caribbean, Erin C. O'Connor

Student Publications

While gender equality in the Caribbean is improving, with women’s growing social, economic, and political participation, literacy rates comparable to those in Europe, and greater female participation in higher education, deeply rooted inequalities are still present and are demonstrated in the types of jobs women are in and the limited number of women in decision-making positions. Sexism, racism, and classism are systemic inequalities being perpetuated in schools, through the types of education offered for individuals and the content in textbooks. Ironically, the patriarchy is coexisting within a system of matrifocal and matrilocal families, with a long tradition of female economic …


Leveraging Learning To Improve Disaster Management Outcomes, Denise D. P. Thompson Jan 2012

Leveraging Learning To Improve Disaster Management Outcomes, Denise D. P. Thompson

Publications and Research

Disaster management agencies should be exemplars of learning given the volatility of their operating environment. However, there are cognitive, social, and organizational barriers that prevent these organizations from learning. The purpose of this article is to use the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) as an example of an organization that achieves double-loop learning in spite of known barriers. This research shows significant learning variations in the CDEMA organization from the regional to the national level. The results demonstrate that the CDEMA Coordinating Unit and a few national member agencies achieve double-loop learning, while the opposite is true for …


Mckissick Newsletter - Fall 1985, Mckissick Museum--University Of South Carolina Oct 1985

Mckissick Newsletter - Fall 1985, Mckissick Museum--University Of South Carolina

Under the Dome, McKissick Museum Newsletter

Contents:

Cover.....p. 1
Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection.....p. 2
Bernard M. Baruch as Sportsman.....p. 3
Events & Exhibits (August-October).....p. 4
Carolina Folk: The Cradle of a Southern Tradition.....p. 6
State-Wide Folk Arts Program.....p. 7
Minerals in Glass.....p. 8