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Assistive Technologies and the Carers of People with Dementia: Empowerment and Connection

Bhattacharyya, Sarmishtha; Benbow, Susan Mary - In: International Journal of Reliable and Quality … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 45-59

their participation and connection in the care of their relative/client; and conclude that both empowerment and connection …

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Communicating “What's Not Said”: Mobile Apps for Psychological Wellbeing

Barry, Marguerite; Doherty, Kevin; Doherty, Gavin - In: International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge … 8 (2016) 3, pp. 46-55

Technologies designed to access our personal worlds have the potential to profoundly influence the way we live and to promote human flourishing. They also require an ethical approach to their design that takes human values into account. Mobile technologies for psychological wellbeing present...

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A Participatory Design Approach with Visually Impaired People for the Design of an Art Exhibition

HingTing, Karine Lan; Di Loreto, Ines - In: International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge … 9 (2017) 4, pp. 43-57

This article describes the participatory design (PD) approach adopted in systematically involving visually impaired people in the design of an art exhibition adapted to their needs. This exhibition will be the outcome of a publicly-funded research project aimed at making visual art accessible to...

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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor – Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the articulation of multiple modernities in African societies and Black Diasporas in L...

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Auf dem Boden der Tatsachen. Festschrift für Thomas …, (pp. 241-262). 2011

empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation …

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Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal

Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Wagner, Natascha - 2013

women, empowerment will give leeway to girls in traditional societies, even if the bride price system is not overturned. …

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Determinants of Empowerment in a Capability Based Poverty Approach: Evidence from The Gambia

Trommlerová, Sofia Karina; Klasen, Stephan; Lessmann, … - 2013

Although empowerment is seen as intrinsically important and instrumentally valuable to escape poverty, there is very … little research on the empirical drivers of empowerment. Using custom-made household-level information and using advanced … drivers of empowerment. We also show that respondents'' confidence that they will be the most powerful agents in their lives …

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Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception

Andalón, Mabel; Williams, Jenny; Grossman, Michael - 2014

Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order to identify the causal effect of schooling, we...

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Women in food and beverages business in urban markets of Khartoum State

Badawi, Sumaia Mohamed El Zein Ahmed; Rahman, Widad Ali … - 2008

This study focused on Sudanese women working in food and beverages business in urban markets of Khartoum State. It aimed at identifying the reasons behind women's work, the constraining and enhancing factors that affect their performance as entrepreneurs, beside their attitude and strategies in...

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Linking transitions and sustainability: A study into social effects of transition management

Schäpke, Niko; Omann, Ines; Wittmayer, Julia; van … - 2016

, aiming for a number of social effects to help facilitating a transition. Effects include empowerment, social learning and …

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Business rights and ethnic exclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Addressing group-based inequality through business rights reform

Taylor, Scott D. - 2016

The business rights pillar of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor agenda is not preoccupied with equality of outcome; it …

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